Am I the only person who *doesn't* have an iPod?
I guess the answer is yes!
Cheers
DJ Medusa.
I guess the answer is yes!
Cheers
DJ Medusa.
iPod Jukebox @ St. Ex roll-call
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:I think the whole thing strikes people as kinda nerdy. It's hard to not make fun of it.
it's a cool idea to democratize the dj process and it's a fun time … why all the criticism?
Originally posted by TEM:completely agree, its damn easy to make fun of gadgets … but the earlier posts leaned more towards ipod-envy and scene-hating rather than geek ridicule …
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:I think the whole thing strikes people as kinda nerdy. It's hard to not make fun of it.
it's a cool idea to democratize the dj process and it's a fun time … why all the criticism?
Or lazy-journalism hating…
Originally posted by bellenseb:good call … but people who aren't in the know absolutely eat stuff like this up … most people live a pretty simple existence (commute to work, work, commute home, make dinner, watch CSI, go to sleep) and they rely on "features" like this to keep them tuned in …
Or lazy-journalism hating…
but you're right, i hate reading piece like the ones that will be written from last night …
Yeah, don't get me wrong, I think the concept is a really good one.
I do think that calling it iPod night might scare away people with other mp3 players who think it's iPod-only (partly why only iPods were there, although I realize it's mostly because they are the most popular). I think the recent USA Today cover story on the "iPod lifestyle" or whatever just got to me. Where they don't even acknowledge that other players exist (for "iPod nights" or anything else).
I do think that calling it iPod night might scare away people with other mp3 players who think it's iPod-only (partly why only iPods were there, although I realize it's mostly because they are the most popular). I think the recent USA Today cover story on the "iPod lifestyle" or whatever just got to me. Where they don't even acknowledge that other players exist (for "iPod nights" or anything else).
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:I actually managed to get a 1GB iPod shuffle – I was at the UMBC bookstore for another reason and they had them in stock.
Has anyone actually seen one of these mythical iPod shuffles?
I see ads for them every day, but no stores stock them and Apple.com says there is a 3-4 week wait.
It pretty much lives up to the hype: tiny, light, holds a LOT of music. I've put 4 hour-plus playlists on it and still have plenty of room to spare. It's perfect for the gym, it'd definitely be great for snowboarding, skiing, etc.
Originally posted by Medusa:No. There are at least 2 of us.
Am I the only person who *doesn't* have an iPod?
I guess the answer is yes!
Cheers
DJ Medusa.
kosmette wears the ipod in the relationship… i have a cd/mp3 player which i'm thinking about upgrading. but probably not to another iPod. the Rio Karma has an interesting feature set plays FLAC and OGG files, but it's failure rate seems a bit high for what it costs.
I was wanting to come down for the event, however I got hit with the feeling crappy stick and ended crashed out early.
Being the nerd I am, I'll just blog what I was going to play…
Being the nerd I am, I'll just blog what I was going to play…
Originally posted by The Cricklewood Massive:Welcome to the forum, stick around we are a lively bunch of loons…
Hey. I'm one of the people who runs the night.
Do you know if Saint-ex has a wi-fi hotspot? Hookup a laptop at the club and with my reactived my Live365 broadcasting account we could stream the event on the internet.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:Just my personal experience: I bought a Karma about a year ago and it was a total lemon … died on me after a week or so … but it has a cool design, RCA outs on the body, and really good compatibility for lossless formats like the ones you mentioned …
kosmette wears the ipod in the relationship… i have a cd/mp3 player which i'm thinking about upgrading. but probably not to another iPod. the Rio Karma has an interesting feature set plays FLAC and OGG files, but it's failure rate seems a bit high for what it costs.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:interesting idea……
Originally posted by The Cricklewood Massive:Welcome to the forum, stick around we are a lively bunch of loons…
Hey. I'm one of the people who runs the night.
Do you know if Saint-ex has a wi-fi hotspot? Hookup a laptop at the club and with my reactived my Live365 broadcasting account we could stream the event on the internet.
Rios do have amazing feature sets. It's a shame they have such a bad reputation for quality. Apparently they are using new Seagate drives in the 5gb Carbon that are much better suited to portables. It may be worth a shot if you're in the market for a mini player.
