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Music and Sounds Freeware
,A large
number of wonderful, high-quality
free sound programs are available,
free for the downloading, from the
Web. These programs will do
everything from playing your MP3
files, or other sound files, to
allowing you to create new sounds
of your own |
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LiquidIce MP3 Player
Here's a solid, easy-to-use,
no-frills freeware MP3 player
that features nice sound quality
and includes a variety of skins.
(For Windows).
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ConvertYourTone.com
This site offers a nifty roundup
of free software programs for
Nokia mobile phones. Free
programs here include Ringtone
Converter, which lets you
quickly and easily enter
ringtones into your Nokia phone.
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Zeus
This is a free, powerful
file-sharing program that lets
you search three P2P networks
(Ares Galaxy, Gnutella, and giFT)
and anonymously download
unlimited files. Zeus is easy to
use and contains no adware or
spyware.
(For Windows).
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Zultrax
Here's a speedy, easy-to-use
free peer-to-peer file sharing
program that lets you
anonymously share any type of
files with millions of users
worldwide via the Gnutella
network, as well as Zultrax's
own in-house ZEPP network.
Unlike a lot of programs of this
type, Zultrax is not bundled
with annoying adware or spyware
and it does not modify your
registry.
(For Windows).
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ACID XPress
This is a basic (but competent)
free version of the popular ACID
loop-based music software
program. ACID XPress has an
easy-to-use "pick, paint, and
play" style interface.
(For Windows).
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RipCast
This impressive freeware
"streaming audio ripper" program
offers one of the best ways we
know of to build your MP3
collection quickly. RipCast lets
you save streaming broadcasts as
MP3 files and helps you organize
your MP3s with an easy-to-use
interface. Note: a broadband Net
connection is recommended, but
not required.
(For Windows).
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Nullsoft Winamp
The Web's most popular MP3 sound
file player, Winamp, is now
freeware (previously, it
required a registration fee).
Winamp is a flexible,
high-fidelity sound file player
that supports MP3, CD, Audiosoft,
MOD, WAV and other formats.
There are endless ways to
customize this player via skins
(which change the appearance of
the interface), as well as audio
effect plugins of various sorts.
(For Windows).
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Anvil Studio
This is a free Windows program
for recording, playing,
composing and editing MIDI music
using and sampled percussion
sounds. Anvil features many
effects, such as delay, pitch
change, volume and filtering.
You can also compose rhythm
tracks with your own sampled
percussion sounds. An essential
sound program if you want to
work with MIDI sound files.
Here's a
screen shot.
(For Windows).
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Sound Control
Here's a handy new little
freeware sound utility that lets
you dynamically adjust your
sound volume using keyboard hot
keys. Perfect for anyone who is
constantly having to open the
sound mixer to adjust the volume
when listening to sound files
recorded at different volume
levels. Support to control
Winamp's Next, Previous and
Pause buttons via a series of
hot keys is also included.
(For Windows).
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HammerHead Rhythm Station
So you've heard the latest in
techno and drum 'n' bass and you
think you can do better, huh?
Try out this easy-to-use
freeware drum program.
HammerHead lets you easily
create drum loops on your PC.
You can edit on the fly and
record your actions to a high
quality and completely
noise-free WAV sound file. It
features 23 separate drum
patches and 6 complete loops to
sequence cool breakbeats right
away. There's also a feature to
implement banks with 6 samples
of your own.
(For Windows).
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Sonique
A free MP3 and audio CD player,
Sonique offers a cool animated
control panel and lots of
options and configurations, such
as an equalizer balance and the
ability to change tempos, etc.
(For Windows).
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Yamp sound utility
If you're downloading sound
files off the Web, you're going
to need a good sound player
utility to hear them. Yamp fits
the bill well. This free program
from Germany plays virtually
every format out there,
including WAV files (all
formats, also compressed ones),
MIDs, RMIs, MODs, S3Ms, XMs, ITs,
AVIs, MPAs, MP1s, MP2s and MP3s,
MPEG, and AVI. It offers
powerful playlists, "Drag and
Drop" functionality and more.
(For
Windows).
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