The Well-Tempered Computer, an introduction to computer audio

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Great softwares from Rogue Amoeba

Great collection of softwares (mostly for Mac) from Rogue Amoeba.  Everything is free to try with some features disabled.  All of them is $25-$32 to buy.


Airfoil (For Mac and Windows): Play any audio across your network to a whole host of devices, all in sync! Airfoil sends audio to remote speakers including iOS devices, other computers, and hardware devices like the Apple TV and AirPort Express. Airfoil for Mac gives you any audio, everywhere.


Audio Hijack Pro: Record any audio - three simple words to explain Audio Hijack Pro. Record from applications like iTunes, Skype or DVD Player. Record from microphones, Radiosharks and other hardware. If you hear it, you can record it.


Pulsar:  XM and SIRIUS both provide online access to most of their stations, but tuning in with a browser is clunky at best. With Pulsar and an XM or SIRIUS online account, you can access all this great content directly from your desktop!


Radioshift!: With Radioshift, you can listen to and record internet and AM/FM radio from around the world on your schedule.
Nicecast: The easiest way to broadcast music from OS X. Broadcast to the world, or just across your house. Nicecast can help you create your own internet radio station or allow you to listen to your iTunes Music Library from anywhere in the world


Fission: Streamlined audio editing, you can quickly copy, paste and trim audio, as well as split files. Fission also works with compressed MP3 and AAC formats to edit without the quality loss caused by other editors. Get perfect quality audio when editing natively in the MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV formats.