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MakeMyRingtone: Create a Ringtone From an MP3 Online

aainsberg — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:36:18 +0000

MakeMyRingtone is Mobicious powered web utility that allows you to upload a song from your computer, turn it into a ringtone and then get it delivered to your cellphone. The application is free and there is no sign up.
To start, browse for the song of your choice and click ‘upload mp3′. It may take time to upload the song to the website so be patient. Once it has loaded, you will have to select which 30 second interval you would like. Just drag the blue square over the sound you want.

When satisfied, click ‘Send to My Mobile Phone’ or ‘ Save to My Mobicious’. If you clicked ‘Send to My Mobile Phone’ you will be prompted to input your cell phone number as well as your carrier. In some cases you may need to select a manufacturer and model. Click ‘Send to Phone’ when you are done. You will then receive a text message containing the sound. Please note that the ringtone can only be send to US numbers and the time to receive it varies between 10 seconds up to few hours.

Features:

Create ringtones from MP3 files and get them delivered to your cellphone.
Create as many ringtones as you like.
Free to use and no sign up required.
Supports only MP3 audio files.
US only.
Option to create your own mobile wallpaper.
For more similar tools see recent MakeUseOf article, 10 Websites For Free Mobile Phone Ringtones & Downloads.

Check out MakeMyRingtone @ www.mobicious.com/ringtones/new (by Alex Ainsberg)

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AudienceSounds: Fun Collection Of Crowd & People Sounds

kaly — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:31:17 +0000

AudienceSounds is a fun website that hosts lots of crowd and people sound clips like laughing, crying, booing, stomping, clapping, snoring… etc. The sounds can be downloaded to be used as a ringtone on your mobile phone or played online just for fun. All sounds are free to download without the need to sign up for anything.

You can also add sound to your Facebook profile.

Features:

Free people and crowd sound clips.
Play online or download onto you computer.
Add to your Facebook profile.
All sounds are free.
Similar tools: SoundBible, SoundJay, FindSounds and Soungle.

Check out AudienceSounds @ www.audiencesounds.com

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Mp32Tube: Upload MP3 To YouTube

kaly — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:48:58 +0000

If you ever tried uploading MP3 to YouTube you would know that YouTube does not support this feature. Until now the only way to upload the MP3 to Youtube was to convert it into a video file first and upload it as a video file.

Now you can avoid doing this and use Mp32Tube instead. Using this online application anyone can easily upload MP3’s to Youtube.com without converting anything. Go to Mp32Tube and select an MP3 file and the image that you want to use as a thumbnail on YouTube. Next choose whether you want it to be uploaded to your YouTube account or MP32Tube’s account. And then click on the “upload” button and wait for the URL. It mat take a few minutes before the file becomes accessible and playable online.

The site does look kinda ugly but is certainly dose what it says. Currently Mp32Tube is completely free to use. However, premium accounts with more features (multiple image and file upload, no waiting times, faster speed) are likely to be introduced in the future.

Check out Mp32tube @ www.mp32tube.com

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Booster: Online MP3 Finder

kaly — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:41:36 +0000

Booster is a new online MP3 finder that lets you search, stream and download almost any song you want. The site has simple and clean design without any annoying banners.

To find a song, just type in the name of the artist or song and Booster will get you a list of results, along with an option to download and play each track.

The website is new and still being worked on. As mentioned on the website, the additional features such as user accounts and playlist creation are being worked on.

Features:

Search and download MP3 songs online.
Download as many songs as you like.
Stream MP3s online.
The feature to create playlist is being worked on by Booster team.
For similar website see MP3 section.

Check out Booster @ www.boostermp3.com

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abMP3: Find & Save MP3 Songs

TehseenBaweja — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:49:59 +0000

abMP3 is a music search engine that indexes MP3 songs from thousands of sites on the web. Using abMP3 you can find songs/albums from almost any artist, listen to those songs online and save songs as MP3 files.

Users may browse artists in alphabetical order or use on-site search engine. Click on a search result to see where the MP3 file is hosted. Use the mouse righ click button (’Save File As’ option) to save mp3 song on your computer.

Moreover, abMP3 provides a code to embed the song on your blog or online profile page.

Main Features:

Search, listen and download MP3 songs.
Get a special URL for each song and share it with others.
Embed songs on your blog.
Post comments on each song and see what others are saying.
No registration required.

