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MPC Format–A Good Choice for High Quality Audio Pursuer
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If you want to listen music that is as good as that on the CDs, or you are looking for a software to convert audio from CD without losing much of its fidelity, then MPC is the best format you should choose. MPC stands for MusePack. It is a free audio format of high quality
developed by a German named Andree Buschmann. Before it came out. Lame MP3 is the best lossy
compression format admitted by the public. People who attaches importance to acoustic fidelity of music
consider MP3 as the best music format. But today, MP3 can no longer qualify for this honor any more.
It is the time that MPC takes MP3’s place and makes you enjoy music with higher quality. Under medium
high bit rate, MPC can do better than MP3 in improving the music effect. While in high bit rate, people will
feel more comfortable in listening to music in MPC format than that of MP3 one. Making sure people can
enjoy the music of best quality with smaller computer space occupancy, MPC is the best option in playing
music by lossy compression encoding format.
No matter in spectrum analysis or audition comparison, songs in MPC format of 160kbps sounds more
beautiful than that of MP3 of the same bit rate, let along other lossy compression format. Besides higher
audio quality, MPC also shows its superiority in encoding speed. With the upgrade process by Frank
Klemm, present charger of MPC, encoding speed of MPC encoder of version 1.14 in Duron 650
reaches 5.5 times as faster as real=time play. Much faster than that of LAME.
MP3 has been the king in compressing audio since it was developed. Other formats like VQ, RM, WMA, etc) can not compete it. How about MPC? Without support of software and hardware and with no market promotion, low popularity
makes it impossible for MPC to take place of MP3 at present though it is superior when comparing with MP3
in acoustic fidelity.
Knowing some features of MPC encoding
MPC encoding project is improved on the basis of MP2, it is also used the same sub-band coding technology. But compare to MP2, MPC takes advantage by adopting psychoacoustic model and add other technologies like ANS (Adaptive Noise Shaping), CVD (Clear Voice Detection). It is even changed
Huffman coding during compressing to get higher compression rate. On the other hand, MPC is encoded by using
VBR, which is faster than CBR for the reason that VBR can reasonably distribute data so as to guarantee suitable
compression rate. In order to make sure an excellent quality of audio files, the maximum instantaneous rate of MPC can reach as quick as 1.32Mbps, almost the same as 1.41Mbps of CD.
Those who are using MPC is not so many now. Its target is those who requires super good quality.
However, if you do not have MP3 player and want to make or play music with PC, you can choose MPC
instead of MP3, for the latter one will make you forget the existence of MP3 with its high encoding speed
and excellent acoustic fidelity.
Software that help you convert audio files to MPC format


Here are two software that will help you reach your goal to rip CD or convert audio files of other formats to MPC format. Advanced CD Ripper Pro can help you rip your favourite songs from different CDs and convert them into MPC, which enables you enjoy the same
quality music in portable devices. And the other one Advanced MP3 Converter will help you convert any music from your PC or downloaded on the internet to MPC format.

