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Invention of the MP3

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The Importance of a Good Vibration

Carl Heinz and his team were making breakthrough after breakthrough until they were pretty happy with the technology at Fraunhofer Labs. That is until this song was tested. An acapella track just featuring one voice. It's Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega. So yes I had a new gross case item. The algorithm which worked fine for basically everything else and Suzanne Vega's voice was actually destroyed.

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