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MP3s need nice tags, album art and lyrics

November 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Geek

After you download an MP3, it is amazing how many don’t come with everything you need. Like file names and tags that are right. Embedded Album Art and lyrics for each song. So here is how to get your MP3s up to snuff so you can give really use them on your iPhone or give [...]

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Lyrics and Artwork on the Mac

September 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

I’ve tried a bunch of tools. Pearlyrics is gone thanks to the RIAA, it was great because it would go through your whole set of songs. All the rest just do the current playing song and most are widgets now:

“Harmonic:http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/2035. This seems to work the best. Listens to the current song and plugs the lyrics [...]

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Audiobook Cd Backup with Max Mac Fission for splitting and MP3 Trimmer for joining

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

If you have a series of audiobook CDs that you want to backup. What is the easiest way to do it. Well, you can use iTunes to back it up. You want to set it to use very small files. I normally go to iTunes/Preferences/Advanced/Importing and set it to MP3, custom with 32Kbps and 24Khz [...]

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Tascam TR-1 and Fission rock!

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Had a chance to record a concert with the Taxcam DR-1 highly recommended. It is quite a bit bigger than the iPod, but has really high quality builtin microphones. I was amazed at the quality. The user interface is primitive but it lets you record in real time in MP3 format and most importantly [...]

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