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For many years, MP3 has been the standard for audio storage on computers, some CD players, and MP3 players galore. When iTunes hit the mass market (basically when it hit iTunes 4 and branched to Windows), the Advanced Audio Codec (AAC) made its presence known by having it be the default codec in iTunes. And there’s good reason that Apple has set it as the default codec.
AAC files are notorious for being the same quality as a higher encoded MP3 file, not to mention a smaller file size. While an average 3 minute song in 256k MP3 format is about …read more

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A new series we’re going to be starting here on Our Digital Music is “The ABCs of Digital Music” where, if you didn’t guess, we’ll go through digital music terms that starts with every letter of the alphabet. Think of it as a crash course, or Cliff’s Notes, or a cheat sheet if you dare…
There is a plan lined out, but if you would like to see something additional covered here, please feel free to comment below and tell us what you think!

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On another b5media site (and my previous home), High Def Delight, Christopher Swenson wrote an article essentially saying that it is time to ditch MP3. MP3 is quite the ancient file format (approved in 1991) yet it is the prominent file format in the digital music market as almost all digital music players are referred to as MP3 players because, well, they all play MP3 players. While I agree with the post that we should start to transfer to other codecs like AAC, I believe MP3 is here to stay for quite some time.
MP3 files are dominant, as I mentioned, …read more

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