Check out abMP3 @ www.abMP3.com (by Tehseen from Ijaar.com)

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SoundBible: Free To Download MP3 & WAV Sounds

kaly — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:49:31 +0000

SoundBible is a website that hosts collection of free to download MP3 & WAV sound clips. You can search for sounds using relevant keywords and also check popular and recent additions. Each of the sounds can be played online and easily saved onto your computer with a single click.

If you did not find specific sound, there is an option to fill in the request form.

Features:

Royalty-free wav sound clips.
Download sounds for free.
Search and check new and popular sounds.
No sign up needed.
Similar websites: SoundJay, FindSounds, Soungle and SoundSnap.

Check out SoundBible @ www.soundbible.com

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Dirpy: Turn YouTube Videos Into High Quality MP3s

kaly — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:18:28 +0000

Here is one more web application that lets you turn YouTube videos into mp3 files and then download them onto your computer. Dirpy has also some additional features which distinguish it from other, Video2MP3 and VidToMP3. It converts videos into high quality mp3’s (128kbps 44.1khz stereo and higher), enables you to transcode only a portion of the video, edit tag data, and even download the videos themselves as well.

The process is usual, simply drag and drop provided bookmarklet onto your browser and click it whenever you come across the video you want to convert. You can also search and convert YouTube videos directly on the site.

Features:

Turn YouTube videos into mp3 files.
Convert as many videos as you like.
Browser bookmarklet provided.
Determine the start and the end point of an audio file.
Options to specify parameters like the filename, title, artist, etc.
Incorporated YouTube Search.
Edit ID3 tag data.
Download videos.
Free and no sign up.

Check out Dirpy @ www.dirpy.com

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midi2mp3: Free Online MIDI to MP3/WAV Converter

azim — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:31:19 +0000

midi2mp3 is a free online midi to mp3 or wav converter provided at HamieNET.com. Here you can convert MIDI files to MP3/WAV audio files, which you can then burn onto a CD, import into a flash movie and for other uses where MIDI files are restricted. No need to sign up or download anything.

Just upload the MIDI file (*.mid) from your computer, adjust the conversion options and hit the “Convert File” button. Then wait for about 10 seconds while the conversion takes place. Download the converted file in MP3 or WAV format onto your computer.

Features:

Convert MIDI files to MP3/WAV online.
Control the converison options: sample width, sound system, MP3 bit rate etc.
No need to sign up.

Check out midi2mp3 @ www.hamienet.com/midi2mp3

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MadRingtones: Make Ringtones From YouTube Videos & MP3

kaly — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:50:29 +0000

MadRingtones is neat web service that enables you to make ringtones from YouTube videos and mp3 files. Creating ringtones is quick and easy, simply navigate to the site, enter the URL of the video or MP3 file and click ‘Load’. Once file is uploaded you will be able to determine tone’s start/end points and then download it onto your computer as mp3, amr, ogg or m4r file.

Additionally you can browse more than 300,000 user created ringtones and download the ones you like for free.

Features:

Create ringtones from YouTube videos and mp3 files.
Create as many ringtones as you like.
Download created ringtone in mp3, amr, ogg or m4r format.
Easy to use ringtone editor with an option to fade the tone towards the end.
Browse and download more than 300,000 user created ringtones.
Check out top 50 and most recent ringtones.
Share and embed created ringtones on your website or blog.
Free and no registration.
Similar sites: SmartMP3Splitter, MakeOwnRingtone and Audiko.

Check out MadRingtones @ www.madringtones.org

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SoundJay: Free Collection Of Sound Effects

kaly — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:07:08 +0000

SoundJay is a web resource that lists free collection of sound effects. Anyone can download and use them for personal non commercial purposes. All sounds are nicely organized in different categories like background sounds, button sounds, human sound effects, communication sounds and more.

Most files are 16 bit stereo 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz high quality sound effects. Sounds can be played and listened online prior downloading.

Features:

Free sound effects collection.
Most files are 16 bit stereo 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz high quality sound effects.
Browse sound effects by category such as background sounds, button sounds, human sound effects… etc.
Can be used only for personal non commercial purposes.
Similar websites: FindSounds, Soungle and SoundSnap.

Check out SoundJay @ www.soundjay.com

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ListenToYouTube: Convert YouTube Videos Into Audio Files

azim — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:24:39 +0000

ListenToYouTube is an online tool that converts YouTube video into audio and provides you with a link to download it. Just enter the YouTube URL into the field and press GO. Wait for a few seconds for a ListenToYouTube to finish processesing the file and then click on “Download MP3″ to save the file to your PC.

