Tune into the world with this Internet radio receiver. It allows you to tune in and listen to any of the hundreds of Internet radio stations broadcasting with Shoutcast or Icecast protocols. It features a car stereo-like interface complete with ten station preset buttons, allows you to play your MP3 files via drag-and-drop, includes a tracker to fine-tune your search for preferred stations, and comes with a cool visual plug-in—Entheogen—that provides ultimate brain melting eye candy for your audio/visual pleasure. But the real kicker is its recording feature that allows you to record any radio stream for later playback at any time. Hurrah! Requires a PPC and an Internet connection.
Turn your Mac into a professional sound studio. AudioFusion Techno Workstation will allow you to generate, create, and mix techno, trance, house, and dance music right from your desktop. It features five virtual devices you’d expect to find in a real studio—a stereo sampler that supports 8 to 30 tracks, a stereo synthesizer with 10-note polyphony featuring twenty instruments, stereo beat box with 10-note polyphony featuring ten rhythm instruments, a recorder which allows you to automate your mixes, and an editor for post-production manipulation and fine-tuning. It also features quantizing capability, 44 kHz/16-bit sound quality, lets you play up to 50 simultaneous channels of audio without hardware, supports MIDI, OMS, VST, and allows you to export AIFF audio files. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.1 or later and Sound Manager 3.2.
Music lovers—check this out! This totally hip audio player will allow you to listen to your CDs, MP3 files, or streaming MP3 audio over the Internet. But what’s really cool is its interchangeable faceplates (featuring some stunning transparency graphics), and you can even design them yourself. And, it features a built-in streams directory, CDDB support, playlist capabilities, and EQ, one-click switching between CD, MP3, and Net modes, and more. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 8.0 or later.
If you’ve got a singer who can’t consistently hit his/her notes, you will definitely want to check this one out. This VST plug-in corrects intonation and pitch problems of vocals and other solo recordings in real-time. It can detect and correct pitches up to C6. This plug-in will work in any audio host program supporting the VST format. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.1 or later.
Black & Whites is a collection of pro-quality acoustic and electric piano sounds for use with Bitheadz Unity DS-1 software sampler. Turn your Mac into a 9-foot Steinway Grand or a classic Rhodes electric piano. Three auditioning AIFF samples are included in this collection to give you an idea of Black & Whites samples in use: Cousin Stu features Black & White’s Steinway 7’ and is performed by Jeff Lorber; Scriabin Sonata #4 features the Steinway 9’ and is performed by Antonio Iturrioz; and Mi-a-ou also features the Steinway 9’ and is performed by Dianne E, Leffer. You can listen to these pieces using QuickTime or any other audio player that supports AIFF. These samples are 68k and PPC compatible. Black & Whites requires a PPC (200 MHz or faster) and 64 MB RAM.
Turn your music and audio files into MP3 files with this handy encoder. Based on the ISO reference code, it allows you to convert your AIFF, WAV, and raw PCM files into MP3 files. It supports 32 to 320 kilobyte-per-second bitrates, drag-and-drop, and has source code available for the asking. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.5.3 or later.
This application allows you to play standard MIDI files on your Mac and displays helpful audio information such as the current tempo, voice name, levels, pans, MIDI channels, and more. You can play up to 32,640 MIDI files sequentially or randomly. It also features QuickTime and drag-and-drop support. 68k and PPC compatible running Mac OS 7.1 or later and Apple MIDI Manager or OMS (Open Music System).
Most of you audio folks know about Cubase—it’s one of the best professional audio recording and sequencing packages available. For those who haven’t seen this product in action, now’s your chance. This program was designed for musicians and can be easily used by anyone familiar with audio consoles—even 4-track recorders. It allows you to easily record up to 96 channels of CD-quality audio and MIDI, sequence tracks, edit waveforms, and add a vast number of effects. It also features 4 EQs per channel, 4 insert points per channel, 8 Aux sends, 8 global effects, full automation, 24-bit/96 kHz capability, low latency support, score editing and printing, non-destructive audio clips editor, quantize functions, and much more! Awesome! Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.6.1 or later, 32 MB RAM, and 256K Second Level Cache.
Ice-T: Always Wanted ta be a Ho D*Plate and Mixman Studio 1.0 - Demo
Mixman, info@mixman.com, http://www.mixman.com/
Yo! All you fans of the Original Ganster, Ice-T is in da house! Well, at least in your Mac. Created to work in conjunction with Mixman Studio, this D*Plate contains original artist music recordings saved in tracks format that will allow you to take the recordings and mix the song in any way you want within Mixman. This song, “Always Wanted ta be a Ho” features 16 tracks of Ice’s raps, drum loops, synth pads, strings, bass, female vocals, scratches, percussion, and more. What’s more, you can even record your own tracks in Mixman’s recording studio and put yourself into the mix—a virtual jam session. This Mixman demo comes with the Ice-T D*Plate pre-installed so get ready to mix it up. There is a Parental Advisory warning for explicit content (Ed. note—it’s really not that bad) so you are forewarned. Then again, we wouldn’t expect anything less from Ice-T. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 8.1 or later.
