MP3 creators challenge Apple iTunes

The creators of MP3s made a lot of money: a German startup was extremely commercially successful. They receive deductions from almost every sold player and mobile phone in the world. But entrepreneurs decided not to stop there and try their luck again in the same field. Karlheinz Brandenburg (Karlheinz Brandenburg), one of the owners of the patent for MP3, has invested part of the earnings in the creation of another music format, reports the BBC.

The new MusicDNA technology involves the inclusion of additional information in music albums: text, videos, photos, updated blogs, twitter feeds, etc. This is roughly the same idea of interactive multimedia albums, as in iTunes LP(Cocktail) from Apple. It is difficult to say how the Germans are going to survive in competition with iTunes, but they have their trump cards up their sleeve.

The highlight of MusicDNA will be the built-in automatic music classifier for 14 parameters, including rhythm, tonality, mood, “color”, stiffness, aggressiveness, etc. (hence the name of the format). That is, you can automatically categorize your music collection by the pace and mood of the music, or, for example, compile a playlist in ascending order of severity of the drums.



The maximum file size of MusicDNA is 32 GB, the format will be backward compatible, that is, playable on modern MP3 players. There are no plans to use any new audio codecs in MusicDNA.

Another interesting feature is network support, that is, automatic updating of content via the Internet (of course, if it was acquired legally). A beta version of the web service will appear in the spring. Closed testing is ongoing.

MusicDNA will be developed and promoted by Bach Technology . They announced their plans at the MIDEM 2010 music conference, which ended yesterday. An interview with the CEO of Bach Technology can be viewed here .