If entering the YouTube video URL into the field every time seems too time consuming for you, try the shortcut. Type in listento in front of the YouTube video URL and you will be directly taken to the MP3 conversion page.

Features:

Convert YouTube videos into MP3 audio files.
Just enter YouTube URL into the field and press GO.
Use shortcut to convert videos while you browse YouTube.
Free, fast and no registration.

Check out ListenToYouTube @ www.listentoyoutube.com

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Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player

srikanth — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:12:48 +0000

Yahoo! Media Player is an easy to use embedable mp3 player that can be used to play audio links on your website or personal profile webpage. Once you have added it to your site it automatically finds all audio links on the webpage and turns them into a playlist. It can even pick up your images and adds them as a cover art.

Clicks links below to see player it in action :

First link
Second link
Third link

Features:

Embeddable media player from Yahoo!
Plays all your music links with a single button click.
Adds audio to your site with one line of HTML code.
Automatically finds all audio links on your page and turns them into a playlist.
Picks up your images and adds them as cover art.
The floating design makes player appear only when needed.
Requires no download, install or maintenance.

Check out Yahoo!MediaPlayer @ www.mediaplayer.yahoo.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut)

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Video2mp3: Convert YouTube Videos To MP3 Files

abhijeet — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:52:35 +0000

Video2mp3 is a dead simple YouTube to MP3 converter which lets you convert Youtube videos to MP3 files in the easiest possible manner. You just need to put the YouTube video link in the box and it converts and presents the downloadable MP3 file which has the audio of same quality as it was in the video. You could also do the same for HD videos by selecting the HQ option. It also provides a cool firefox addon for the purpose.

Features

Easily convert YouTube videos to MP3 audio files.
Option to convert high quality videos too.
Download the mp3 files after conversion.
A nice firefox addon to convert directly from the YouTube site.

Check out Video2MP3 @ www.video2mp3.net (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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Swg.fm: Easy MP3 Sharing for Twitter

kaly — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:02:33 +0000

Swg.fm is an online app made by the same folks behind previously reviewed Sawgi.com. The application provides you with an easy and simple way to share MP3 files over Twitter. It takes 4 simple and quick steps to share an MP3 song with your Twitter followers.

Go to the site and type in your Twitter’s username.
Enter the name of the artist.
Add the song name.
Click Send and then Tweet buttons. That’s it!

Features:

Share MP3’s with others over Twitter.
Share as many MP3’s as you like.
No registration needed.

Check out Swg.fm @ www.swg.fm

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MP3Search: MP3 Search and Download Site

kaly — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:38:01 +0000

Here is another mp3 search and download website that lets you find MP3 files and then save them onto your computer. You can also stream and listen to any song you want. The site has clutter free and clean search interface, just type in the artist, group or song name and click on the “Search” button.

Features:

MP3 search site
Search and download as many songs as you like.
Listen to files prior downloading.
Free. No registration required.

Check out MP3 Search @ www.mp3search.doremixy.com

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TuneMaze: Search & Download MP3 Songs Directly Onto Mobile

kaly — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:11:45 +0000

TuneMaze is a website designed for mobile and iPhone users. Using it you can find and directly download mp3 songs on mobile device. Additionally to downloading you can also view song lyrics, watch YouTube videos and check out related tracks.

You are not required to download or install anything and there is no registration either. All you need to do is simply point your browser to www.tunemaze.com and start searching.

Features

Search and download music directly to phone.
Download as many MP3’s as you like.
Get song lyrics, youtube videos and other related songs.
Works with any web-enabled mobile phone including iPhone.
No registration. Free.
Similar websites: TuneRoom

Check out TuneMaze @ www.tunemaze.com

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MP3Realm: Find MP3s & Llisten Online

kaly — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:02:11 +0000

Here is another music search engine that allows you to find mp3s, stream them online and download ones you like to your computer. You can search for MP3’s by artist name, song or album title or browse them by genre and artist.

Mp3Realm also provides you with an option to search and view lyrics in case you feel like singing along to your favorite song.

Registered users get an additional perk and are able to create online music playists. They can later access and enjoy playlists from any computer with an internet connection.

Features:

Search and listen to MP3s online.
Search and browse by artist or genre.
Download and save any MP3 you like.
Register and create music playlists.
Additional lyric search available.
For more MP3 search websites see MP3 category.

