As my music collection has as much diversity as a Toby Keith concert, I'm looking for suggestions to add to my collection. If you were going to be stuck on an island with only 10-20 songs, what would some be?
the limbo song, and hot hot hot by buster pointdexter.
you're set.
Oh no you didn't.
Quote from: Wingspan on July 31, 2006, 11:17:46 AM
the limbo song, and hot hot hot by buster pointdexter.
Those will go well with my dance remixes of the Hokey-Pokey & Chicken Dance.
You can feel it (it's electric!)...
Macharena >:D
I'm so proud of you guys. There are a billion of these threads in teh Internets. No need to encourage another one.
my offering:
Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now" is indispensible.
oc - times up
jeru - come clean
nas - ny state of mind
brand nubian - one for all
pete rock and cl smooth - troy
beatnuts - superbad
krs 1 - higher level
geto boys - mind playin tricks
gangstarr - mass appeal
nas - halftime
Devo- Whip it
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 31, 2006, 11:30:54 AM
oc - times up
jeru - come clean
nas - ny state of mind
brand nubian - one for all
pete rock and cl smooth - troy
beatnuts - superbad
krs 1 - higher level
geto boys - mind playin tricks
gangstarr - mass appeal
nas - halftime
BM has no clue who any of those artists are.
All the better reason for him to find out.
Quote from: Diomedes on July 31, 2006, 11:36:49 AM
All the better reason for him to find out.
but imagine how frustrated he'll be when he doesn't find them in the musical section? BM is a show tunes type of guy who can dance like the wind.
BM has no clue who any of those artists are.
i thought this thread was all about diversity
I'm the founder of Diversity Tomorrow, because 'Today is Almost Over.' Abraham Lincoln once said, "If you are a racist, I will attack you with the North." And that is the philosophy that I have tried to bring to the workplace each day.
Quote from: T_Section224 on July 31, 2006, 11:35:20 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 31, 2006, 11:30:54 AM
oc - times up
jeru - come clean
nas - ny state of mind
brand nubian - one for all
pete rock and cl smooth - troy
beatnuts - superbad
krs 1 - higher level
geto boys - mind playin tricks
gangstarr - mass appeal
nas - halftime
BM has no clue who any of those artists are.
You shouldn't talk whitebread. :-D
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 31, 2006, 11:47:36 AM
BM has no clue who any of those artists are.
i thought this thread was all about diversity
Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for.
Soul to Squeeze - red hot chili peppers
The Pot - TOOL
Map of the Problematique - Muse
Torture Me - Chili peppers
Lifer - Down
Witchcraft - Wolfmother
Drivin South - Jimi Hendrix
Hey Hey What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin
Simple Man - Skynard
Stranglehold - Ted Nuggent
Love, Hate, Love - Alice In Chains
Welcome to the Jungle - GNR
Why Do you Drink - Hank Williams Jr
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
Cicatriz E.S.P. - The Mars Volta
Heresy - NIN
Breed - Nirvana
The Better Half Of Forever - Pro-Pain
Go With The Flow - Queens of the Stone Age
Level - The Raconteurs
Wake Up - Rage Against the Machine
Push it - TOOL
alittle old and new and in between hard rock
i dont mess with ipods and mp3s and that kid of stuff as i like real cd's...but the one good thing about them is you can listen and if what you hear is on par with a cat being microwaved you can click your mouse and get rid of it
Quote from: mussa on July 31, 2006, 11:59:39 AMWhy Do you Drink - Hank Williams Jr
You picked the wrong Hank Williams. Sr. and III kick ass. Jr. is lucky can boast two or three decent songs, but the rest is utter shtein.
Everything Hank Williams did is a national treasure. He's at least as important as Woody Guthrie or Robert Johnson. His grandson is making very good music these days, too. I been listening to "Straight to Hell" lately, and it's fantastic.
Quote from: Diomedes on July 31, 2006, 12:03:00 PM
Quote from: mussa on July 31, 2006, 11:59:39 AMWhy Do you Drink - Hank Williams Jr
You picked the wrong Hank Williams. Sr. and III kick ass. Jr. is lucky can boast two or three decent songs, but the rest is utter shtein.
