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Check Out The Winamp SHOUTcast Interface
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| This is one slick interface. It looks great and it's really easy to use.
Most of the time you'll just have the small player (the upper right hand corner
with my numbers 1 and 4 in it) open as you'll see below. But when you do open
the main interface it's really a kick. And there's a neat little equalizer that
let's you sculpt your sound as you listen. And all of you DAKonians know how I
love what my equalizers can do for my sound. Anyway, let's look at this interface
by the numbers. 1. As you're playing the Internet Radio broadcasts you'll see what's playing and often who's playing (it scrolls) and the bitrate. Always nice to know. 2. This is your playlist so you can see what's going on. The Internet Radio is only part of what Winamp does. It's also an excellent MP3 player. But today, I'm just dealing with the Internet Radio part. I just want you to know that it does much more.
3. This is the equalizer. I just dragged it here. You can put it anywhere. It really helps the sound quality. You can launch it and hide it with a single click just above the Thinger (4) 4. The Thinger is where you launch all parts of the player. It's really handy. You can access the playlist, preferences, visualizations (really great), library and much more. 5. A built in search box. How neat is this? Great idea. 6. A list of what you've heard. There's much more. But like with most things, this is all you need. If you've got time to play, you'll find all sorts of neat things you can do and listen to. But all you really need is access to the music. And, now you've got it.
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OK, just like 365, you'll have all the choices you can handle. What type of
music do you want to listen to? Well look above. Again, I've made a broad selection
of Oldies. You can be much more specific. Here's what I've marked by the numbers.
1. Just enter what you want in the search box. Station, Song, Artist, Genre. It's all easy. But frankly since isn't artist on demand. I think you'll find that you make a little broader choices here. But there are a ton of choices. 2. What to see what they've got? Just pull down the Genre menu and use the list of types of music to get you going. 3. Click this icon and you'll instantly tune in to any station you click. Lots of choices. 4. Good descriptions of the stations. You'll know before you go. It's easy and you'll go from station to station as you play with all your choices. It's better than flipping channels on TV. Because you'll always find a ton of good stuff. There's much more but this will get you going. |
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| Here's just a small part of the Genre pull down. So many choices. And, speaking of choices I'm going to show you just a TINY sample of all you'll get below. Again, this is just to let you see what you'll be listening to as soon as you start using Winamp and their SHOUTcast broadcasts. |
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| Remember Earth Angle? I love the song. And who's better than Buddy Holly to
sing it? Or just switch to a Classic Rock Station like you'll see at the right. Oh, did I mention that the numbers to the left are the elapsed time? And check out the neat Spectrum Analyzer to the left below the numbers. Pretty Neat. |
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| So do you like Destiny's Child, or Eddie Rabbit? I'm just trying
to show you how truly unlimited your choices will be. |
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| You can always count on me to turn in a Folk Station. I do love my folk and
especially my friends The Limeliters. They're the best. But, Hall and Oats aren't
bad either. See them to the right. |
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| How about a Concerto for 2 Mandolins? These stations play everything. My grandfather
was a really good mandolin player so I learned to appreciate the capabilities
really young. Of course to the right, I like Pat Boone too. He sure does sing
well. |
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| And let's finish Our short tour of the Winamp SHOUTcast services with a favorite
Music For the Royal Fireworks. And, do you remember Blue Moon? Great song. Here's
Sam Cooke singing it. But if you look below in the next section, you can get Dean
Martin singing it too. And, he's definitely my favorite. So, that's your quick tour of the Winamp SHOUTcast services. Do you see all you can do? All you can hear? All you can choose. It's really pretty neat. And you really are just a few minutes away from getting this on your own computer. So, what are you waiting for? |
| Part 3. Welcome To Drew's (Me) Favorite. The Musicmatch MX Streaming Radio. |
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First A Few Words About Musicmatch Radio (Then the
interface.)
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OK, there's MUCH, MUCH more than this to choose from. But we've
got to start somewhere. You just choose the type of music, or the Era you want
to listen to. And there are more choices than these, but let's start here. Because
we haven't even scratched the surface of all you can hear.
