Tag: music

  • Vatican Radio employees present pope with specially loaded iPod nano

    “A group of Vatican Radio employees gave Pope Benedict XVI a brand new iPod nano loaded with special Vatican Radio programming and classical music. To honor the pope’s first visit to the radio’s broadcasting headquarters, the radio’s technical staff decided the pencil-thin, state-of-the-art audio player would make the perfect gift.

    Now that Vatican Radio offers podcasts in eight different languages, the pope has the technological capability to plug in and import the radio’s audio files.”

    CNS via iLounge via hittegodsbyrån

  • Olive OPUS

    “The new OPUS combines the fidelity of a high-end CD player with the convenience of digital audio technology. The breathtaking audio fidelity is courtesy of a customized audio board with four 24-bit DACs and temperature-compensated crystal oscillator. Its innovation builds upon a 400GB hard drive that stores up to 1,100 of your CDs in lossless quality, allowing you to conveniently access all your favorite music.”

    Olive Inc. hittegodsbyrån

  • Adressi kritisoi Radio Suomen linjaa

    Kansalaisadressi internetissä kerää nimiä Yleisradion kuunnelluimman radiokanavan, Radio Suomen ja siihen kuuluvien 20 maakuntaradioiden musiikkilinjan muuttamiseksi. […]

    Eteläsavolaiset musiikkimiehet vaativat, että Etelä-Savon radio ja yleensä Suomen maakuntaradiot ottavat paremmin huomioon alueensa musiikkialan ammattilaiset ja harrastajat. Adressin mukaan Yleisradion ns. prime time-ajan musiikkivalikoima näkyy muutaman suuren monikansallisen levy-yhtiön ylenmääräisenä suosimisena ja valtakunnallisten soittolistojen toistoina.”

    HS.fi
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  • Songbird

    “Songbird is a Web player built from Firefox‘s browser engine. Songbird is open source, will run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and supports user contributed, cross-platform extensions.”

    Songbirdnest.com via Linkdump

  • Jens of Sweden's Nano-Killer

    “[Jens of Sweden’s MP-500] is slightly shorter and thicker than the [iPod] Nano, as well as a hair heavier. It’s definitely pocket-friendly. […] It supports MP3, WMA, and OGG audio files, as well as MP4 video files. Jens even throws in a video transcoder for converting WMV, AVI, ASF, MPG, and MPEG files. […] Finally–and this is really the icing for me–the MP-500 works with Windows, Linux, and Mac. Sweet.”

    Alpha via Juha

  • DJ:t, Beatport ja Gramex

    “DJ-ystäväni lähestyi Gramexia kysyäkseen mp3-tiedostojen soittomuodollisuuksista ja siihen liittyvistä mahdollisista korvauksista. Ohessa lähetetty maili ja siihen saatu vastaus.”

    DJ Orion

  • ELP Laser Turntable

    “Welcome to the online home of the Laser Turntable! This technological marvel plays vinyl records with master tape sound quality and no wear. The Laser Turntable is perfect for record collectors, archivists and vinyl enthusiasts alike.”

    Audioturntable via Boing Boing

  • Hard Drive Dying Dance Track

    “There were well more than 100 entries in this remix competition—and picking the winner was a tough tough decision. It’s clear that the challenge of making music based on the sound of Hitachi hard drives failing was as much a reason to take part as winning the Tokyoflash Equalizer watch.”

    Gizmodo via Boing Boing

  • Man Sues Apple Over Potential Hearing Loss

    “A Louisiana man claims in a lawsuit that Apple’s iPod music player can cause hearing loss in people who use it.&nbsp,[…]

    The suit, which Patterson wants certified as a class-action, seeks compensation for unspecified damages and upgrades that will make iPods safer. Patterson’s suit said he bought an iPod last year, but does not specify whether he suffered hearing loss from the device.”

    Yahoo! via BlogsNow

    The last sentence makes this sound like a fishing trip.

  • Arctic Monkeys Sell Thousands on First Day

    The Arctic Monkeys sold almost 120,000 copies of their debut album in a single day, and it may become one of the year’s top-sellers, retailers said. […]

    The British band shot from obscurity to fame in a matter of months, thanks partly to savvy use of the Internet to market their music to fans.”

    Yahoo! via Juha
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