Hey- anybody know about this?
http://www.etree.org/
Shorten- a lossless digital audio distribution on the
Internet.
Winamp plays them with a plugin , so does Xmms for linux.

Kinda cool, I suppose. I downloaded it, and 'compressed' a 34 MB 44.1/16 file into a 21 MB 'shn' file. There's bands like Dave Matthews, Grateful Dead,String Cheese- you know the one's that allow 'tapers', full concerts available via ftp.
Like it says- it's not like mp3 where it effects the sound quality.
I just thought it was kinda cool. Not much of a saving in the MB department, but it IS file compression, ala zip, and keeps the high quality audio.
I suppose if you want to transfer several high Q tracks over the internet, this would be great. Better for collaberation than mp3, cause there's no loss in quality, no artifacts.

Whadda think?

ljp