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Onadime Free Player 1.4
The Onadime Free Player is an audio visual media viewer and player that produces real time MusicVisuals more>>
The Onadime Player comes bundled with 24 Onadime Compositions that respond in real-time from user input of CDs, MP3s, mouse & keyboard or live with microphone and video.
The design of the player console makes it a versatile viewer of many different media including live video, QT movies and graphic images with easy drag and drop play.
Skype 2.8.0.438 Beta / 2.7.0.330
A fully-features Internet Telephoning software (VOiP). more>> A fully-features Internet Telephoning software (VOiP).
Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users not to share files this time, but to talk and chat with your friends.
Skype is created with an extremely advanced technology but super simple to use... Youll be making free phone calls to your friends in no time!
Our softwares quick and easy to get started with. Download, register, install, plug in your headset, speakers or USB phone and start calling your friends.
The calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption. You dont even need to configure your firewall or router or any other networking gear. It just, you know works.
Main features:
- When it comes to talking, instant messaging or transferring files, weve gone to great lengths to make it secure. Skype automatically encrypts everything before sending it through the internet. Likewise, on arrival everything is decrypted on-the-spot and presented as crystal clear speak, text or a file transfer nobody can intercept
- All the security in the world wouldnt matter, though, if you couldnt hear the other person. With Skype, you can. Were working with the very best in the industry to provide a sound quality far superior to what youre used to from ordinary telephones. If you will bear with us for a moment here wed like to share some technical stuff with you: with normal telephones you can only hear sounds from 300 Hz to 3 kHz. Not so with Skype; Were all over the spectrum, from the lowest hum to the highest screetch. In other words: will sound like the two different letters they were meant to, and in the end you will be able to have a much more natural conversation
- That also goes for conferences. Its completely secure for you and up to four others to get together to coordinate tactics in a game, make one of those important business decisions or simply have a chat, even if youre all on different continents
- earching for those long-lost relatives or just somebody to have a quick chat with is also part of what Skype is all about. We have what we call a Global User Directory. Its a giant phonebook of all the people who use Skype. You can use it to search for people youd like to talk to, people who have the same birthday or people who just happen to live in the same street as you
- When you find somebody you know or even someone you would like to know, you add them to your list of contacts. You can also write a little note to let them know who you are and why you want to add them to your list. Handy, if your separated-at-birth-twin finds you on Skype. When people are on your list, you can see if they are online, offline, busy... or perhaps out to lunch
- Did we mention that you can also send instant messages with Skype? Well, you can. Thats nice for when youre talking about a website and you want to send that really long address or if youre writing a song maybe. Either way, you can send one of those little smiley faces along with your message. Smile to the world and the world smiles back
System requirements:
- Macintosh computer with G3, G4, G5 or Intel processor.
- 128 MB RAM.
- 20 MB free disk space on your hard drive.
- Microphone.
- Internet connection (either dial-up: minimum 33.6 Kbps, or any broadband: cable, DSL, etc.).