Everything Hank Williams did is a national treasure. He's at least as important as Woody Guthrie or Robert Johnson. His grandson is making very good music these days, too. I been listening to "Straight to Hell" lately, and it's fantastic.
yea your right. they all sing Sr.'s songs anyway. i have been listening to 3rd's stuff lately too, pretty good shiat
Dio, you reminded me of a show I caught a couple of summers ago. Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Dude is the last of a dying breed.
Yeah, he's great. One thing I love about America is its folk music. And by folk I mean, music made by folk for the pleasure of making and hearing it, dancing to it, etc. Country, bluegrass, blues...all of it. People like Jack Elliott are national heros imho.
mussa -- very good list. (y)
hahahah @ dio dancing to folk music
youtube?
i like me sum bluegrass :yay
You haven't lived until you shake your ass to Odetta.
Quote from: mussa on July 31, 2006, 12:52:19 PM
i like me sum bluegrass :yay
If you like bluegrass (and wiggling your ass) try zydeco. Good ol' Cajun ass wiggling music.
any good artist off hand that i can "look-up"
Quote from: mussa on July 31, 2006, 01:10:06 PMany good artist off hand that i can "look-up"
Clifton Chenier
Buckwheat Zydeco
tanks dude
Those are just "big" names. But it's a start. Think cajun folk, accordians, and of course ass shaking.
I'll throw a name out there, too. Boozoo Chavis.
Interesting stuff, I can dig it. :yay :yay
altho it definitely is living up to its diversity label this thread took a very disturbing turn
Quote from: Beermonkey on July 31, 2006, 11:17:02 AM
As my music collection has as much diversity as a Toby Keith concert.
Do I really need to post a "kill yourself" comment here?
Nah...
Beermonkey, in answer to your original query, I have a few things I consider worthy of desert island status. But some of it would probably make your head explode, or at least give you whiplash. Consider I have Bread and NOFX just a few clicks away from each other. :paranoid
What direction are you looking to go? Rock? Folk? <gulp> Hiphop?
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on July 31, 2006, 02:31:55 PM
Quote from: Beermonkey on July 31, 2006, 11:17:02 AM
As my music collection has as much diversity as a Toby Keith concert.
Do I really need to post a "kill yourself" comment here?
Nah...
I never said I liked him, just that my tastes need to branch out. In fact, I hate Toby Keith just based on the way he looks. I hate his lips, I want to punch them. I am not a Country fan but am open to some of it.
Maybe instead of "kill yourself" or "launch yourself into the sun", you could mix it up a bit with the occasional "get a vasectomy with a rusty spoon" or a "have an unlubed catheter inserted by someone who was eating habaneros"
Quote from: T_Section224 on July 31, 2006, 11:38:45 AM
Quote from: Diomedes on July 31, 2006, 11:36:49 AM
All the better reason for him to find out.
but imagine how frustrated he'll be when he doesn't find them in the musical section? QuoteBM is a show tunes type of guy who can dance like the wind.
that scares me...really!
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on July 31, 2006, 02:50:08 PM
Beermonkey, in answer to your original query, I have a few things I consider worthy of desert island status. But some of it would probably make your head explode, or at least give you whiplash. Consider I have Bread and NOFX just a few clicks away from each other. :paranoid
What direction are you looking to go? Rock? Folk? <gulp> Hiphop?
Thanks Sus. I'm leaning towards Rock & Metal but an open for Jazz, Blues, Punk. Pretty much anything. I'm curious about the cajun, ass-wiggling music & will be donning my eye patch later to seek some out.
Quote from: dis12 on July 31, 2006, 06:38:58 PM
Quote from: T_Section224 on July 31, 2006, 11:38:45 AM
Quote from: Diomedes on July 31, 2006, 11:36:49 AM
All the better reason for him to find out.
but imagine how frustrated he'll be when he doesn't find them in the musical section? QuoteBM is a show tunes type of guy who can dance like the wind.
that scares me...really!
