6 May, 2010  |  Written by Kabir  |  under Audio

Tired of going online and signing-in on youtube again and again to listen to your favorite songs/live performances by your favorite artists. Check out dirpy.com, it’s a newly launched web site just for you. Dirpy allows you to convert youtube videos into mp3 files in real-time. Using dirpy, apart from conversion into mp3 files you can also download the video.

Dirpy.com, which is currently in beta, also lets you make use of special features like transcoding, id3 metadata tags, offsets and also support for high-quality formats which includes HD. Continue Reading ->

24 Apr, 2010  |  Written by Kabir  |  under Audio

Well, here is an easy way to share your favorite songs with your buddies over internet. Just type in the name of the song and there you go, share the links with your friends on various social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumbir, StumbleUpon and even send an e-mail.

Tinysong.com is where you can enjoy all the services.  Just type in the name of the song in the search engine and you get a series of matching words. Play the song online (on tinysong.com itself) and see if it is the tune you are searching for and get the link. There is a huge variety of songs available on the web site (courtesy: “ridiculously diverse catalog of Grooveshark“, which is the parent site where you can listen to songs). Continue Reading ->

12 Apr, 2010  |  Written by Neha  |  under Audio

CutMP3.net is a recently launched new online tool which enables you to cut out small chunks of MP3 files. The simplicity with which this online tool functions without confusing you with too many options gives it the cutting edge.

The process to be followed for cutting the files is a complete cakewalk. Just go to the website. Use the sliders or precise time markers to select the boundaries of your portion to be trimmed. The “Cut” button on clicking will do the trick and then you can go ahead and save the new piece for usage. The tool cuts the MP3 at the frame level without losing the quality of the MP3 file. Continue Reading ->

What if you are on your way to work, home or any other place and you felt like listening to your favorite song/songs that for any damn reason, is not stored in your iPhone or iPod you are carrying with you? And having that song on your desktop PC that cant be with you all time makes it more irritable. No problems, TubeMyStuff has the solution for this. TubeMyStuff is a very cool application that allows you to listen to your music from your iPhone\iPod\PC – Even when your target PC is offline.

In simple words, Let’s say you have your PC at home, a laptop, and another PC at your office. After 3 simple steps (which takes about 5 minutes top), you will be able to hear the music you have on each of the above PC from your iPhone\iPod:-

Step#1 – Creating a TubeMyStuff account.
Step#2 – Installing a small application on each PC you want to stream the music from
Step#3 – On each PC Set the folders where you keep your music files, and would like to stream the music from. That’s all.

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Listify is a web application for all those people who love iTunes and still have a soft corner for Spotify. You can stop giving step-motherly treatment to either of these widely used soft wares with this application. Both Spotify and iTunes have their own set of advantages and this web application has come up with a deadly combination of two in the form of Listify. We all know that iTunes helps to create and manage playlists and easily export music into iPods and iPhones while Spotify gives legal access to millions of songs. This application turns iTunes playlists into Spotify playlists. Now, isn’t that a ‘win-win’ situation for the users?

How to create Spotify Playlist from iTunes Playlist?

  1. Go to your iTunes software.
  2. Export your playlist as simple plain text.
  3. Upload it to Listify and click “Submit”
  4. Listify will look for all those songs on Spotify.
  5. Copy and paste the songs and your Spotify playlist is ready.

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13 Oct, 2009  |  Written by Gagan  |  under Audio

Listen from Google Labs brings pod casts and web audio to your Android-powered device. It lets you search, subscribe, download and stream. By subscribing to programs and search terms it will create a personalized audio-magazine loaded with fresh shows and news stories whenever you listen. In this release Listen is indexing thousands of popular English-only audio sources.

Listen from Google Labs is part of Google Labs, a playground for Google engineers and adventurous Google users. Google staffers with wild and crazy ideas post their prototypes on Google Labs and solicit feedback on how the technology could be used or improved.

Use the Search bar from the home screen (or “Menu -> Search” from other screens) to search for audio programs. If you know the name of a specific podcast, you can search for that, or you can search for a topic such as “Google”. Once you find search results you like, press on a result to start listening right away or press and hold (long-press) to see more options.
Subscriptions allow you to keep up to date with specific programs or specific search terms. After you press on any search result you’ll see a check box in the upper right; just select it to subscribe to that program. Listen will then always show you the latest episode on the Programs tab of the My Subscriptions screen.

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