For some reason, I take some small amount of pleasure in buying music legally. It’s not just because most people my age have devalued digital media to such a point that they don’t even pause before downloading an entire album illegally – a friend of mine recently told me that she wanted to “preview a song to see if it was worth pirating the whole album”, sheesh R...
What, no bean dip? So its time to plan a party. The chips and dip are out, the chilled beverages are chilling, the mood lighting is set to “groovy,” and the music is…wait. You forgot to consider the music, didn’t you? That is a big mistake. Music can make or break a party; everyone knows that. So what do you do? It’s too late to call a DJ, and being the great host that you are, y...
Here is the situation: You’re at a party – the girls want to dance and your buddy wants to fist pump like a champ – but no one has any music. You spot an iPod in the corner and take a look at the selection, but all you see are 90’s boy bands and a playlist that only exists in Guitar Hero. But now a spark of genius hits you… Since they have an iPod, they must have a computer! ...
One thing I noticed while using the new Windows Media Player 12 (which comes pre-installed with Windows 7) was that the options to enable crossfading and auto volume leveling appeared to be missing. After doing a little searching, I found that the options were still available but they were now hidden in an unusual location. Enabling Crossfading and Auto Volume Leveling To gain access to the audio ...
I previously wrote an article about setting up the free program Vibe Streamer to stream your music library to any Flash-enabled web browser. An upgrade was recently released with offers many improvements that you may be interested in which I will cover below. Getting Started Start by downloading and installing the latest version of Vibe Streamer 3 from their website. When Vibe Streamer server ...
Pandora Radio, the online radio station that creates personalized stations based on your musical tastes, can be used outside of pandora.com with the open-source application OpenPandora. OpenPandora is a quick download (700 kb) and gives you all of the standard functionality of Pandora Radio with several additional features. Hide to Tray with Full Control OpenPandora can be minimized to the syst...
Vibe Streamer is a free program that allows you to stream your music library to any device with a Flash enabled web browser. Vibe Streamer also offers a set of security settings, user controls, and customization features. Download and Install Vibe Streamer is very lightweight. The system requirements for Vibe Streamer 2.06 are detailed below: 200 Mhz CPU 16 MB RAM Windows NT/2K/XP/2K3 Linux ...