Post: #1

Im curious what everyone uses to organize/play music on their computers.

I'm looking for something OTHER then iTunes

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Post: #2

If I want to listen to a song, I open a new tab, plug in the headphones to my computer, and go to YouTube to listen to the music videos.

Pros: Free. Legal. No need to buy expensive $300 (iPod) equipment.

Cons: None that I can think of.

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Winamp

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Spotify. It'll play the files you locally store on your computer, as well as allow you to stream damn near anything you want. It's free if you want to listen to a lot of annoying commercials, or $5-$10 monthly if you want to hear music commercial-free and stream via phone. I'm cheap and listen to the commercials.

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Anyone have a suggestion for dj software or equipment for a beginner?

Post: #6

Grooveshark. You can stream all the music you want, search for songs, and create playlists/libraries without storing any songs on your computer.

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(10-18-2011 11:43 AM)ao85 Wrote:  Anyone have a suggestion for dj software or equipment for a beginner?

Serato.
http://serato.com/

The benchmark for dj software,The actual software is free to download(free upgrades too) but you can only play one track at a time until you buy the serato box to plug in between your turntables/mixer and laptop...
If you want to manipulate digital music like a record then look no further.
There are a few other brands available but this is the don of them all.

Post: #8

(10-16-2011 08:05 PM)Chad Daring Wrote:  Im curious what everyone uses to organize/play music on their computers.

I'm looking for something OTHER then iTunes

i use media monkey to organize/play my own music and spotify to listen to stuff i don't own.

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(10-18-2011 11:43 AM)ao85 Wrote:  Anyone have a suggestion for dj software or equipment for a beginner?

Search for Fruity Loops, its real nice from what I've seen.

Post: #10

(10-19-2011 11:42 PM)FretDancer Wrote:  

(10-18-2011 11:43 AM)ao85 Wrote:  Anyone have a suggestion for dj software or equipment for a beginner?

Search for Fruity Loops, its real nice from what I've seen.

I've played around with fruity loops (its called FL Studio now) Its real quality software but very overwhelming if you dont know what to do. Took me a good 12 hours watching youtube tutorials before I was able to get anything done.

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Post: #11

FL studio is production software,not dj-ing software.....

Post: #12

(10-20-2011 03:06 PM)bez Wrote:  FL studio is production software,not dj-ing software.....

After re-reading the original post, it seems he's just looking for software to play the music.

Windows Media Player, Winamp, Ares, Thats all I can think of.

Post: #13

Bumping this thread to see if anybody has any new alternatives to iTunes. I've been trying to shake that piece of shit for years. It's such a resource hog, and I don't buy anything on their dumb store they push on you so hard.

I've used Winamp in the past and have been hearing there are some new ones. Ideally, I want a player that:

1. Has a nice interface
2. Has visualizations
3. Can manage my stupid iPod
4. Can share libraries with other devices in the house

Any suggestions?

Post: #14

Organizing and playing music is one thing, but having fun with music is another.

If you wanna play around with the music give Ableton Live a go.

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I've also got a request, but for music discovery:

1. Suggests songs that you like when you pick a genre, song or artist.
2. Big song library.
3. Streaming.
4. Can skip/ban songs/artists.
5. No searching or browsing needed to find songs. Minimal effort. Automated playlist generation.
6. Can skip as much as you want.
7. Preferably but not mandatory: Phone app available.

I haven't found anything that does this very well. I've used Slacker Radio, particularly it's Trance/Progressive station. But the station only seems to have a couple hundred songs, and I almost never hear other songs on it - all the ones I like I recognize immediately and am almost sick of. But I have songs that never come up on it, so the library is nowhere near comprehensive. And for some reason the 'create a station' only gives me shitty songs.

There's also a lot of awesome mashups and remixes being made, but I don't have a convenient source for finding them.

Post: #16

+1 for Grooveshark when you want to queue up songs.

I've recently gotten into Digitally Imported (http://di.fm) and I love the Electro-House and Chillout playlists, give that one a shot if you're into any electronic music.