T_Section wears a fanny pack, he shouldn't be casting aspersions.
here's a metal band I dig:
www.myspace.com/blacklamb
Mark Knopfler
You Don't Know You're Born
Speedway at Nazareth
Don't You Get it
Quote from: Beermonkey on July 31, 2006, 06:30:15 PM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on July 31, 2006, 02:31:55 PM
Quote from: Beermonkey on July 31, 2006, 11:17:02 AM
As my music collection has as much diversity as a Toby Keith concert.
Do I really need to post a "kill yourself" comment here?
Nah...
I never said I liked him, just that my tastes need to branch out. In fact, I hate Toby Keith just based on the way he looks. I hate his lips, I want to punch them. I am not a Country fan but am open to some of it.
Maybe instead of "kill yourself" or "launch yourself into the sun", you could mix it up a bit with the occasional "get a vasectomy with a rusty spoon" or a "have an unlubed catheter inserted by someone who was eating habaneros"
Sheesh. What's with Toby?
Quote from: Beermonkey on July 31, 2006, 06:44:16 PM
Quote from: dis12 on July 31, 2006, 06:38:58 PM
Quote from: T_Section224 on July 31, 2006, 11:38:45 AM
Quote from: Diomedes on July 31, 2006, 11:36:49 AM
All the better reason for him to find out.
but imagine how frustrated he'll be when he doesn't find them in the musical section? QuoteBM is a show tunes type of guy who can dance like the wind.
that scares me...really!
T_Section wears a fanny pack, he shouldn't be casting aspersions.
he may carry a fanny pack, but it's where he keeps the Rumplemins.
Quote from: Diomedes on July 31, 2006, 06:46:48 PM
here's a metal band I dig:
www.myspace.com/blacklamb
Another myspace link from a band I'm starting to enjoy.
http://www.myspace.com/whitemountainrock
Quote from: Beermonkey on July 31, 2006, 06:42:33 PM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on July 31, 2006, 02:50:08 PM
Beermonkey, in answer to your original query, I have a few things I consider worthy of desert island status. But some of it would probably make your head explode, or at least give you whiplash. Consider I have Bread and NOFX just a few clicks away from each other. :paranoid
What direction are you looking to go? Rock? Folk? <gulp> Hiphop?
Thanks Sus. I'm leaning towards Rock & Metal but an open for Jazz, Blues, Punk. Pretty much anything. I'm curious about the cajun, ass-wiggling music & will be donning my eye patch later to seek some out.
try some Tom Waits.
he's had 3 different waves in his career.
if you want the smoother, jazzy acoustic stuff start off with the album
Closing Time.
if you want some of the more storytelling, offbeat, beat-poet stuff...go with
Rain Dogsif you want his more recent...really experimental stuff, go with
Mule Variations
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on July 31, 2006, 07:19:04 PM
Sheesh. What's with Toby?
He reminds me of a guy who slept with a girl I liked. They both have that arrogant, puffy-lipped smirk.
(http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/Music_Images/t-keith.jpg)
I farging hate Toby Keith's guts. He's an embarrassment much like the assclown he often pimps for in Washington.
Quote from: mussa on July 31, 2006, 01:10:06 PM
any good artist off hand that i can "look-up"
Anders Osborne is good.
Quote from: Wingspan on July 31, 2006, 08:46:27 PM
if you want the smoother, jazzy acoustic stuff start off with the album Closing Time.
That's my favorite Waits phase.
The Heart of Saturday Night is excellent, too.
BMonk...do you like Celtic flavored stuff? Ever listen to bands like Black 47 or Flogging Molly?
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on July 31, 2006, 08:58:57 PM
Quote from: Wingspan on July 31, 2006, 08:46:27 PM
if you want the smoother, jazzy acoustic stuff start off with the album Closing Time.
That's my favorite Waits phase. The Heart of Saturday Night is excellent, too.
of that phase Heart of Saturday night is the best for my money...but Closing Time has a couple of classics on it, he's never been a mass market attraction....the irony being that some of his most famous songs were made famous by other people (Ol'55 - The Eagles...Downtown Train - Rod Stewart....Jersey Girl - Bruce Sprintsteen...ect...).