Enhancements
- feature: Skype Access
- feature: Screen sharing
- feature: Sort chats in the chat drawer
- feature: Set priorities to chats
- feature: Quick Add: quick and simple way to add people to chats
- feature: Mood message chat: mood updates from your contacts listed in a chat
- feature: Large avatars: 256x256 pixels
- feature: Add your own notes to contacts
- feature: Profile picture selector (Mac OS X 10.5 only)
- feature: Support of Spotify links in your mood and chats
- improvement: Improved bandwidth allocation methods
- improvement: Improved copy/paste capabilities of messages in a chat
- improvement: Cmd-shift-E shortcut to edit your last chat message
- improvement: Ability to change your profile picture can now be initiated by double-clicking on your profile picture
- improvement: Technical call info window can now be triggered manually
- improvement: Improvement of chat split-view resizing
- improvement: Added skype: uri handler topic and token parameter support for "call" command
- improvement: Warning message added in chat window when writing to a mobile device user who is not able to receive chats
- improvement: Improved Leave Chat alert layout and messages
- improvement: When a new call is started, default call volume is set to 25% if it was lower before
- improvement: When multiple files are received via file sending, clicking the main file icon will now open all the files
- improvement: Improvements to accuracy of contacts online status
- improvement: Usability for VoiceOver users
- localization: Added Brazilian Portuguese by Fabio Roselet
- localization: Added Polish by Bohdan Zielinski
- localization: Added Estonian
- change: Search field is default focus in history window
- change: When user shows an iTunes song in their mood, it is preceded by a musical note character
- change: No longer possible to send chat messages containing only whitespace characters
- change: Appearance of contact groups
- change: Removal of grey area beside chat text window, emoticon button now inside chat text window
- change: Merged block and unblock menu items
- change: New tabbed layout in the profile information window
- change: Status of SMS messages now changes: Sending -> Sent -> Delivered
- change: Duplicate Skype Out contacts from address book will not be displayed
- bugfix: It was not possible to start a chat with a contact who was not in contact list
- bugfix: Occasionally when a person was added to a conference call, he was automatically put on hold
- bugfix: Conference call window kept aspect ratio when resizing
- bugfix: File sending failed when file with the same name already existed
- bugfix: Hang Up button had wrong label in the chat window while a call was in progress
- bugfix: Sometimes Skype crashed after a SMS/text was sent
- bugfix: Under certain rare circumstances,the main window stopped responding when a birthday event was clicked on
- bugfix: If user had multiple online numbers, only the first one was displayed in Skype services panel
- bugfix: When user removed a custom sound for an event, it was replaced with the first sound in the list, not with the default one
- bugfix: Previous username was shown in the title of the main window when "Sign In as Another User" was clicked
- bugfix: When user edited a landline/mobile phone contact the phone number was not validated
- bugfix: Video button in call window was not replaced with dialpad button when call was forwarded to a phone number
- bugfix: Sometimes the yellow alerts inside the chat window disappeared when "view earlier messages" was clicked
- bugfix: Some video preferences were still enabled after "Enable Skype Video" was unselected
- bugfix: Occasionally the incoming call window was displayed offscreen
- bugfix: Call On Hold was not removed when user resumed a video call
- bugfix: After writing multi-line feed message with /me chat command, the text was not displayed correctly
- bugfix: When the topic of a public chat was locked and a non-host tried to change it then the user couldnt see the original topic
- bugfix: To and from fields were mixed up for file sending with multiple files
- bugfix: In some rare cases after signing in as another user, some chat messages from previous user were still visible
- bugfix: Sometimes the call window disappeared when adding an unauthorized contact to a conference call
- bugfix: Add to Contacts command didnt work in the context menu of the history list
- bugfix: Call Transfer menu was also shown for outgoing calls
- bugfix: Clicking "Show in Finder" on a file which was being sent showed "File not found" message
- bugfix: Skype URI skype:username always initiated a call, instead of triggering the default action (chat or call)
- bugfix: Skypename was not pre-set, when signed out after password was changed
- bugfix: When a call to an emergency or short number was dialled, Skype didnt display the appropriate message
- bugfix: After a manual update, "Upgrade Skype" missed event didnt disappear
