Stream music from Google Docs with Cloud Music
“With the advent of the smartphones, streaming media has reached new potential. No longer do you have to worry about whether or not you copied that newest album to your iPod: as long as you’ve got a wireless connection, you can probably use an app to play it back right from your home computer.
“iPhone app Cloud Music attempts to make this streaming even easier. Instead of having to set up software on your home computer to serve up your media, Cloud Music can stream right from a free Google Docs account. Earlier this year, Google added the ability to upload files of any type to your Google Docs account—that includes music files too.”
“One of the final stages of music production is mixing the audio–a process of improving the raw material and making it sound more appealing. In a Radiohead song, you might hear drums front and center, with an electric guitar in the left ear, and a subtle piano that’s barely audible on the right. A well-mixed song uses creative techniques to make it easier on the ears.
“NCH Software’s MixPad 2.07 is a super-simple mixing tool. It provides very basic controls for adjusting the volume levels and pan (left or right channel) as well as a way to apply audio effects such as distortion or chorus. With some Mac software, rudimentary features make a program easy to use and yet help you get the job done. MixPad is too stripped down—and missing some important features–to justify the $60 price tag, despite being part of a suite of NCH audio recording tools.”
