Piezo
Company: Rogue Amoeba
Price: $9.99 US
Version: 1.1.1
Requires: Mac OSX 10.6.0 or higher
Mac App Store link
I hate when people remind me that something I predicted came true. Alright, I’m lying. I love it when people tell me something I predicted has come to pass! Like when wrote that the iPod would be a failure once Sony really got behind the whole digital music / MP3 thing! Oh, wait…
Anyway, a few years ago, even before the actual launch of the iTunes App Store, I was spouting on the MyMac Podcast that there should be something similar for Macintosh application. And here were are, January 2011, and we finally have it! The App Store!
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A friend recently gave me some LP records, some of which were still sealed in shrink wrap. Since they were in excellent condition, I decided to transfer them to my computer using my USB turntable and Audio Hijack Pro, an excellent $32 program from Rogue Amoeba. Here are the steps for transferring records to your computer and then loading them into iTunes.
1. Connect your turntable to a USB port on your computer.
2. Launch Audio Hijack Pro.
3. Click the + sign in the bottom left, and create a new Hijack point.
4. In the right pane, click on the drop down field next to Source Type and select Audio Device.
5.In the Input Device, select USB Audio Codec. Be sure that all other USB audio devices are disconnected.
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Audio Hijack Pro
Company: Rogue Amoeba
Price: $32.00
rogueamoeba.com
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Without question, we have all observed the rapid movement towards video within and without the internet. Sadly, most video content producers are running up against bandwidth limitations which the ISPs (Internet Service Providers) are working feverishly to improve. While bandwidth does present a problem for video content, there exits no such limitation for those who wish to produce and consume audio content. With the advent of the iPod, iTunes, and RSS (Really Simple Syndication), the foundation upon which podcasting was built, the production, distribution, and acquisition of all types of audio content has grown exponentially.
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Tim interviews Rogue Amoeba’s Paul Kafasis about the company, his history with the Mac, and some of their great products, including the newly released Radioshift. The later, Guy Serle, Donny Yankellow, and Bill Palmer join Tim to chat about the new Zune, the Podcast Expo, 100 Articles, and much more.
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