- bugfix: Proxy authentication window kept popping up although correct credentials were entered
- bugfix: Pressing return-key in the landline/mobile phone caller window did not start call
- bugfix: Fixed layouts of hold and mute overlay views of the call window in some localizations
- bugfix: Password error message was incorrect when creating account or changing account password
- bugfix: Country codes of Address Book contacts were not updated when default country code had been changed in Skype preferences
- bugfix: Minor problem with emoticon set name in French version
- bugfix: Error #6520 (calls to landlines and mobiles) did not have a description
- bugfix: Call and chat buttons were shown for undisclosed and unrecognized numbers in history list
- bugfix: String "(host)" was not localized in conference call window
- bugfix: Some "speak text" notifications didnt understand @ sign
- bugfix: Mood is now cleared when show iTunes song is enabled and user stops iTunes
- bugfix: iTunes song info is not shown/updated in mood when status is offline/invisible
- bugfix: Old mood was not restored when iTunes was paused
- bugfix: An old song that the user listened to a few days ago was set as the mood when user paused iTunes
- bugfix: Turning off iTunes in your mood while playing music did not restore previous mood set by the user
- bugfix: It was impossible to close technical call info window in full screen video call
- bugfix: If a phone number contained a hyphen in a chat, it didnt appear as a clickable link
- bugfix: Mobile contacts did not have corresponding icon in contact list
- bugfix: Sometimes the number of missed events was incorrect
- bugfix: Artifacts appeared below contact name if their mood contained newline characters
- bugfix: Emoticons were case sensitive
- bugfix: Right click on a link in chat window and selecting "Open link" opened the link in Skype chat window
- bugfix: User was unable to send SMS to a number which began with +00 in Address Book
- bugfix: The summary of several files being sent showed the file as being sent even when it was being received
- bugfix: Canceling a file selection in the file sending dialog caused an error
- bugfix: Camera icon on the contact card in the contact list was sometimes hidden
- bugfix: If there were several files sent together, then "Remove from list" didnt work for a single file
- bugfix: Sometimes call window remained open with "unhandled state" message
- bugfix: Sometimes when adding a person into a video call, the whole application did not respond for 15 seconds
- bugfix: It was not possible to set country to not specified in profile
- bugfix: Address book options was not honored on showing contact name order
- Skype API: Implemented GET/SET AVATAR
- Skype API: MUTE related API calls were not working properly for non-host in conference call
- Skype API: Implemented GET CONTACTS FOCUSED
- Skype API: Implemented SEARCH ACTIVECHATS
- Skype API: Implemented GET CHAT property (name, timestamp, adder, posters, members, topic, activemembers, friendlyname)
- Skype API: Implemented SEARCH ACTIVECALLS
- Skype API: GET CHAT PROPERTY accepted only properties written as uppercase string
- Skype API: Implemented GET CHAT properties: ACTIVITY_TIMESTAMP, BOOKMARKED, MYROLE, MYSTATUS
- Skype API: Implemented CREATE CHAT
- Skype API: OPEN CHAT did not respond
- Skype API: Implemented SET PROFILE MOOD_TEXT
- Skype API: SEARCH ACTIVECALLS did not return call members
- Updated all localizations: French - Jean-Pierre Kuypers, German - Claudius Henrichs, Traditional Chinese - Carlos Lee, Italian - Domenico Cianci, Dutch - Alexander Henket, Spanish - Carola Clavo, Portuguese (Portugal) - Francisco Miguel Ferreira, Japanese - Mayu Shimizu, Norwegian - Kenneth Stevenson, Russian -Igor Pryadkin, Czech .
Firefly 1.0
Firefly is a sound reactive screen saver more>>
For best results set your input volume to maximum.
audiospectrum 1.2
audiospectrum - Screensaver reacts to ambient sound. (was audioparticle, audioparticolor) more>>
Click the More Information link on this page for all the other audio-based quartz screensavers Ive made. I may try to combine some of these, but keeping CPU use low is the priority.
To use these create (if it doesnt already exist) a folder called "Screen Savers" in your ~/Library folder and place the file there. It will then be available in ScreenSavers preference pane.
Note: If you are using a PowerMac or other computer without a built in microphone, you need to either adjust your default input in Sound Preference Pane so the screensaver can "hear" it, or email me or leave a comment if that doesnt work, so I can provide a version that monitors the line in. (I dont have a computer like this to test it on.)
Enhancements:
- I figured out how to separate the audio spectrum, so there is a low, mid, and high band! The color of each band depends on the relative strengths of each band so its kinda interesting actually, and its quite responsive.