Small Change has Pasties and G String...which simply cannot be missed...for me there's too much to recommend just one.
Not to mention "Step Right Up".
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on July 31, 2006, 08:58:57 PM
Quote from: Wingspan on July 31, 2006, 08:46:27 PM
if you want the smoother, jazzy acoustic stuff start off with the album Closing Time.
That's my favorite Waits phase. The Heart of Saturday Night is excellent, too.
BMonk...do you like Celtic flavored stuff? Ever listen to bands like Black 47 or Flogging Molly?
Soon as my frigging family goes to bed, I'll find out.
Quote from: Diomedes on July 31, 2006, 06:46:48 PM
here's a metal band I dig:
www.myspace.com/blacklamb
you should check these guys out.
http://www.myspace.com/artofruin
If you want to listen to something instrumental and tough to categorize, check out the last couple of releases from Jerry Douglas (the God of dobro). He's really put an electric edge on what is a very traditional bluegrass instrument.
The Urge -- Open All Night; Straight to Hell; It's Gettin' Hectic; Bark Like a Dog; Damn That Sh!t is Good; Drunk A$$hole
All great songs....
I could listen to Receiving The Gift of Flavor and Master of Styles CDs for days in a row.
Here's some suggestions for you, BM...
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
The Replacements
Sam Cooke/Wilson Pickett
Public Enemy
Jane's Addiction
Beastie Boys (Paul's Boutique, especially)
Sonic Youth
The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds, esp...)
John Coltrane/Miles Davis/50's Jazz
1970's Philly Soul (O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, The Stylistics, etc.)
how much should one pay for a decent ipod...my brother wants one for xmas and i was considering getting it for him but they look damn expensive....can you get a decent one for under $200
It really depends how much music you want him to listen to....the 4 gig nano is 200 i think and that holds 1000 songs...the 30gig is 250 and holds 7500 songs...
http://www.apple.com/itunes/
The 2GB Nano is $149. That can fit plenty of music, 500 songs about 30-35 CD's. More space more $. Great gift
my iPod quit after less than two years. it was a gift I never would have laid out cash for myself, and so i never replaced it. it was alright and all, but whatever. i'd rather save for a house, or buy drugs.
iPod shuffle 1 gig holds about 240 songs for <$90. If you want it for travel, working out, etc, it's perfect for that. And with frequent refreshes of your songs of iTunes, it never gets old.
Since we're on the ipod topic today, I was loading up some videos on my ipod :paranoid before a business trip. My ipod crapped out and deleted all my songs. I had put over 300 cd's on my ipod over a 6 month period, and it was all gone w/no backup i just started the slow process of importing the cd's again :'(
so whats the difference btwn an ipod and a mp3 player
nothing. the brand name, thats it.
i got a 512MB mp3 player for $30 at circuit city. holds about 8-9 full albums at once, enough that i only have to change it every two weeks or so. you can larger ones, like 1GB-2GB, for less than $100 for sure. it's just as small as an ipod.
and you don't have to farg with itunes, you basically just plug it into your comp and it acts like a hard drive, you just drag and drop.
that sounds much better....so ipods can sell for so much more simply because of good marketing by apple
how about the batteries in mp3 players...same lifespan before you have to recharge...and what about headphones...can you hook up studio headphones to an mp3 player or do you have to use ear pieces or small walkman type johnsons
http://bfads.net/features/mp3/price/all/0/5000/0/5000?
these prices are only good for black friday. i got a bunch as christmas presents last year.
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 15, 2006, 03:42:48 PM
so whats the difference btwn an ipod and a mp3 player
the $250 + ipods have video capability
your paying for the name apple. all apple products are overpriced.
you're also paying for the design, which is pretty slick.
but it's old now. the other mp3s players have more than caught up, imho
Has anyone seen the Microsoft equivalent to the iPod? I think its called Zune. Wonder if its any good. One guy was saying the buttons felt like cheap plastic.
