<s>
Original	B-Application
Sound	I-Application
Quality	I-Application
(	O
OSQ	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
audio	O
file	O
format	O
developed	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
Steinberg	O
Media	O
Technologies	O
GmbH	O
and	O
implemented	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
their	O
audio	O
editing	O
software	O
Wavelab	B-Application
4	O
(	O
and	O
following	O
releases	O
)	O
for	O
lossless	O
audio	O
data	B-General_Concept
compression	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
combination	O
with	O
good	O
source	O
material	O
this	O
format	O
allows	O
compression	B-General_Concept
rates	I-General_Concept
up	O
to	O
50%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
comparable	O
to	O
other	O
audio	O
formats	O
like	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
which	O
reach	O
compression	B-General_Concept
rates	I-General_Concept
up	O
to	O
90%	O
because	O
of	O
their	O
lossy	B-Algorithm
compression	I-Algorithm
algorithms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
possible	O
alternative	O
to	O
OSQ	O
might	O
be	O
the	O
free	O
codec	O
FLAC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