Formerly MacAMP Lite, this “kid brother” of MACAST is the no-frills version of the original and will allow you to play a number of sound formats including MP3, MP2, CD Audio, MOD, and S3M. This latest version supports streaming Shoutcast and Icecast audio and sports a new futuristic interface. It also features a simple control strip interface (customizable through “skins”) that allows you to access its pop-up menu from your desktop, a hierarchical pop-up playlist menu, phrasebook support to speak your language, and more. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.5 or later.
This way-cool music automation system will allow you to play mobile DJ with your Mac, turn your office into a nightclub, construct a home theaterjukebox, set-up your own Internet radio, and more. This self-contained system will allow you to load your CD’s, QuickTime files, and MP3’s directly into the program, eliminating the need to lug around your entire CD collection, and will let you fade between songs with up to a 120 second fade time for a complete dramatic effect. And if your hard drive can handle it, MegaSeg can hold up to 2000 songs in its database. Requires a PPC and QuickTime 3 or later.
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.
PlayerPRO 5.4 - Freeware
Antoine Rosset, RossetAntoine@bluewin.ch, http://www.quadmation.com/
If you’re looking for an easy-to-use and affordable multitrack music editor, this one is truly amazing—and it’s free! Record from your MIDI setup or import sound files without any extra hardware. This latest version is a major update and now features multi-channel per tracks support, crop and bit depth function for creating samples, an equalizer, new sound filters, global panning settings, and more. It supports MP3, QuickTime, MOD, AIFF, WAV, System 7 sound, MIDI, SD II, and many other sound formats. Edit via the onscreen Digital Editor, by notation, or via a MIDI keyboard, plus it has tons of other cool features. If you like this program, upgrade to the commercial version of PlayerPRO, a complete music editing program, where you can load, play, and save your music in a huge variety of formats, receive a music library filled with tons of instruments and samples, and more. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 8.0 or later and 16 MB RAM.
PlayerPRO G4 5.4 - Freeware
Antoine Rosset, RossetAntoine@bluewin.ch, http://www.quadmation.com/
This new version of PlayerPRO is designed to take advantage of the G4’s velocity engine capabilities. If you’re looking for an easy-to-use and affordable multitrack music editor, this one is truly amazing—and it’s free! Record from your MIDI setup or import sound files without any extra hardware. This latest version is a major update and now features multi-channel per tracks support, crop and bit depth function for creating samples, an equalizer, new sound filters, global panning settings, and more. It supports MP3, QuickTime, MOD, AIFF, WAV, System 7 sound, MIDI, SD II, and many other sound formats. Edit via the onscreen Digital Editor, by notation, or via a MIDI keyboard, plus it has tons of other cool features. If you like this program, upgrade to the commercial version of PlayerPRO, a complete music editing program, where you can load, play, and save your music in a huge variety of formats, receive a music library filled with tons of instruments and samples, and more. Requires a G4 running Mac OS 8.5 or later and 16 MB RAM.
Smash Mouth: All Star D*Plate and Mixman Studio 1.0 - Demo
Mixman, info@mixman.com, http://www.mixman.com/
Hey now, you’re an all star, get your game on, go play... with this cool new D*Plate from Smash Mouth. You know the song, and now you can personalize it to make it your own. Created to work in conjunction with Mixman Studio, this D*Plate contains original artist music recordings saved in tracks format that will allow you to take the recordings and mix the song in any way you want within Mixman. Put yourself in the record producer’s seat and create different sounding mixes from individual tracks that feature various drum beats, guitars, bass, vocals, and more. What’s more, you can even record your own tracks in Mixman’s recording studio and put yourself into the mix—a virtual jam session. This Mixman demo comes with the Samsh Mouth D*Plate pre-installed so get ready to mix it up. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 8.1 or later.
Ultra Recorder 2.4.1 - Shareware
EJ Campbell, EJC3@aol.com, http://members.aol.com/EJC3
Here’s a must-have program if you’re looking to easily record, convert, and save sounds in a variety of formats on your Mac. It can play and save WAV, AIFF, System 7, AIFF-C, Sound Edit, Sun’s AU format, and QuickTime formats. You can also save your sounds and audio as self-playing AIFF files for sharing without the worry of others not having the proper software to hear your music or sounds. 68k and PPC compatible running Mac OS 7 or later.
This program will let you turn your Mac into an OMS, FreeMIDI, or Sound Manager-compatible multi-timbral sample playback module. It can be setup like a simple sampler to playback on 16 MIDI channels with up to 64 samples per channel, mapped and enveloped to user-defined configurations. 68k and PPC compatible running System 7.1 or later. Sound Manager 3.1 or later recommended. Requires FreeMIDI 1.34 or later or OMS 2.0 or later.
