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Will MT9 replace MP3? - May 27, 2008

Cho Jin-seo has music 2.0 news sure to pique the interest of music lovers everywhere. Especially those who really spark to the dynamics of how a song is produced; the desire to, say, focus on Robert Plant's voice apart from the rest of the band, or zero-in on Pete Townsend's guitar licks totally separate from the bass, vocals and drums.

It seems that Korean computer engineers are introducing a new digital music format with separate controls on the sound volume for precisely this type of musical control.

Writes Jin-seo: "the new format, which has a file extension format of MT9 and a commercial title of Music 2.0, is poised to replace the popular MP3 file format as the de facto standard of the digital music source, its inventors say."

MT9 technology was first conceived by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and "is being shaped into commercial use by venture company Audizen."

It was selected as a candidate item for the new digital music standard at a regular meeting of Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG), the international body of the digital music and video industry, held in France late April.

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