Re: MP3 player/ 98' list poll?


Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Fri, 11 Dec 1998 23:11:34 -0800



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>Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 20:26:01 -0800
>To: "Yenoham Nadnerb" <brendan@themahoneys.com>,
> "Acid Jazz" <acid-jazz@UCSD.Edu>
>From: Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com>
>Subject: Re: MP3 player/ 98' list poll?
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>At 10:03 PM 12/11/98 -0500, Yenoham Nadnerb wrote:
>>I heard mp4s were just gonna be a good version of midi files
>
>*argh*
>
>For the very last time, MIDI files are *NOT* audio files!!! MIDI files are
>just a set of instructions telling your MIDI instrument or soundcard which
>instrument(s) to play, which note(s), etc.
>

But, with Quicktime 3.0 with MIDI musical instruments loaded in it could be
the thing. But, what is a MP4? MP3 is a MPEG 2 layer III, they talking
about a layer IV, most likely because a MPEG 4 standard hasn't be put out
yet.

erik g



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