If you’re a Soundcloud user, your feed may get flooded with reposts from other users. Luckily, Google Chrome now has a free extension that will toggle reposts on and off. Repost-Toggle for Soundcloud Add the extension to Chrome, and you’re all set. Just click on the “repost toggle” button in the following screenshot, to turn […]
Many software programs provide the incorrect bit rate of audio files. For example, iTunes will display the current bit rate of a file, but the file may have been previously compressed down to a much lower value. This misleading process is known as upscaling. Enter Spek Spek helps analyze your audio files by showing their […]
Here’s a little drum template I made, for all you Ableton users. It routes one MIDI track to separate output tracks (kick, snare, etc.), via velocity restrictions. Each output track has a drum rack, so you can load a bunch of kicks, snares, etc. The cool part is the Scale plugin on the primary MIDI […]
Duplicated music files can cause problems, and take up disk space. Luckily, iTunes has an easy way to remove duplicates. All you have to do is choose View > Show Duplicate Items in the menu. Matches are based on the song name and artist. If you have alternate versions of the same song (live, demo versions) hold […]
I love this app! Never miss a show again! Bandsintown Bandsintown is a free live concert notification and recommendation app. The fan-focused app pulls data from a user’s iTunes library, Pandora favorites, Facebook Likes, and Last.fm accounts to populate their list of tracked artists. It then generates a “Concert Cloud” that visually represents which of those […]
Amadeus Pro is a powerful multitrack audio editor, supporting a variety of formats including MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, Apple Lossless, AIFF, Wave and many others. There’s also a Lite version.
For those having trouble with the new iTunes 11 interface, here are two quick fixes. The first fix will show the classic sidebar, while the second fix will enable the classic search function. Menu > View > Show Sidebar Search field drop-down > Uncheck “Search Entire Library”
I have one library for DJ tracks (Serato), and another library for listening music. To create or use a different iTunes library: If iTunes is open, quit it. Hold down the Option key while you open iTunes. In the dialog that appears, do one of the following: To create a new library, click Create Library. […]
eMusic is an MP3 music and audiobook subscription service. I currently pay $9.99/month for 25 downloads, and it gets cheaper the more you buy. They’ve got tons of good house and techno (old and new). If you sign up, they give you 50 free tracks right off the bat. Go get some tunes! eMusic
Looking for hard-to-find house/techno classics? Check out Lavamus. White labels, bootlegs, remixes … they’ve got it. And best of of all, it’s only $0.15/track. Lavamus Thanks to the one and only DJ Dion for the find.