Negative Space: MP3
- Face the Music
- MP3s are not the cause of the recording industry’s decline, they are the reason the recording industry remains afloat. The more successful the industry is in blocking open audio formats, the more the industry will decline in the long-term.
- An iPad app for simple podcasting: does it exist?
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All I want is an iPad app that will record audio and send it as an mp3 to an address of my choosing, in the standard iOS Mail application. I was surprised that this appears to be an impossible dream. I ended up looking at VR+ and Smart Recorder and choosing Smart Recorder until something better comes along.
- iPad audio blogging answer: Pocket Wavepad HD
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After searching for an audio recording app that would save in MP3 format and do email, I kept a few of the apps that didn‘t do what I wanted but that showed promise. One of them was Pocket Wavepad HD. NCH Software has a feedback page, and I think I made two suggestions, as I recall: allow saving in mp3, and use the internal filename as the e-mailed filename.[I sent a similar message to the writer of SmartRecorder, so I don’t remember exactly…
- MP3tunes.com: consumer-friendly music
- A new music download site from MP3.com founder Michael Robertson promises restriction-free, consumer-friendly music and more money for artists.