MPEG-4 Structured Audio is an ISO/IEC standard for describing sound.
[1][2][3][4] It allows the transmission of synthetic music and sound effects at very low bit rates (from 0.01 to 10 kbit/s), and the description of parametric sound post-production for mixing multiple streams and adding effects to audio scenes.
The sound descriptions generate audio when compiled (or interpreted) by a compliant decoder.
MPEG-4 Structured Audio consists of the following major elements: MPEG-4 Structured Audio was cited by CNN as one of the top-25 innovations to arise at the Media Laboratory.
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