It looks and feels great, and has a killer feature set. It's got what all mp3 players should have: it shows up as a drive, you can drag and drop in Windows Explorer, and best of all the player will build the id3 database itself, so no software is needed at all.
It looks and feels great, and has a killer feature set. It's got what all mp3 players should have: it shows up as a drive, you can drag and drop in Windows Explorer, and best of all the player will build the id3 database itself, so no software is needed at all.
Originally posted by bellenseb:my house-mate has a carbon and he loves it … but i really look at mini players as form over function … i mean, does the smaller size really make up for an incredibly high memory/price ratio (as compared to 20 or 40+ GB machines)?
Rios do have amazing feature sets. It's a shame they have such a bad reputation for quality. Apparently they are using new Seagate drives in the 5gb Carbon that are much better suited to portables. It may be worth a shot if you're in the market for a mini player.
It looks and feels great, and has a killer feature set. It's got what all mp3 players should have: it shows up as a drive, you can drag and drop in Windows Explorer, and best of all the player will build the id3 database itself, so no software is needed at all.
Yeah it's a shame that the bleeding edge feature set can't be backed with reliable technology. Commnets about Tthe units dying so quickly was one of the reasons I shyed away from at least the Karma this time. It would appear that the Napster-To-Go support isn't in the offing either. Rio has a reputation for abandoning support on older products. But also have really fanatical customer base. Including reverse engineering sw which allows the Karma to connect to OS X or Linux box, via the ethernet port.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:Kosmo, I know you told me once but I forgot…can you either post or pm me your blog's address?
Yeah it's a shame that the bleeding edge feature set can't be backed with reliable technology. Commnets about Tthe units dying so quickly was one of the reasons I shyed away from at least the Karma this time. It would appear that the Napster-To-Go support isn't in the offing either. Rio has a reputation for abandoning support on older products. But also have really fanatical customer base. Including reverse engineering sw which allows the Karma to connect to OS X or Linux box, via the ethernet port.
Some people really don't have more than 5gb of music they want to carry around, and the Carbon is a stylistic wonder, IMO - much more attractive than the iPods, tiny, light, smooth sleek finish and shape.
Me, I'm waiting for decent 80gb players (or someone to teach me how to hack my RCA) so I don't have an ever-growing stack of CDs that won't fit on my 40gb.
Me, I'm waiting for decent 80gb players (or someone to teach me how to hack my RCA) so I don't have an ever-growing stack of CDs that won't fit on my 40gb.
Originally posted by bellenseb:very true … another way to go about it is just keep your digital library on a hard drive, you can have 100s of GBs if you have the music … have all your songs rated, then only put top-rated songs on your MP3 player … and if you have all the music categorized by genre, etc, you can have some really dynamic playlists with your favorite songs out of a big collection … i don't think i'd ever want my whole music library on my MP3 player, there'd be way too much indecision when it came to what i was going to listen to….
Some people really don't have more than 5gb of music they want to carry around, and the Carbon is a stylistic wonder, IMO - much more attractive than the iPods, tiny, light, smooth sleek finish and shape.
Me, I'm waiting for decent 80gb players (or someone to teach me how to hack my RCA) so I don't have an ever-growing stack of CDs that won't fit on my 40gb.
I do create playlists of my favorites, but I'd like everything on there for a few reasons…
1) Sometimes I like to listen to everything on shuffle, and the bigger the shuffle pool the better. If I just have my favorites on there, I'll never discover new favorites via shuffle.
2) I want to have a backup of all the music on my hard drive. Hard drives fail all the time and I don't want to spend hours and hours reripping.
3) Sometimes you just want to hear that one song or album, and who knows what it'll be.
1) Sometimes I like to listen to everything on shuffle, and the bigger the shuffle pool the better. If I just have my favorites on there, I'll never discover new favorites via shuffle.
2) I want to have a backup of all the music on my hard drive. Hard drives fail all the time and I don't want to spend hours and hours reripping.
3) Sometimes you just want to hear that one song or album, and who knows what it'll be.