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| So, I clicked the Folk (imagine that) and as you can see that brought up several
different types of Folk choices. Then to the right, you can see that I'm going
to click The Kingston Trio. You can also see that currently there are 106 tracks
available for me to play. |
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| Once I click an artist, I get the dialog box you see above. And
this is really neat. I can either listen to Artist Match Radio, where I'll hear
the artist I've selected PLUS related artists. Or, I can click (MY FAVORITE) Artist
On Demand, and only listen to the artist I've selected. This is great. But, what
if you want other artists LIKE the artist you've selected. This is great. Then click the related artists (the arrow below left) and you'll see a list of similar artists that you might like to listen to. And since you don't have to buy them, why not click and listen and see if you can add an artist you don't know to the list of artists that you know and love? Is this great or What? And finally, click the Artist Info and get a bio and much more of the artist you've chosen. It's all here for you. Wow, now do you see why this is my favorite? |
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| Here I've clicked the Artist Info and you can see the beginning of the bio
on the Kingston Trio. You can also see that there's a veritable wealth of information.
The test goes on and on. It's all you'll ever want to know about so many artists.
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| Here I've clicked the Jazz Genre and then All artists. I think I'll listen
to a little Miles Davis. He sure has a way with a horn. |
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| My Mom was a concert pianist. And a very good one. I used to fall asleep at
night under the piano (really) listening to Scarlatti. Now I can listen again.
This really does make me feel good. I hope you feel good too. |
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| Here's the dialog box for Scarlatti. As you can see there's Artist On Demand,
so you'll be able to listen all day to Scarlatti, or change to another great composer. |
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| Finally, I chose Vocal just to give you a taste of some of the
older choices. From Britney Spears to Dean Martin, it's all here. I really do
like Dino, and as I mentioned, I don't think anybody does Blue Moon like he does.
But, you have so many choices, the only problem is having enough time to listen
to them all. OK, that's it for Musicmatch. I didn't have to show you as many screens because their lists are so complete. But I think they have the most choices and they are my number one pick. I think they'll be yours too.
Either way, once you connect your PC to your Stereo, using the new DAK PC To Stereo Protected Perfection, you can hear it all on your main stereo. This is really your jukebox to the world. Your computer as I've said will be your most important component in your stereo system I hope you enjoy all this great music as much as I do. You really are just a few minutes from having it all coming to and from your own computer. This will really change your view of your computer's musical abilities forever. Imagine turning your PC into a jukebox with virtually every song you've ever heard available to you with a single click and then harnessing the power of your main stereo system so you hear it all with power, thunder and great fidelity. We really do live in great times.
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| A few last things that I want to mention.
So, do you love
Barbershop Quartets, Broadway Musicals or Show
tunes? How about Beethoven, Scartlotti, or
Mozart? Maybe Elvis, The Platters, or the
Everly Brothers are your thing. Or, maybe it's Bluegrass, Folk or Country Swing. Now it's all yours. And here's a good example of what I've found. For months I'd been looking for an LP or CD of Tartini's 'Devil's Trill.' I used to have a tape of it but I'd lost it about 15 years ago. Well, I found it here with my first click under Tartini. It was awesome. What great musical work, lost artist or favorite tunes would you like to find and listen to? And then onto some Mariachi music. Ole. Wow, what fun. Maybe you'd like to catch Mariah Cary, Justin Timberlake or Bon Jovi. Well, From Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, to Eminem and Brittany Spears, now you'll hear it all. From Mariachi Music (ole) to Calypso Music, well to Tartini, you'll find it all. It won't take long till you're listening to all the music you love 24/7. You're just a few clicks away. Now that you've finished the tutorials, why not take a minute and let me know what you think. In fact, why not tune into a few stations and let me know what you think. How much you and your family and friends enjoy harnessing the world's most fabulous jukebox of all the songs and tracks you love. Still have questions? Did I miss something (probably)? I'll add it if you write to me. And again, please let me know what you think. Enjoy (and I really do mean ENJOY). . . Drew
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