Hey guys the good humans over at MusicIP have given me a big box of ear buds to give away. They would like for me to review their MusicIP Mixer product. Well I’m sure you guys are wondering what the heck is MusicIP? Well lets get into that right now.
What is it
Well MusicIP Mixer is a way to pick songs from your music collection without having to make up the playlist yourself. The MusicIP Mixer will upload a list of the songs you have to a central server and pick songs to build your playlist.
How does it Work
Well after you download the free MusicIP Mixer it goes through your music collection. You pick the folder where you music is stored and MusicIP Mixer
goes to work listing all the songs you have along with the Genres, Artist, and Albums.
The thing I found interesting about this application is the little green button that reminds me of the little AOL guy. Press this button once and your music collection is scanned, but press it twice and it will build a playlist of songs that are related to the song you have chosen. So you choose a song that you happen to be in the mood to hear and it will grab a number of tracks to play.
Another great feature of this software is the ability to produce an html report that can be save to your computer and viewed in any web browser. This was by far the feature that sold me on this application. BJ had no idea he had 164 hours of music. It was great to see every artist and the name of albums I forgot I had. Here’s a bit of my report:
MusicMagic Mixer Library Report
Songs 2,669
Disk space 10.9GB
Time 164:57 hr
Albums by Artist
The 3 Pieces
Can’t Hide Love (1 of 12)
45 Dip
The Acid Lounge Vol. 1 (Disc 1) (1 of 14)
Hed Kandi - The Acid Lounge Vol.1 (Disc 2) (2 of 15)
Aaliyah
The Best of Aaliyah
AIM
The Acid Lounge Vol. 1 (Disc 1) (1 of 14)
Airlock
The Acid Lounge Vol. 1 (Disc 1) (1 of 14)
Akasha
The Acid Lounge Vol. 1 (Disc 1) (1 of 14)
Alicia Keys
As I Am
Amanda Diva
Hip Hop Dock-Trine 2 (The Saga Continues) [Hall Of Justus Edition] (1 of 32)
Amel Larrieux
Lovely Standards
Amy Winehouse
Frank
Ana
Spider-Man 2 [Original Soundtrack]
Anonymous/Anonimo
Cafe Del Mar Classics III (1 of 12)
Antonio Alvarez/Jose Antonio Alvarez
Cafe Del Mar Classics III (1 of 12)
Arthuro Sandoval
I Got No Kick Against Modern Jazz: A GRP Artists’ Celebration Of The Songs Of The Beatles (1 of 14)
Is that cool or what??
Something that’s not so cool is I’m afraid MusicIP Mixer may scare off some users because it’s not exactly point and click. Like for instance if you want to define a mood. You click on moods in the top menu bar and can save the mood you are in as a mood you define or save it as a binary mood?? What?? What the heck is that? Ok MusicIP Mixer Guys you really should give people a choice of moods along with the option to define custom moods. I think this will confuse some and may turn them off to that feature.
Should I buy it
I say try the free version out first. MusicIP Mixer is a solid application for managing a large music collection. MusicIP Mixer does a much better job than iTunes or the Zune Music interface for creating play list and tracking your music. Overall BJ likes MusicIP Mixer. This one is “BJ Recommended”
To get your MusicIP Ear Buds all you have to do is try out MusicIP and let me know what you think. That’s it. I’ve got 60 pair and I think they are going to go quick so get to downloading and let BJ know if you love it or hate it.
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