Pintmaster

I have been using Garageband to edit some audio conversations. Unfortunately, I ran into a prohibitive bug that means I can no longer use garageband. I have researched online and have not seen a solution to this problem. Other users of Garageband running intel Macs have noted this issue and I think it may be specific to intel mac users. In any case, I’ll have to find another way to edit my audio. Take a look at what happens when I try to trim the fat from a conversation. Here is the before image:

then I press apple-T to split the track and:

Errr, Apple, please fix this. That is not how the application is supposed to behave!

There are some others who have had the same issues on the apple support board: 1, 2, 3

… probably about 400 times, but here is the link anyway!

Those of you wondering who Joe Cecot is, he is this scary fellow here.

Allofmp3.com has been making a lot of noise in the news lately. I heard about it several years ago when they were just starting out, but discounted the service because of the lack of good (subjective) music. I took a look again after hearing how Russia’s entry into the WTO was being blocked because of Allofmp3.com. Im an iPod and iTunes Music Store user so that will be my baseline comparison.

Interface

Allofmp3.com is your standard website interface. It’s not overly fancy with Ajax etc… it just works. You can preview songs without having an account and they have their bestseller lists organized by region. Though the site is based in Russia, they have spent the time to make it seem like it could be an American owned site. It’s not as nice as the iTunes Music Store interface, but it does its job.

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