review of hercules mp3 djay control

Advantages: easy to install and understand, very cheap, good features very small and portable
Disadvantages: No headphone jack, space slightly cramped with buttons, requires seperate sound card for cueing

...plug and play after the install all you need is the unit itself the sound card and whatever mp3's u fancy getting down with. its small enough to keep in a cupboard when not in use and it also sits nicely in front of your monitor when you do decide to play. This was mainly bought spur of the moment after i had got rid of turntables to make room. Since buying a new set of turntables this was gathering dust in the cupboard but i have since found out this can be used as a midi controller within music production software. assigning the faders and knobs to particular controls gives you a hands on feel when producing music aswell, but i wouldn't buy this for that purpose only but its good to know if you already own one. the unit itself online will cost between thirty five and sixty pounds the muse pocket lt external sound card is advertised...

Gerryatrix 25.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hercules DJ Control MP3

How the hell do I play an MP3 CD ...

Advantages: Range of features, reads CD-RW audio CDs, anti-shock, built-in battery charger
Disadvantages: Tricky to set up an MP3 CD to work with it, no backlight to the display, unresponsive buttons

...This Goodmans unit comes in a casing that's just a little bigger than my hand. It has several controls spattered around it, with most of them on the top lid, surrounding a text display (not backlit). The unit comes complete with a set of in-the ear headphones with in-line volume control, and a power supply unit. The buttons on the top cover a variety of functions and uses, some dependent on whether you're playing an MP3 or audio CD. The standard features include track skipping, play/pause, stop, play mode (e.g. Random), resume and programming (manually setting up your favourite tracks). For MP3 CDs, the buttons also allow you to type in the name of the track you want to search for, to clear the display and so forth. On the front of the silver, blue and black case is the latch for the lid, which flips up to reveal the CD spindle...

Tickled_Pink 24.09.2002 · Read review
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Review of Goodmans CDMP372 MP3 CD Players

Amazon MP3 is an excellent alternative to 'itunes' and 'napster'

Advantages: DRM free MP3s play on all computers / mp3 players, and copied endlessly, huge variety, good prices
Disadvantages: Download program needed for multiple song downloads, but this is also occurs with main rivals

...I don't have an ipod, I am very happy with my MP3 player and don't plan to buy an ipod. All of my music is organised in Windows Media Player,and I wanted to keep it that way. I didn't want to mess up my carefully organised system, but I really wanted to start downloading music (without doing so illegally). I didn't want the itunes or napster programs on my computer, then I discoverend Amazon MP3 music download. Most importantly - Amazon MP3s are DRM free. DRM (digital rights management) found on itunes and napster tracks, involve software that restricts the tracks being played to the computer they were originally purchased on (and 2 or 3 nominated computers that also have naptster / itunes installed). DRM prevent you sharing your music with your friends and you can even lose it altogether if your computer dies. Amazon MP3 files...

potoroo99 18.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of AmazonMP3 Music Downloads

Technika MP-308 4GB MP3 player with FM tuner

Advantages: Wide range of features
Disadvantages: Difficult to navagate menus

...The MP-308 is Tesco?s current top of the range mini MP3 player with FM radio, and at 3p shy of £30 places it firmly in the budget end of the market. Having very recently ?goosed? my previous player doing a firmware upgrade, I got mine as an impulse purchase. It?s small ? about the same size as a lighter, and has a rechargeable battery, so running costs are minimal. You get everything you need; the player, a USB lead, a pair of cheap headphones, and a set of paper instructions and a mini-CD. In fact if you?ve previously owned an MP3 player, you can probably dispense with the last two items, the player supports traditional ?drag?n?drop? from your ?my music? folder. The instructions suggest that it?s far better to use the application which comes with the machine, that way you can make playlists, catalogue your albums and so...

dobieg 23.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Technika MP3 player

Legal mp3s

Advantages: new bands!!!
Disadvantages: thousands of them :o(

...MP3.com is a site which consists of a huge database of legal(yes legal) mp3 files for your downloading pleasure. If you are looking to uncover the next Oasis then this is probably one of the better places to start as there are some really good bands etc. on here...if you can find them... The main problem which I find with this site is that it is simply so huge. There are literally thousands of mp3s on here by numerous artists and trawling through the chaff to reach the corn is something of a life-shortening experience. Sadly it is moe likely that you will prefer to use something like Napster and find the files by artists you already know and like rather than seeking out ones you have never heard of at mp3.com. Overall, a great idea and a site which is easy to use and navigate, but the easy option is always best so unless you have...

wampyrii 16.11.2000 · Read review
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Review of mp3.com

Free mp3 music - almost! It's true!