Check out Mp3Realm @ www.mp3realm.org

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Vloud: Make Quiet MP3s Louder

kaly — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:16:35 +0000

If you ever need to quickly amplify the sound level of one of your MP3 songs and don’t want to deal with complex amplifier tools, check out Vloud. It is simple online utility to make MP3’s louder.

Here is how it works. First, choose one of the preset volume options (light, loud, louder and loudest) and then select the MP3 file on your PC. Wait for Vloud to finish uploading the song and process it. Download amplified MP3 file to your PC.

Features:

Amplify MP3s online.
Available volume presets: light, loud, louder and loudest.
Currently supports .mp3 and .wav files.
Maximum allowed file size: 10MB.
Simple and easy to use.

Check out Vloud @ www.vloud.com

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TuneRoom: Download Songs To Cell Phone

kaly — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:56:55 +0000

TuneRoom is a music search engine for mobile users. It allows you to search for music online and then freely download songs to your cell phone. All music tracks are optimized for high-quality listening while retaining a fairly small file size. You can search and download as much music as you like. The only thing they ask from you is to create a free account with them.

Pretty much every sone you find via TuneRoom can be download in high or medium quality. You can also easily forward them to any mobile phone number in the US and Canada for free.

Features:

Download favorite songs to cell phone for free.
Search music from your mobile phone.
Download as much songs as you like (unlimited).
All tracks are optimized for high-quality listening and have a relatively small size.
Songs can be downloaded in high or medium quality.
Forward and share songs with any mobile in the US or Canada.
Clean and easy to use interface.

Check out TuneRoom @ www.sideload.com/m/index

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Tagoo: Great Audio & Video Search Engine

kaly — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:05:51 +0000

Tagoo is a search engine that lets you to search for media-content: such as mp3 audios, music albums, audiobooks, music videos and podcasts. You can easily stream, watch and download anything Taggo finds.

Additionally users are able to create playlists, share those playlists with friends and access them from any computer.

Furthermore you can interact with other users, check out their playlists, rate them and leave comments. And if you’re really into it, you can even keep your own blog on Tagoo.

Features:

Search and download mp3 songs, music videos, audiobooks, and podcasts.
Search more then 20 million audio and video files.
Refine results by artist, title, album, file name, source, music quality and length.
Create palylists and post blog posts (registered users only).
Check out, rate and comment on other users’ playlists.
See more similar websites here.

Check out Tagoo @ www.tagoo.ru

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iSpeech: Convert Websites & Docs To MP3 Audio

kaly — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:46:52 +0000

Using iSpeech you can convert websites, RSS feeds, blogs and documents (Word, PDF, Excel, PowerPoint, Rich Text File, HTML etc.) to speech. All you have to do is upload the document (say some PDF file) or enter the address of the site/feed you want to convert to speech and click on “Convert” button.

Once the conversion is complete you can:

- playback and listen to it online,
- download and store the recording on your PC,
- podcast it,
- or embed it as an audio object on any site and let others play it as well

Features:

Convert websites, RSS feeds, blogs and documents to audio.
Do as many conversions as you like.
Convert DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, PDF, RTF and HTML docs to speech.
Play and listen to converted recordings online.
Download recording as an MP3 file.
Similar websites: YakiToMe and SpokenText.

Check out iSpeech @ www.ispeech.org

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Hushie: Listen to Your Favorite Songs Online

kaly — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:38:17 +0000

Search engine where you seach and listen to your favorite songs online for free. Each song includes a download link in case you want to save it to your PC.

Just type in the artist, band, album or song name you are looking for, click ‘Search’ and wait for Hushie to get the songs. Once you get the list of songs, you can stream whatever you like right from the page.

Features:

Search, stream and download songs music songs online.
Download and play as many songs as you like.
No signup or registration needed.

Another thing you need to keep in mind is that not all Hushie songs will play. Some play fine, some dont. In my case it worked for about 70% of songs. I guess it all depends on where the song being streamed from. If you find that most of the links don’t work then try some alternative services here.

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DownloadAnyStuff: Find Free Books, MP3s and Software on Google

abhijeet — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:32:22 +0000

DownloadAnyStuff, as the name suggests is a place where you can locate downloadable stuff such as movies, music, ringtones, ebooks easily.

It’s one of those speciality search engines which utilize Google’s custom search format to target those people who are looking for specific things on the internet. Hence this search engine targets the audience which spends majority of its time downloading stuff from the internet.

Once you type a particular keyword and hit enter, it displays the relevant results along with certain tags/categories to further refine the result. You can use these tags to locate the specific item which you are looking for. In other words if you’re looking for an ebook then choose ebooks, for MP3s choose Music and so on. Almost all the results comprise of free downloads and download links on the internet.

