VLC Remote app for iPhone

"You already know that VLC is a highly portable multi-media player/server available for Mac, Windows, Linux, etc., capable of reading most audio and video formats (AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, WMV, ASF, FLV (Flash), MP3, MP4, OGG, AAC, FLAC, etc...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols." VLC playback Features

FREE VLC media player 1.0.3

Download VLC (Mac OS X 10.5 (PowerPC), 19 MB)

Now there's a FREE VLC Remote Control app for iPhone.
I downloaded mine straight from the App Store app.
There's also a paid version of VLC Remote that's allows you
to browse and select files, and manage your playlist.
At only $2.99 it was well worth it!

READ: VLC Remote App Controls The Baddest Media Player Via iPhone
by John Mahoney, GIZMODO.com

Pod to Mac: Transfer Software

"Pod to Mac is an iPod, iPad or iPhone to Mac transfer software that lets users transfer iPhone, iPod Touch and iPod songs, playlists, videos, tv shows and much more to a Mac and into iTunes. Pod to Mac can rip music from all iPods and iPhones works with or without jail-breaking."

Computer Requirements:

    * Mac OSX 10.5, 10.6 or later
    * iTunes 8, 9 or later
    * A USB Connector for the iPod device


iPod Compatibility:
Works with all, iPods, iPhones and iPads including:

    * iPad (all generations)
    * iPhone (all generations)
    * iPod Classic (all generations)
    * iPod Touch (all generations)
    * iPod Shuffle (all generations)
    * iPod Nano (all generations)

This is a great "Crash Recovery Solution"
"If your computer crashed or you just bought a new one, Pod to Mac is the ideal solution to move your music back on to the computer. Simply download, install and click auto-transfer and everything will be back the way it was before."

4-Track Music Recording on iPhone

FourTrack 2.0 application for iPhone adds Bounce, Duplicate and Metronome and costs only $9.99
This Jim Dalrymple article on Macworld explains it here.

Gmail Voice & Video Chat

READ: Say hello to Gmail voice and video chat
by Justin Uberti, Software Engineer
on Google's Official Blog

Streaming Media To Your iPhone

Stream media to your handheld
click here for an excellent Macworld article
by Christopher Breen.

download Simplify 2.0 for your computer and iPhone
at http://www.simplifymedia.com

MidiMouse now for OS X

"MidiMouse is a small, easy-to-use and very simple program. It sends MIDI-controller-messages (CC) by moving the mouse over its window. While moving the cursor (with or without mouseDown) over the X-/Y-axxis, each axxis sends a CC, so you might send values within up to 4 configurable Controllers.

So, what's it for if you've never heard of CC's?

You can make music with it! Just connect it as a MIDI-Controller (input) to your hardware-synthesizers or software-programs (eg. Ableton LIVE, Propellerheads Reason, …) and you can control the effects by moving your mouse — on a small screensize or even on full screen. If midimouse is in “click-trough” mode, you can even still reach the underlying controls! It’s like a virtual KAOSS-Pad!

System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC or Intel

Additional Requirements:
Installed MIDI driver
Any MIDI software (otherwise midimouse is quite useless...)

Note: MidiMouse 0.3 for Mac OS X 10.3 is still available for download on the developer's site!"

Fission- Lossless Audio Editor

Rogue Amoeba does it again! Fission - lossless audio editor.

"you can quickly copy, paste and trim audio, as well as split files. Fission also works with compressed MP3 and AAC formats to edit without the quality loss caused by other editors. Get perfect quality audio when editing natively in the MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV formats."

Sony BMG DRM "Virus" on CDs

The DRM (Digital Rights Management) employed by Sony BMG
is certainly akin to a computer virus.

"...Sony was playing a dirty trick on its customers, secretly installing a malware-style “root kit” on their computers via audio CDs...

READ: Mac Users Not Safe From Sony BMG DRM
by Michael Santo, Contributing Writer, RealTechNews


Don't be afraid - Don't buy these Sony BMG products!

Wireless Audio with Airfoil!

Rogue Ameoba has an amazing application with the ability to send any audio from your Mac to your AirPort Express.

OK, it's not free, but so worth it.

check out Airfoil now.

Contact Kanduco with Skype

Kanduco can now be contacted using Skype.

This software allows for both text and audio chats!

Skype Name: Kanduco, of course.


Happy Skyping!

Audio Hijack Pro!!!

Rogue Amoeba's Audio Hijack Pro 1.2.6 for Mac.

Record audio straight from any software/hardware!

"Record from applications like iTunes, Skype or DVD Player. Record from microphones, Radiosharks and other hardware.

If you hear it, you can record it."

WireTap 1.0.0 Freeware!

Want to record any sound coming out of your Mac...

WireTap from Ambrosia Software Inc. is the way.

And did I mention it's FREE?

SoundJam™ MP: MP3 Player

Take all your CDs and extract the audio to digital filesand play on your Apple® Macintosh computer-!

"Play, encode and organize your music"

"SoundJam MP Plus is a full-featured, all-in-one MP3 player and encoder for the Macintosh. It features a customizable user interface, a 10-band graphic equalizer with presets, and even plug-ins that display graphics to the beat of the music. The application can encode your entire music collection--be it on CD, vinyl, or cassette--into high-quality MP3 files. SoundJam MP Plus encodes quickly on all Macintosh computers, and the G4 optimization makes it even zippier on the PowerMac G4 with Velocity Engine. Users can change the look of the MP3 player by changing its "skin." And you can build easily custom music playlists that can track your music by artist, track, song, style, track length, or date recorded."

SoundJam by Casady and Greene also allows you to convert AIFF, WAVE, MP3, MP2 to any other type-!

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING...

G4/400 = Pro Tools Rig

I purchased an Apple® Macintosh G4 (AGP)
and the Pro Tools 001 hardware.


This is sweet.


Installed OS 9.0.4, set up and configured.


Digital recording on my Mac... awesome.