Any music lover, record store worker, or owner of a vast collection of music will appreciate this program. This full-featured music collection organizing database software will allow you to keep track of your entire CD, record, tape, minidisc, DAT, and more collection. You’ll be able to easily find out what song was on a particular album, which friend is borrowing what CD, download album data from CDDB, keep stats on how many different types of media you own, perform searches of your collection, customize the content fields of your database, and more, all in a nifty interface. 68k and PPC compatible running Mac OS 7.0 or later.
Here’s an easy-to-use program that can turn even dear ol’ granny into a funky DJ diva. BayTex Party! will turn your Mac into a powerful Juke Box and allows you to mix audio files on the fly for non-stop booty shakin’. It features PlayList functions, customizable Mix Settings, a single key-stroke sample player function, adjustable pitch and volume controls, sound effects, and more. It supports MP3, WAV, MIDI, AIFF, and any other music file supported by QuickTime 4. Requires a PPC (604) and QuickTime 4.0 or later.
Experience a new world of interactive Web audio directly in Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, or AOL browsers with this browser plug-in. It supports a variety of audio file formats including MP3, RMF, MIDI, MOD, AIFF, WAV, and AU. Users can experience music or sound at a whole new level of interactivity. Hear audio responses on a Web page triggered by mouse movements and clicks, or hear audio triggered by clicking on links, buttons, and more. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.5.1 or later.
Here’s a neato little alternative to the standard Apple CD Player if your desktop space is a precious commodity. This simple CD player features a small square interface that can be interchanged with different included PICT interfaces, or design your own custom player with the included template (no ResEdit required!). You get the bare bones basics (play, stop, pause, fast forward, rewind, previous, next, eject, and quit) that can either be triggered via the buttons in the interface, or by key commands. 68k and PPC compatible. Requires a CD-ROM drive (duh).
ChordMachine - Shareware
MMM Productions, michel.maassen@skynet.be
All you budding guitarists, or guitarists looking for a 24-hour-a-day jam partner, might like to check this one out. This Director-based program will allow you to put together a chord accompaniment, using real guitar sounds, to jam alongside of. It features a nice interface that will let you add major, minor, 7th, and diminished 7th chords, in any key, to the song palette to build your own endless jam loop. Though the idea is nice, keep in mind that your animated picking partner (the onscreen fretboard display) may be a little misdirected. Just visualize that you’re jamming with a lefty!
This full-featured player will allow you to listen to a variety of audio formats from a nice-looking interface (reminiscent of your car stereo interface). It allows you to play MP3, streaming MP3, CD audio, MIDI, AIFF, QuickTime, WAV, and other audio files, as well as the capability of tuning into a growing number of Web-based radio stations broadcasting on the RadioDestiny Broadcast Network. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 8.0 or later. A fast Internet connection is preferred when using Internet Radio mode.
GrooveMaker-Dancity/Teknostorm - Demos
IK Multimedia, ikm@ikmultimedia.com, http://www.ikmultimedia.com
This latest GrooveMaker demo package not only contains Dancity—a collection of dance music-styled loops for use with GrooveMaker, but also the new Teknostorm—a collection of techno loops for GrooveMaker. If you’re looking to generate some great sounding grooves quickly and easily, put GrooveMaker on your Mac and you’ll be generating some high-qulaity music in no time. A perfect solution for any multimedia presentation, Web site, remix artist, or even any Mac addict who knows how to throw a party. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.5.3 or later.
Become the life of the party—stick a CD jukebox on your office server (or any server)! This cool porgram will let you to turn any dedicated Mac server into a jukebox that will allow any person connected to the server access to any CD mounted to it. It can support up to 1800 CDs, doesn’t require any client software, operates as if a remote CD is mounted locally, is Alias Manager compatible, and can be used with any type of CD (audio or media). 68k and PPC compatible.
Music fans will definitely want to have this software in their arsenal. This cross-platform MP3 playback and production system will allow you to play audio and video on any Mac or (ahem) peecee (just in case you’re stuck with one at work!) MVP can play over 20 popular music file formats including CD audio, QuickTime, AVI, streams, AIFF, WAV, and its own proprietary QDesign format. It also allows you to convert your music files into MP3s or QDesign files. Those not familiar with the QDesign format will be delighted to know that it can compress your audio into smaller files than MP3 and its sound quality maintains even at higher compressions. The player features an interactive Internet-linked interface that will allow you to download new music or purchase it. Plus, with its support of the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), you’ll be able to download copyrighted music from your favorite artists and bands. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.5.3, QuickTime 4.0 or later, and an Internet connection.
Record and sequence your music with this powerful audio package. It integrates digital audio recording with MIDI sequencing, and features advanced DSP features, enhanced integration with QuickTime, full support of Digidesign TDM bussing and hardware, support for Pro Tools, supports VST real-time effects, step editor notation, built-in arpeggiator, 96 kHz support for Acadia and DAE/TDM, 8-24 bit support in DSP and playback, and much more. Those familiar with Opcode’s Vision DSP should look at this program as Vision’s big brother. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.6 or later.
SurfTunes 1.0 - Shareware
Purple E Software, ejt@norcom2000.com, http://www.norcom2000.com/users/ejt/purplee.html
Surf the Net and control your CD audio right from your Web browser. This browser-based CD audio player will allow you to build sophisticated Web interfaces that can play, stop, pause, navigate, and adjust the volume of a CD in your CD-ROM drive right from your favorite browser. You can even control your tunes right from the location/URL field of your browser. Supports both Netscape and Internet Explorer.