Check out DownloadAnyStuff @ www.downloadanystuff.org ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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GuerillaRadio: Search, Listen & Download MP3 Files From Web

kaly — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:23:14 +0000

Another online music service that lets you search, stream and download MP3 files you like. Just type the name of the artist or band and click on “Find”. GuerillaRadio will then search for it on the web and bring you a ready playlist of MP3s from that artist. You can play tunes online or download to your computer.

It’s not all that different from other sites of it’s kind (see our MP3 category) but the music files you get here tend to be of good quality (in my limited experience at least).

Features:

Search, listen and download MP3 files for free.
Play and download as many files as you like.
Clean and easy to use interface.
No sign-up needed.

Check out GuerillaRadio @ www.guerillaradio.net

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Plorf: Find, Listen and Download MP3 Songs to your PC

Aibek — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:06:42 +0000

Another cool website for getting free MP3s to your PC. You don’t need to sign-up and install any third party craplets such as Limewire or Kazaa, just go to the website and search for the song or artist you want to hear or download.

There are a couple of other cool features. To start with, you can save an organize favorite tracks into playlists (requires registration), see recently searched terms, search for song lyrics, rate songs, report broken links, embed tracks onto your website. see related querries as you type and so on.

Finally, if you would like to add Plorf MP3 Search to your website or even online profile you can do so as well.

Check out Plorf @ www.plorf.com

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Anjo.to: Convert & Save Online Videos to Computer

kaly — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:24:44 +0000

Anjo.to is yet another website that lets you search videos on a number of popular video sharing sites like Youtube, convert video to different video formats (.flv |.3gp | .mp4 | .mp3 | .avi | .mov ) and then save videos to computer.

The whole is really simple, either search or simply paste in the URL of a video and press “Enter”. Almost instantly Anjo.to should convert the video and give you an option to download the video in variety formats.

The site doesn’t ask you to register and allows you to convert and download as many videos as you like.

Features:

Convert online videos to flv, 3gp (mobile), mp4 (PSP, iPod, iPhone), mp3, avi and mov (Mac).
Donwload and save online videos to your computer in desired format.
Supported websites: YouTube, MyVideo, ClipFish, TrickLife, Veoh and MySpace.com.
Convert upto 10 online videos at once.
No sign-up or registration needed.

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PimpMyNews: Listen To your Favorite News And Blogs

abhijeet — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:20:41 +0000

Bored with reading feeds in your feed reader? Going through the pages of the same blog everyday seems monotonous ? Why not add a human touch to your everyday reading.

Instead of reading your favorite blog, now you can listen to it. PimpMyNews is a website which lets you do just that. It converts text on your favorite blog posts and news site into a recorded voice which you can listen on your PC, mp3 player, iPod or iPhone. You can get your favorite posts delivered to you and listen to them when you’re on the road. Also you can share and rate your favorite posts.

I should also mention that this app delivers almost accurate results. I tried it with a few blogs in it’s list and the conversion from text to speech was accurate and impressive. You can also report mispronunciations and new blog feeds to them so that they can make the required changes.

Check out PimpMyNews @ www.pimpmynews.com. ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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Sawgi: Audio Version of YouTube

kaly — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:25:06 +0000

Sawgi is basically a Youtube where instead of music videos you have MP3 audio files that you can play play online or download and save to your computer. Sawgi aggregates Youtube music vids, converts them to MP3 audios and lets you search, stream and download pretty much anything you want.

Features:

Search, listen and download MP3 files you like.
Download as much audio content as you want.
Embed and share desired MP3s on your blog or personal profile page.
No sign-up or registration required.

Check out Sawgi @ www.sawgi.com

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Snuzu: Listen to Music and Show Others what You Like

kaly — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:34:42 +0000

Online music service with a database of over 9,000,000 DRM-Free MP3 songs. Search for your favorite tracks and listen to your favorite music online for as long as you want. There is also a small desktop client compatible with iTunes, Winamp and Windows Media Player that enables you to share your listening history with every one else.

You can easily access your music history from any other web-enabled PC, edit it and even replay songs that your like.

Features:

Search and listen DRM-Free MP3 songs online.
Play as many songs as you like.
Music catalog of over 9,000,000 songs.
Optionally show your friends what you are listening to by installing a desktop client.
Desktop client works both on Mac (iTunes) and Windows (Winamp and Windows Media Player).
Link Snuzu to your FaceBook account and display recent tracks on your profile page.