I recently got 4 gig Sandisk Sansa players for both me and the wife-- for less than $90 each. That's a pretty sweet deal. They're highly rated, and they have a nifty microSD expansion slot for even more space. They're a little smaller than the iPod mini, but these also play video. Actually, in addition to the picture thing, it has an integrated voice recorder, FM stereo and picture viewer. Love it.
I have a Sandisk Sansa also and love it.
Oh, I should mention how I got the Sansa's on the cheap-- Buy.com had them on sale, then there was a $30 Sandisk rebate, and another $10 off for using the Google checkout option. If you really wanted to save some cash, you could sign up for a buy.com credit card and get another $30 off (I did that for something else).
Anyway, the point is, if you research it and hold off for a deal, you can do pretty well.
4 gig = how many songs?
Depends on how large your files are. I have a mix of WMA and MP3 and I have about 1500 songs or so on it, I think. Maybe more. Generally, I think my file sizes are between 2 and 3 meg each. I also just got another 512 meg in a microSD card that I'm going to add to it. You can get up to 2 gig microSD cards, but I found this 512 meg one free after rebate (actually, I'll make a couple of bucks on the deal), so that'll hold me over.
The nice thing about the smaller players, this one anyway, is that they're totally built on flash memory, and not hard drives. I use it to work out, and I run...so there's no skipping. It also helps with battery life. The Sansa goes about 22 hours on one charge.
can you hook up studio headphones to an mp3 player or do you have to use ear pieces or small walkman type johnsons
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Quote from: ice grillin you on November 16, 2006, 12:24:32 PM
can you hook up studio headphones to an mp3 player or do you have to use ear pieces or small walkman type johnsons
You'd probably need an adapter johnson.
And bigger phones will probably drain your battery johnsons a little faster.
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 16, 2006, 12:24:32 PM
can you hook up studio headphones to an mp3 player or do you have to use ear pieces or small walkman type johnsons
I have Bose Quietcomfort headphones hooked up to my Ipod. No problem there.
Quote from: phattymatty on November 15, 2006, 03:51:48 PM
nothing. the brand name, thats it.
i got a 512MB mp3 player for $30 at circuit city. holds about 8-9 full albums at once, enough that i only have to change it every two weeks or so. you can larger ones, like 1GB-2GB, for less than $100 for sure. it's just as small as an ipod.
and you don't have to farg with itunes, you basically just plug it into your comp and it acts like a hard drive, you just drag and drop.
i have one similar to that except it takes batteries. not too bad if you get rechargables...and i just got a 2 GB card i'm going to add to it.
Portishead-Dummy (Album)
Portishead-Portishead (Album)
By the way IGY, nice call with Time's Up by O.C....probably one of my top 3 favorite songs of all time. :yay Biter.
Quote from: hunt on November 16, 2006, 01:09:10 PM
i have one similar to that except it takes batteries. not too bad if you get rechargables...and i just got a 2 GB card i'm going to add to it.
mine takes one AAA battery. and i usually only have to change it every few weeks.
same with mine....1 AAA battery. it's a sansa sandisk or something like that. i picked up some speakers so i can listen at work since headphones aren't allowed.
much better than lugging cd's to work every day.
yep, same one i have. i also just bought a little wireless attachment thingy that lets you listen to it on any speakers you have hooked up in your house or at work.
reading up on the sandisk they seem nice...but their mp3 players that come with rechargable batteries dont appear to come with ac power cords...thus you can only charge them via a usb cable to your computer
mine isn't rechargable at all & there is no power cord...it only runs on batteries so i bought rechargable batteries & a charger.
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 16, 2006, 01:57:17 PM
reading up on the sandisk they seem nice...but their mp3 players that come with rechargable batteries dont appear to come with ac power cords...thus you can only charge them via a usb cable to your computer
It does power through the USB connection, but you can get a wall adapter for $5 if that's a hassle for you. It hasn't been for me. The nice thing about the new Sansa player is that you can swap out the rechargable battery when it gets old. Most other players are integrated.
