Windows only We've posted about other music download utilities in the past, and thought that Songr would be a good one to cover as well. It's a free program that can be used to search for music around the Internet, and more often than not can find high quality versions of the songs you're looking for.
I didn't realize how many different sounds our hands could make until I played with the American Heart Association's Hands Symphony site. They are using the site to promote learning CPR, and in doing so came up with a rather viral campaign.
Windows only If you are looking for a way to spice up your day a little bit maybe what you need is something that will play elevator music while programs are opening, files are copying, and your downloads are downloading. Instant Elevator Music is an app that will play, well, elevator music when those kinds of operations are taking place.
Windows; Mac; Linux Many of you have likely heard of Amarok which is a popular cross-platform music player, and Clementine is a cross platform player that is benefiting from its open source nature. To me it has a clean interface the features people are looking for, such as iPhone syncing.
Mac only I was really excited when Apple added the AirPlay support in iOS making it possible for me to stream music from my iPhone or iPad to one of the several sets of speakers I have hooked up to AirPort Express units.
Remember a few months ago when we wrote about that awesome unofficial Pandora extension for Chrome? A lot of people took a liking to it, but Pandora apparently didn't. The developer, Robert Alten, cares about his users enough that not long after the extension was pulled he started a thread asking what he can do.
Mac only I've been getting into Pandora a lot lately, and it's largely because I hate taking the time to assemble my own playlists. I want something to do that for me, and Pandora is the perfect solution.
I'm an avid Pandora listener, and for the most part I'm listening to the music when I'm on-the-go with my iPhone. I still like to have some tunes turned on while I'm working though, and for that I fall back to the web interface which can often feel clunky.
Picture this: an awesome song from a cellphone commercial has been stuck in your head all day. You want to look it up on YouTube so you can hear the full song, but you don’t know the song’s title.
Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.
Similarity is a pretty awesome app for anyone who doesn't keep their music library organized. I don't have a very large music library (just a few hundred songs), but I know people who have tens of thousands of songs. Once it starts getting that big I could see some duplicate songs sneaking in there...
Editing audio files has never really been something I've needed to do, and so I never went looking at what good free audio editors are out there. One of my friends brought up Free Audio Editor 2010, and after checking it out I was rather taken back at how full-featured it was... well, to me it seems full featured.
Die-hard music fans are going to love what Relisir has to offer. Relisir is a fairly new start-up that offers users the chance to keep up with their favorite bands whether it's when they announce a new album is on the way, or if a new album has been released.
When we were kids, the classic Sony Walkman Cassette Tape Player, the radio, or a massive "boombox" was what we used to listen to our favorite tunes.
Sometimes, Apple sneaks in new features into their software without ever making a big deal out of it. When iTunes 9 was released, they made it possible to add files to iTunes without even launching the app. The secret to this trick not as far-fetched as you might think...
If you consider your music tastes a little more adventurous than FM radio, you probably already know that the internet is a gold mine for good yet rather unknown music. It has allowed independent bands to flourish and often, they're more than happy to put out some free MP3's to get the word out about their songs.
Last week I purchased a car interface kit that gives me the ability to hook my iPhone up to the audio system that I have installed in my car. The install went fairly smooth, but I was rather disappointed with the level of control I had over my iPhone using the audio controls on my car.
Universal Music Australia is currently giving away un-DRM'ed music from some of their artists, including Akon and Colbie Caillat. Although the music that's on offer consists mostly of lesser known artists, this represents a major step in Universal Music's way of thinking about artist promotion.
This is one of those apps you have to be careful with because the installer tries to throw some third-party software on your machine (details at the end of the post), but the end result is worth it. The Free MP3 WMA Converter from Koyote is capable of converting your entire audio library from one format to another.
As you probably know by now, the entertainment industry is still busy trying to sue The Pirate Bay out of existence. If they get what they want and The Pirate Bay closes down, their big piracy problem will not suddenly melt away. It may in fact continue to flourish, with or without The Pirate Bay.
