any comments?

[Rowena Larkins]

I saw this at http://sound.media.mit.edu/mpeg4/press_release.html

anyone had any experience with this?

Rowena



Structured Audio will also have an impact on the music composition process 
itself. Composers are free to create new "virtual synthesizers" at will, so 
their
creativity is no longer limited by the capabilities of the fixed hardware
 synthesizers they own. A composer's PC system incorporating MPEG-4 Structured
 Audio
technology can replace an entire studio of synthesizers, effects processors,
 and mixing consoles. The standard unifies a growing marketplace in "software
synthesizers" which overcome some of these limitations, but until now have been
 hampered by restricted features, data incompatibility, and a small user base.