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The
History of the MP3 File Format
by Jason Cole
If you have listened to music on your computer, then there’s
no doubt that you have come into contact with an MP3 file or
two. Most people do not know much about MP3s besides that they
are files used to store music data on. Basically that’s
all they are, a way to store audio data on a computer. Well,
let me tell you, MP3s are that, but there’s a bit more to
them. Today I will be taking you through a tour of the history
and the ins and outs of the MP3 file format.
What is an MP3? An MP3 files, also know as an MPEG-1
Audio Layer 3, is a form of digital audio encoding and lossy
compression format. It was designed by a team of European engineers
to reduce audio file size, while staying as true as possible
to the sound quality of the original uncompressed recording.
This is achieved by using psychoacoustic models to eliminate
parts of the audio that are not audible to the human ear, saving
the parts of the audio that we can hear. The MP3 can be saved
in different compression modes, allowing flexibility in data
size/quality. This is one of the reasons why the MP3 format is
the most widely used audio file format.
The History of the MP3 The MP3 was developed by the
German company Fraunhofer-Gesellshaft, and also hold the patent
for MP3 technology, which they license out now. In 1987 the Fraunhofer
Institut Integrierte Schaltungen research center, part of Fraunhofer-Gesellshaft,
began research on high quality, low bit rate audio encoding.
They named this project EUREKA EU147. Dieter Seitzer, professor
at the University of Erlangen, helped with the coding. At the
time he was working on a way to transfer audio file information
over a standard telephone line. The main brain behind the development
of the MP3 was Karlheinz Brandenburg; also know as the “father
of the MP3”. He was a mathematics and electronics specialist
who had been researching compression methods since 1977. Fraunhofer
was granted a patent to the technology in April 1989. According
to Brandenburg, the MP3 file format almost did not exist. In
1991, during modification test, the encoding did not want to
work. But luckily two days before the submission of the first
version of the MP3 codec, they identified and solved the compiler
error. 1993 saw the publication of the MPEG-1 standard, with
the updated MPEG-2 standard developed and published a year later.
One small relatively unknown fact is that in 1999, the record
label Sub-Pop was the first record label to distribute their
music as MP3s online.
In this article, I did not go too much into the technical
details of the MP3 file format. This was meant to give you a
simple history of the MP3 file, where it came from, who was involved
in its invention, and where it is now. I hope you all gained
at least a little knowledge and understanding into the world
of the MP3.
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How do I record and create MP3s from home?
by Jason Cole
There used to be no substitution for a good recording job
done in a professional recording studio. Now with the rising
popularity of digital PC recording and the low cost of recording
software, many people are re-thinking the idea of home recording.
Plus with the ease of MP3 distribution, and the many sites that
offer free web hosting and the ability to upload and download
free music, the difficulty of promoting and distributing your
band’s MP3s has been made very easy. The questions at hand
are, what do I need to begin recording at home, how do I turn
my recordings into MP3s, and what do I do with said MP3s after
I am done creating them?
Home recording on a PC requires just a couple of things; a
computer, recording software (i.e. Pro Tools, Cakewalk, Cubase),
and a digital soundcard. If you will be recording multiple tracks
from multiple sources at the same time, you might want to invest
in a mixer as well. (This is assuming that your sound card only
has one audio input) This will allow you input more than one
instrument/microphone to your computer at the same time. Install
your recording software and sound card drivers. Plug your mixer
into your sound card, plug your instruments into your mixer and
you’re ready to begin recording. The recording process may
be a little different depending on what software you are using,
but most decent software comes with a good instruction manual
which you can consult if you are having problems. After recording,
you will want to mix all tracks down to a stereo audio .wav file.
Now that we have our recording done and our .wav file in hand,
we’ll want to convert it to an MP3 file. If you will be
burning your tracks to CD, you won’t need to convert it
to an MP3 file. But for distribution for music downloads on the
web, the smallest, best quality, most universally accepted format
will be an MP3 file. You can take your .wav file and export it
as an MP3 through whatever audio recording program you use. Most
recording software offers that option, but keep in mind that
you might need to mess with the output settings to get the best
quality MP3 out of your program. Another option is to use a stand-alone
.wav to MP3 converter. If you go to download.com and search for
“.wav to .mp3 converter”, you will be presented with
a good list of programs that do just that. I have had good results
using both methods, so it’s really up to you.
Once you have your MP3 files, you can set-up your own website
and offer free music downloads. Or you can go to one of the many
sites that offer free web hosting for musicians, so that the
musicians will have a place to offer downloadable music MP3s,
music videos, and music lyrics. Sites like, DiskFaktory Jams
and Section Z are both free and have other tools for musicians
to access, like message board forums and internet radio stations.
Once you have your recording done, the possibilities are endless!
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