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iLife: iTunes, iPod and more...
Fred Showker
This week it's all about music, images, and your iPod. Enjoy this week's download fun!
Conference Recorder 1.0 allows users to easily record and save your iChat AV video and audio chats. Conference Recorder saves chats as QuickTime movies for future viewing.
Sound Byte 2.4.0 turns a Mac into a" cart machine" for playing sound recordings, aimed at DJs, radio stations and audio productions. The latest version of Sound Byte adds the ability to display fewer but larger carts, offers fade times for individual carts, and allows carts to be set to be disabled after being played.
AudioUnits Manager 1.1 provides a simple way to organize AudioUnits into sets, enabling users to load just the AudioUnits needed for a particular application. New in version 1.1 is a reimplemented database system for improved reliability and bug fixes, including a one that caused a crash when the version number was missing from an AudioUnit.
Simple caption is a plug-in for iMovie that allows you to place any short text message onto a clip. Additionally, the plug-in provides controls for exact timing (lead-in and -out) for when the message should appear.
Who needs a PDA when you have an iPod? Transfer your PIM data to your iPod or iPod mini so it's available whenever you need it; iPod It supports transferring information from Entourage, Stickies, Mail, Address Book and iCal. You can even download weather forecasts and news headlines directly to your iPod. Includes all of your Calendar and Contact information. Fields not supported by the iPod (e.g. meeting locations and IM addresses) are included within the event/contact notes. Requires Mac OS X 10.2 or greater
iSpeak It 1.7.1 Listen to your documents on your iPod. Take any document or web page and convert it into an MP3/AAC track in iTunes using your Mac's built-in text-to-speech capabilities. From there it's a quick sync to your iPod and away you go! Requires Mac OS X 10.2 or greater
Synergy 1.7 is an update to the popular iTunes add-on, which puts buttons to control iTunes in the menu bar and provides global control over music using system-wide hot keys. Today's update delivers Growl support considerably increasing the number of ways in which users can interact with iTunes, and the ability to run scripts and launch items on track changes.
accessTunes 1.0 is a new program that provides always-on music sharing via iTunes and the Web. accessTunes starts sharing your iTunes Music Library as soon as you turn on your computer, making it available as a shared iTunes library on the local network, and accessible from anywhere in the world via the Web.
Xounds is a haxie that brings back Appearance Sounds to Mac OS X. Tired of silence? Want audio feedback when you navigate through menus or drag your windows around? Xounds will convert your existing Mac OS 8 or 9 soundsets and make Mac OS X a better place to work in.
Easy to configure as it comes in usual Preference Pane form, accessible through System Preferences. (Browse and download Soundsets)
MusicMagic Mixer automatically analyzes your music collection and can determine the key listening attributes of any song, in any supported digital format. It now supports AAC for instant "sounds-like" playlist generation and acoustic shuffles. The MusicMagic Mixer creates dynamic and interesting playlists, or mixes. MusicMagic automatically analyzes your music collection. Analyzed songs are used to build custom mixes for hours of listening enjoyment.
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Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher UG Net News
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