Advantages: Very very cheap
Disadvantages: Search facility could be improved

...doesn?t work, go to www.download.com and type in the search box ? download managers. 3mp3 does get busy sometimes, especially in the early evenings, and you might have to try a few times to access the site at this time. It?s the ?front-end? that gets busy, though, and downloading is rarely unavailable. Downloading speeds are good, and stay fast, they don?t slow down half way through. *** LISTENING TO YOUR MUSIC *** You?ve probably already got a media player installed on your computer. If you?re not sure, the best way to find out is to double-click one of your mp3 files and it?ll automatically open and play in whichever player you have. Winamp can be downloaded free from http://www.winamp.com/player/ if you need one. *** CD COVERS *** Download covers from the Internet (try a Google search), but beware...

xandie1 01.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of 3MP3.ru

The best MP3 resource on the Internet

Advantages: Free original music, plenty of reviews on software, and comments on legalities
Disadvantages: Can be a little slow at times due to the huge amount of traffic

...This site covers every single aspect of the MP3 computer music scene. You need look no further than mp3.com for everything you ever wanted to know about MP3's - oh and you can get some music as well (how could I forget the music). Where do I start? Well, I'll start with the tunes. I am actually a member of the mp3.com artist group, and I can tell you there are some very good people who put their music on to this site! Some of whom I'm sure will go on to bigger and better things in the future. Basically what we have here is a music "community" made up of various artists who need/want to get themselves heard. This site covers pretty much every musical genre that there is! If it's not here then it probably isn't worth listening to. This means that whatever kind of music you are looking for you are bound to find something to suit you...

Infinity 20.12.2000 · Read review
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Review of mp3.com

This MP3 is just right for me

Advantages: Holds more than 10 albums
Disadvantages: See below

.... These MP3 players are also available as 128 MB, 256 MB, 514 MB and 2 GB As I mentioned at the top this review I bought this from Argos, it cost £29.99, which considering that it has 1 GB of storage space and a built in microphone I think this is a bargain. The software provided is only required if you are using Windows 98 As you have probably guessed I am very pleased with MP3 player. I like the look; I like the feel and it is definitely better than my old CD player. It is smaller and able to contain much more music than before. I have filled it today and it stored 154 tracks so I won't need to change my playlist for a while. I am still mystified about the loop on the earphone cable, but hey big deal. It plays music and that's the main thing. I was a little disappointed with the battery time that I got from the factory supplied...

Kingkarliii 09.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of itronics IMP-65 WMA/MP3 Player - 1Gb

Tecknika mp3 player

Advantages: No batteries needed
Disadvantages: None

...son, it sounds better on speakers, the quality is even better than the head phones. A lot of the players come with a clip to fix on or no clip, this one comes with a clip attached and its very tough, I put it on my waist band and moved around and it didn't even budge, so this is ideal for my son while using it in school, because he would know if it wasn't there. It is very easy to use, it comes with a small disc for your computer and is easy to understand on how to add songs to your player, that easy my son was shown once and he does it now, finding the music on your mp3 is easy to, it has files where your music is stored in to album, alphabet or no name songs. It also has play, record, stop, forward, back buttons. It has a 256mb flash memory Holds up to 80 tracks Has a built in micro phone WMA compatible Need windows XP...

scooby32 03.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Technika MP3 player

Bulk loads of MP3s

Advantages: BIG choice of downloads, and the Lo-Fi facility
Disadvantages: Takes a while to download stuff, and can only be done 1 at a time

...mp3.com is one of the best music sites that I've ever been to. The huge number of downloadable mp3's can probably not be beaten. It doesn't seem to contain many bands / singers blah blah blah whatever, that I have ever heard of, but the ones that it does have, are sometimes quite amazing. The best feature of the site is the endless lists of top 40's (they go right back in to the 1000's actually), with a chart dedicated to each different genre (of which there are hundreds). With so many choices, so many thousand songs to pick from to download, these individual charts give a rough representation of which are the best. They also give a worldwide opinion and not just a localised view. The sites search facility is very easy to use, and quite often comes up with exactly what you're looking for (if its there). Before fully downloading...

BJEEE 11.12.2000 · Read review
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