Quote from: hunt on November 16, 2006, 02:05:53 PM
mine isn't rechargable at all & there is no power cord...it only runs on batteries so i bought rechargable batteries & a charger.
He's talking about this incarnation:
(http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/prod_lrg_images/683/202451683.jpg)
sansa sounds like good deal :yay
Aside from the recent problems I've been having with my itunes software, I'm pretty much disappointed with the ipod in general. I got the video ipod and eventhough I bought a carry case for it, the screen it still pretty scratched up on it and I absolutely hate the controls on it. It's not even safe to use when you're driving and spinning my finger around in circles trying to get to a song I want to listen to is totally retarded.
Eyedea & Abilities - E&A
;D
i got the sansa johnson
i like it a lot except for you cant or at least i dont know how to organize my songs...they all just come out in one big list regardless of the type of music...is there anyway to subcatergorize them
also how do you retitle files like inside the mp3 itself
for example in a folder on my hard drive might be this song and i have it shown looking like this:
gangstarr - mass appeal
but after i put it on the sansa mp3 player it may be listed any of a dozen ways for example
103. gangstarr mass appeal
track 1 mass appeal
MASS APPEAL
GanGSTArr
mass appeal hard to earn gangstarr
rap hits mass appeal
i wanna get it so that when i put songs on the mp3 player they show up with just the song name and artist all in the same cased letters ie the way that i set it up on my hard drives...so that i have a standard on my player instead of crap being listed every which way but loose
can anyone help me with this...if they even understand what im saying
If you had an ipod, I would be able to help you with all those things -- issues I had problems with and then had to find out how to fix them. Unfortunately, I've never touched a Sansa. Sorry.....
which system, if any, is displaying the actual file name?
my brother just explained it to me
you can 'rename' an mp3 file and the title will represent that name in a folder on your hard drive...but the mp3 player itself recognizes the name within the properties of the mp3 file...so what you have to do is right click on the mp3 file and then go into properties and then the summary tab...and thats where you can change the name to show up on the mp3 player how you want
so the answer to my question is, the Sansa is showing the actual file name.
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 25, 2006, 12:15:58 PM
my brother just explained it to me
you can 'rename' an mp3 file and the title will represent that name in a folder on your hard drive...but the mp3 player itself recognizes the name within the properties of the mp3 file...so what you have to do is right click on the mp3 file and then go into properties and then the summary tab...and thats where you can change the name to show up on the mp3 player how you want
Im not sure if it works this way on a Sansa, but one thing that annoys the hell out of me is when you have an album with about 10 songs and you want to keep them all together, and one of them is by "artist ft. ____" and it's in it's own seperate category because of the "featuring." It sucks.
Quote from: Dillen37 on November 25, 2006, 12:37:31 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 25, 2006, 12:15:58 PM
my brother just explained it to me
you can 'rename' an mp3 file and the title will represent that name in a folder on your hard drive...but the mp3 player itself recognizes the name within the properties of the mp3 file...so what you have to do is right click on the mp3 file and then go into properties and then the summary tab...and thats where you can change the name to show up on the mp3 player how you want
Im not sure if it works this way on a Sansa, but one thing that annoys the hell out of me is when you have an album with about 10 songs and you want to keep them all together, and one of them is by "artist ft. ____" and it's in it's own seperate category because of the "featuring." It sucks.
My iPod did that. It annoyed the shtein out of me.
I'm in the process of buying a new mp3 player but I'm done with iPod's. Two times now I've gotten them and they've broken seemingly out of nowhere. This second one really pissed me off because how well I took care of it. I have about 30GB of songs on my computer so I want to get a nice one that isn't made by Apple.
I've been looking at the Toshiba Gigabeat. A few of my friends have them and really like them.
Quote from: Dillen37 on November 25, 2006, 12:37:31 PMone thing that annoys the hell out of me is when you have an album with about 10 songs and you want to keep them all together, and one of them is by "artist ft. ____" and it's in it's own seperate category because of the "featuring." It sucks.
