Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

dtrammellJan 30th 2009 11:02AM

Neutral

That's still an insult to everyone who bought music from iTunes prior to the DRM-free announcement. Say no to Apple's restrictive conditions.

Use DoubleTwist to strip the DRM out of your AAC files. And if you want to make truly portable music files then use M4A to MP3 Converter against your un-DRM'd iTunes music to create high quality MP3s with full ID3 tag information. Both are free utilities.

Another good freeware app is MP3 Gain, which adjusts the audio levels of you MP3 files so you don't wind up with some loud and some soft songs in you collection (this can happen when buying music from multiple sources like Amazon.com and Walmart.com). You can level a single song, an entire album (so all songs on the album flow smoothly from one to the next), or run it against your entire Music folder if you want.

Lastly, MusicBrainz is a great freeware app for identifying, ID3 tagging, and organizing/renaming your MP3s into any format you want (for instance Artist\Album\00 Track Name, or Genre\Artist - Track Name if you prefer).

Enjoy your music on YOUR terms, not the store's.

Dislike

Report

Add your comments

Your comments:

Remember me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.