An MTD file extension is a music transfer document that transmits sheet music digitally over the Internet.
MTD compresses graphical sheet music into a digital file, thereby speeding its transfer over the Internet to a user's computer. Musicnotes.com, the primary user, transfers its sheet music digitally to other users.
MTD file extensions file information into a series of independent data sets. For instance, one data set might contain all the graphical information pertaining to sheet music, while another data set might have accompanying multimedia information.
The ability to separate graphical and multimedia data sets in an MTD file enables the user to utilize the information in multiple ways on his or her computer. He or she can display, print and perform all the features in different ways, due to the separation of data sets.
MTD file extension technology provides a number of different options for the user to obtain sheet music and accompanying information. A file can comprise all the information; conversely, one file may be used to group all of the sheet music, followed by a separate file containing multimedia.