Yeah, that does suck. About four or five times a year I get baked outta my head and spend a few hours sifting through all my .mp3 folders renaming the actual file names so that whatever front end app I'm using is picking up a uniform syntax.
so the answer to my question is, the Sansa is showing the actual file name.
if the 'actual file name' is the one in the properties section of an mp3 file then the answer to your question is yes
no program does a good job of organizing my music files unless I manually change my file library to conform to a standardized naming logic. It's a pain in the ass, but once it's done it's easy to maintain and whatever program you used spits them out right.
i'm repeating myself, I know.
i just spent the last four hours of my life standardizing my hip-hop mp3's
And to think, you could have been making $20 at Wal Mart all that time!!
Got here a little late. Sorry. The Sansa organizes music largely by the ID tags, rather than the file name. In fact, it really doesn't care about your file structure at all, which took a little getting used to. At any rate, you'll want to adjust the ID tags, if they're irregular.
And now that 4 gig version is available for under $90 at buy.com, which is a sweet buy.
And you can always find either a 10% off or free shipping coupon for buy.com by just Googling "Buy.com coupon". They are always available.
My ipod is acting up, and the apple site tells me nothing. My ipod seems to cut off songs about 30 seconds in or at with about 1 minute left. Its only a small percentage of my songs but with 3400 songs, its a decent amount. Has anyone else had this problem? Any solutions?
ive dealt with apple numerous times with the IPOD. Ill tell you exactly what they will say..
first off, they will say to do the 5 "R's"....
* 1. Reset your iPod.
* 2. Retry with a different USB port.
* 3. Restart your computer.
* 4. Reinstall iPod and iTunes software.
* 5. Restore your iPod.
go to apple.com/support and find the info on how to do that stuff....
if that doesnt work, your only hope is that it is under warranty. If it is, call them and go nuts saying your IPOD is farged up. They will send out a box via DHL and you put your IPOD in there and return it. They will either fix your IPOD and send it back to you or send you a replacement. Aagain, that is if it is under warranty.
I've had the unfortunate luck of my iPod breaking after the warranty expires. I swear the shtein is only 3 months. I'm not dealing with it anymore. I ordered that Toshiba Gigabeat so hopefully it doesn't suck.
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 25, 2006, 12:15:58 PM
my brother just explained it to me
you can 'rename' an mp3 file and the title will represent that name in a folder on your hard drive...but the mp3 player itself recognizes the name within the properties of the mp3 file...so what you have to do is right click on the mp3 file and then go into properties and then the summary tab...and thats where you can change the name to show up on the mp3 player how you want
yeah that's what i was trying to explaing last week, i guess it didn't come out right. i get all my music off of soulseek, and people on there are usually pretty anal about being organized with album and song names so i rarely have a problem with that.
also, i just bought a new sansa at best buy on black friday, they had the 1GB ones for $35.
Im gonna throw a new artist out there...Chris Daughtry.
hes the dude from American Idol who Fuel appartantly wanted to make their new front man. Great CD. American Idol was bound to produce some talent one of these years.
The new Breaking Benjamin CD is also solid.
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 25, 2006, 03:49:32 PM
i just spent the last four hours of my life standardizing my hip-hop mp3's
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/?gp=1164911178
just for today, they're giving away this program called MP3 Tag, it makes it really easy to go and change the properties of all of your MP3s.
I got an iriver clix 2gb mp3 player today. It's pretty badass. It has video and picture capabilities.
I am totally new to this and I just downloaded my first two songs onto the thing. So far so good.
I'm looking to upgrade on the standard earbuds that came with my Sansa. I think I still want to stick with buds, but something with better sound quality, and more comfortable to work out. Any suggestions?
Spend the money on Bose (http://www.bose.com/controller?event=DTC_LINKS_TARGET_EVENT&DTCLinkID=7467&perfsourceid=k15318&src=k15318) and you won't regret it.
Quote from: Diomedes on December 26, 2006, 08:47:25 AM
Spend the money on Bose (http://www.bose.com/controller?event=DTC_LINKS_TARGET_EVENT&DTCLinkID=7467&perfsourceid=k15318&src=k15318) and you won't regret it.