Virtual VideoPhone 1.1
Virtual VideoPhone - Telephone with real-time video more>>
Our yakForFree service requires that both the caller and recipient download and join the yakCommunity. To make calls outside of the yakCommunity, check out yaks WorldCity VoIP products and services: yakToAnyone, yakBasic, and yakUnlimited. Various paid plans add more features, such as 911 service, local number portability, and calls to regular phones.
Main features:
- FREE yak Member-to-Member Worldwide Calling
- FREE Virtual VideoPhone Gadget
- Clear High Quality Voice and Video Calls
- FREE member-to-member calling
- 2-way VideoPhone Calling (Requires PC camera)
- Access into the yakCommunity
- PC Compatible Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon, 1700 MHz (or better)*
- Mac OS X version 10.2 or later, PowerPC G3 or better.
imager 1.0
imager - Stereo imaging VST plugin more>>
imager can be used to change the orientation of the microphones after the recording has been made by tweaking the parameters:
* direction in which to "zoom"
* zoom adjusts the "angle" of the microphones, where:
-1 points the microphones fully towards eachother, resulting in a mono sound +-90 degrees from the zoom "direction
+1 puts both microphones pointing in the set zoom "direction", resulting in a mono sound
* rotation "turns" the microphone stand.
Snood SpeakEasy 0.98
Snood SpeakEasy - Use a a Powerbook as an MP3 player more>>
Youll need the following: iTunes/Snood Speakeasy Script, iTunes, Applescript, Speakable Items, Snood, which will keep you Powerbook awake when you close the lid, and an external Microphone.
These applescripts are designed to give voice control to iTunes using Apples speakable items features, and switch back to Snood to keep the Powerbook awake.
DialectX 1.0
DialectX - Improve foreign accents, minor speech imperfections more>>
Be able to hear yourself as you speak is the key for any voice correction. You know how the native speakers sounds and you should be able improve yourself accordingly. Use DialectX software. Try to find comfortable Voiceback delay. You will be pleasantly surprised on the efficiency of this simple app. Microphone and headphones are required.
Keep or Skip 1.0
Keep or Skip - Reconstruct musical clips more>>
During the game, youll listen to a short clip of a randomly selected track from your iTunes library. The clip is divided into pieces which are mixed up.
The games aim is to reconstruct the correct musical sequence.
Before listening to a clip, you can choose to skip one track. You cant skip more than four tracks in one game. If you make five mistakes selecting the sequences, the game is over and you lose.
You can play to beat your personal high score and you can also send your score to the world-wide database from the game. You can also listen to the world-wide top ten from the game.
When the voice asks you to select a command, you can type the first letter of the command on the keyboard or, if you have a compatible microphone, say the command using the Mac OS X built-in Speech Recognition system. In this case you have to press the "esc" key, or the key you selected in the system preferences, before saying the command.
Main features:
Rich use of Apple technologies:
- Play with your iTunes library.
- Use QuickTime for playing the audio clips.
- Output uses the Speech Synthesis system.
- You can enter the commands using your voice thanks to the Speech Recognition system (you must have a compatible microphone for this feature).
World-wide high score
- Enter you score from the game.
- Listen to the top ten from the game.
Tunatic 1.0.1b
Tunatic - Uses microphone to listen to song and give artist information more>>
Simply use a microphone and let Tunatic listen to the song. It will then query its search engine with possible artist names and song titles.
All you need is a microphone and Internet access.
Enhancements:
- Fixed a bug that could disconnect Tunatic from its server (preventing song identification). Every Tunatic user should download this update.
Conan the Librarian X 1.1
Conan the Librarian X is a torture tool more>>
A torture tool. Conan tells you to shut up when the incoming sound on your built in microphone reaches certain levels. This is a port of a very, very old System 7 extension for the Macintosh. It was one of my favorite useless apps for the Classic Mac OS.
How do I use Conan the Librarian X?
