July 30, 2003
Stuff That Works
MUSIC MATCH THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO I tried yet another music organizer (the 20th?) I had received from PC Magazine as a subscription premium. I liked Music Match so much that I shelled out the $29.95 (now $19.95) for the full version and lifetime updates. When I got my new HP MEDIA CENTER PC it had various native programs that purported to do the same thing, so I went with them in lieu of hauling Music Match off my old IBM. It took maybe 10 minutes for me to realize all were inferior, but what the hell, I had other fish to fry. What I really missed though was the editing features I used to compress .WAV files down to a reasonable size, which is why I haven't been updating Brian the Movie Guy. Over the weekend I downloaded the latest version, using the original key I purchased years ago. Voila! Music Match does everything, and does most of it well. Here's something I've wanted for years, and this version has it - Volume Leveling. My song library played at different decibel levels, which is a pain in the ass. You know, adjust the volume up for this song and the next one blows your speakers out. It took about 15 minutes for Music Match to level my 1300 song library so that there are no longer any annoying spikes. Finding tags and album photos for a song is almost instantaneous. I've always used the CD burner software to make CDs and labels. You can download a free basic version here, and if you decide to spring for the whole load, it's a good deal IMO. |
Been using Musicmatch for 2 years and it's great.
Posted by: Mark on July 30, 2003 08:38 PMVery interesting post
Posted by: Dave on October 23, 2003 08:21 AM