Absolutely right, Dio.
It amazes me that people have no problem spending $350 on an 80GB iPod and then turn around and use the crappy $20 earbuds that come with it.
I got a new mp3 player. When I unplug it out of the USB drive, I get an error that says..
QuoteYou have unplugged or ejected without stopping it which can cause your computer to crash and lose valuable data.
Please use the hotplug button in the status bar to safely remove devices before unplugging them.
Can anyone explain what the farg that means?
There is a little symbol on the bar in the right corner with a green arrow. Click it to disconnect the MP3player otherwise you might corrupt the hard drive
Thanks, fam.
my mp3 player, for the last week, doesn't show up as a drive when i plug it into the usb. anyone know why this might be?
Have you tried it on another port, and on another computer? Same result?
actually i figured it out, whenever microsoft did their updates a week or so ago it must have deleted the drivers for it. which is weird because before that i never even needed to install drivers, just plugged it in and it showed up. anyway, it works now.
I am in the market for a new mp3 player and went through and read this thread. I was basically under the assumption that I had to get an iPod because my mother had bought me an iHome for my birthday, but upon further reading I realized you can hook up any mp3 player with a simple "line in" cord that is provided. I was wondering what people thought of the other mp3 players they bought. Since it has been awhile, most people should have a good idea about their player's worth. I was specifically interested in the Sansa which IGY had and whichever one Phreak had. Any help would be appreciated.
Also, since I have owned two iPods previously, I was wondering how difficult it is to transfer files onto the new mp3 considering all of my music is currently on iTunes.
Quote from: NGM on September 12, 2007, 07:37:11 PM
Also, since I have owned two iPods previously, I was wondering how difficult it is to transfer files onto the new mp3 considering all of my music is currently on iTunes.
If you bought the files from itunes...then you have to burn them as a music CD and re-rip them in jukebox or whatever....
If you ripped the files yourself, then you can easily convert them to MP3 in the itunes prefs...then you can play them on any other mp3 player
I have a cheap 2GB Sansa player. Works fine for me.
Has anyone here used SharePod to get your music off of your iPod and onto your computer if/when you've lost all of your music on your PC?
I have to use it but the problem is....I can't figure out how to get the iPod connected and NOT bringing up iTunes. ???
Can't you just uninstall iTunes and then re-install it?
How did you lose all the files off of the PC?
Put it this way, I have NOT used my iPod for anything other than whats on it for like 2 years. That was when my old laptop crashed and my entire music library was corrupted and lost.
trying that now Rome...its a process I didn't really want to have to do.
If you manually managed the music on the ipod 2 years ago...then you should be able to just quit itunes, and not eject the ipod.
if you had it synced, you're going to have some trouble.
also, unless you purchased the songs from itunes, then i would just start over anyway.
I googled "disable iTunes" and found this:
QuoteFor those who has ever wondered how to stop iTunes from opening when you connect your iPod, here's an easy solution. Now I know this is very self-explanatory, but there are a lot of people out there who don't see or utilize this. After connecting your iPod to your computer, iTunes will open. On the device/ipod page of your iTunes, uncheck the box that says "Open iTunes when iPod is connected". The next time you plug in your iPod, iTunes will no longer open unless you open it up yourself.
(http://slyvisions.com/files//disableitunes.jpg)
That's why I couldn't find it...I don't have my ipod attached.
ok so here's the problem...I couldn't attach the iPod because even though I had it checked to NOT auto sync, it still was....and I even tried the holding down control/shift together while connecting and it didn't work. I had to catch it before it started the actual autosync.
So I am now using Sharepod to copy all of my music into a temporary file and then I'll re-install iTunes and get it all back on there.
possibly stupid question...how do I import about 50 songs to iTunes at once from my PC but without having to do one at a time.
Import the folder instead of the song.
nevermind. I'm an idiot.
ok, now how the farg can I get the annoying album artwork off of here?
My old mini didnt' have this shtein.