Ideally, you should install this app on the Mac of someone you hate. I have a list of 67 people, personally. Once installed on the Macintosh of your foe, double click the icon to launch. It runs as a faceless background application, so it will look as if nothing has happened. When running, Conan the Librarian listens in on the built in microphone. When the sound level gets to a certain point, it will tell you to shut up. The more sound that comes in, the angrier the Governor gets. If you need to kill the application because your life is being threatened, open up a Terminal window and type in the following command:
killall QUIT "Conan The Librarian"
Conan the Librarian X is 159% freeware. You may redistribute the application as you see fit, without notification to myself, as long as no fee is collected.
Enhancements:
- Version 1.1 is a little less sensitive to sounds.
- If Conan is still too sensitive, try lowering the Input Volume in the System Preferences (under Sound->Input).
Soundstream 1.5
Soundstream - Screensaver reacts to sound more>>
Soundstream looks great as a replacement to the iTunes visualizer; let yourself be mesmerized as it pulses to the music.
Add to ~/Library/Screen Savers/ to install. You may need to create a folder.
Enhancements:
- Alternate stream blooming
- Improved random particle positions
- Improved 3D visuals
- Improved version checking
- Graphical splash screen.
Firefight 1.0a
Firefight is an interactive screen saver that reacts to any sound more>>
Firefight is an interactive screen saver that reacts to any sound that your internal microphone can pickup. Even if you do not enable your microphone, Firefight is still enjoyable without any interaction.
For best results set your input volume to maximum.
Enhancements:
- Fixed Core Image Acceleration detection since it caused rendering problems on certain computers.
LineIn 2.0.2
LineIn - Enables soft audio playthrough from input devices more>>
In simpler terms, you can use LineIn to play sound through a microphone or any other device plugged in to your Sound In port. If you need to input audio from an external device, recreating OS 9s "Play input through output device" option, then LineIn is perfect for you.
Enhancements:
- LineIn runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs (Universal Binary).
The Levelator 1.1.0
The Levelator adjusts the audio levels within your podcast or other audio file more>>
Its not a compressor, normalizer or limiter although it contains all three. Its much more than those tools, and its much simpler to use.
The UI is dirt-simple: Drag-and-drop any WAV or AIFF file onto The Levelers application window, and a few moments later youll find a new version which just sounds better.
Have you ever recorded an interview in which you and your guest ended up at different volumes? How about a panel discussion where some people were close to microphones and others were not?
These are the problems the post-production engineers of Team ITC solve every day, and it used to sometimes take them hours of painstaking work with expensive and complex tools like SoundTrack Pro, Audacity, Sound Forge or Audition to solve them. Now it takes mere seconds. Seriously. The Levelator is unlike any other audio tool youve ever seen, heard or used. Its magic. And its free.
When we developed the IT Conversations component-based show-assembly system (the first generation of GigaVox Audio Lite, see below), we realized all the components had to be of the same loudness or the results would sound awful. We limped along for many months using the RMS normalization functions in various applications, but the results werent satisfactory and it required tools and skillsets that some of our post-production audio engineers didnt have.
One of our best engineers, Bruce Sharpe, offered to write a standalone software RMS normalization utility, which weve been using as part of our production system GVUploader for nearly a year.
The GVUploaders normalizer acts similar to an intelligent RMS-based compressor/limiter combination, and it therefore affects primarily the short-term (transient) sounds and the long-term overall loudness of the file. It doesnt make the kind of adjustments that a skilled audio engineer can perform in software or at a mixing console, riding the levels up and down to compensate for medium-term variations.
There are some hardware devices such as various AGC (automatic-gain control) components that can do moderate leveling, but since they have to operate in real time (i.e., without look-ahead), they cant do much. And they arent cheap, let alone free.
Even a skilled human can only react to changes unless s/he is lucky enough to be present during a recording session and can use visual cues to anticipate coming variations. Software can do better by performing multiple passes over the audio, generating a loudness map of where the volume changes. (Its not actually that simple, but the metaphor can help.)
