Private company

QDesign Corporation

Company which developed digital audio compression technologies

QDesign Corporation was a developer of digital audio compression technologies. The company's MP2 and MP3 technologies were used in professional audio and broadcast automation systems as well as multimedia and video production systems. QDesign developed a music codec, originally known as LBpack.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

QDesign Corporation was a developer of digital audio compression technologies. The company's MP2 and MP3 technologies were used in professional audio and broadcast automation systems as well as multimedia and video production systems. QDesign developed a music codec, originally known as LBpack. QDesign licensed the initial version of the codec and created the official audio compression in Apple Computer's QuickTime v3.2

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