Snapshot of history page:

Visit Snuzu @ www.snuzu.com

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HearWho: Text to MP3 Converter

kaly — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:15:50 +0000

Online text to MP3 converter that takes text and converts it to an audio file that can be downloaded and played on iPod or any other mp3 player. Users can also choose between the gender of the person reading the text and voice quality. Depending on the text length, conversion may take anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minutes.

Features:

Convert text to MP3 audio online.
Download and save MP3s to your computer using right-click “Save as …” option.
Choose voice gender (male or female) and voice quality (best or good).
Supports converstion of text in English and Spanish languages.
No registration required.

Converting text to speech is nothing new and we have already covered a bunch of very similar web services

Check out HearWho @ www.hearwho.com

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SoundSnap: Search, Save and Share Sound Effects

kaly — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:39:31 +0000

Lots of high quality sound effects, music loops and samples. For musicians, radio hosts, podcasters, DJs, game developers and so on. The sounds are nicely categorized into different categories (animals, humans, movies etc.) and sub-categories making it easy to find exactly what you’re looking for. There is also a sound seach tool in case you’re looking for something specific.

You don’t need to register to search or download sound effects. Although registered members can also upload and share sound effects with others site users, rate sounds, or join topic groups.

Features:

Search, save, upload and share all kind of sound effects.
Browse sounds by category or tag.
Download sounds in .mp3 and .wav formats.
Browse and rate sound effects uploaded by other members.
Join groups with like minded sound lovers (registered users only).

Check out SoundSnap @ www.soundsnap.com

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SSMunch: Search, Stream and Download Music for Free

kaly — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:41:42 +0000

One more web app to join our growing collection of online music services. SSMunch is a music search engine where you can search and download MP3 files, stream and listen to favorite songs online, watch music videos, and get song lyrics. It also lets you create and share music playlists with friends by embedding them onto your blog or online profile page.

Features:

Search for lyrics, MP3s and music videos online.
Download songs you like for free.
Create playlists and add them to your blog or webpage (registered users only).
Rate songs, check out top users, recent searches etc.
Add SSMunch search to your browser search bar.

Go to SsMunch @ www.ssmunch.com

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LyricsFly : Lyrics Search on Steroids

kaly — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:47:02 +0000

LyricsFly is user-contributed music service for searching lyrics. Find lyrics for your favorite songs by artist, song and album name, or search using phrases from the lyrics. In addition to lyrics text, LyricsFly also returns related YouTube videos, links to stream songs online (from Seeqpod), MP3 download links and CD covers. The lyrics text can be printed out, sent to an email or even edited (in case you spot the typo).

Features:

Search and find lyrics to your favorite songs.
Get lyrics to over 500.000 songs.
Also see related YouTube videos, MP3 download links and CD covers.
Contribute by submitting new lyrics or correct the existing ones.
Print out lyrics and CD covers.
No sign-up or registration needed.

Check out LyricsFly @ www.lyricsfly.com

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TUI Converter: Convert MP3 to a Ringtone and Send it to Mobile

kaly — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:08:40 +0000

Tune Us In – free online MP3 to ringtone converter. Upload any mp3 song, cut out the part you like and convert it to a ringtone. Once the ringtone is ready you can either forward it to your mobile phone (US users only) or download and save it on your computer. No sign-up. No cost. No limit on the number of ringones you can create.

Features:

Create a mobile tune and forward it to your mobile phone or save it to your PC.
Free to use, standard text messaging rates apply.
Ringtone SMS Forwarding: Available only to US users ( AT&T Wireless, Cingular, T- Mobile, Bell Mobility, Suncom, Verizon Wireless, Fido Wireless, Sprint PCS, Rogers AT&T, Cincinaty Bell).

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WuZAM : MP3 Search Engine

kaly — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:05:15 +0000

Another web based music search engine that lets you search, stream and download music to your computer in MP3 format. In addition to searching and streaming songs online you can click through and find out more about the playing artist on Wikipedia. Check out other cool music websites we have profiled earlier here.

Features:

Search songs by artist or song name and play songs online.
Download and Save MP3s to your computer.
Read about the artists on Wikipedia.
See most popular searches.
Free and easy to use.

Go to WuZAM @ www.wuzam.com

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WorryAboutYou: Find, Listen and Download Songs you Like

kaly — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:14:31 +0000

Another pretty website to feed your music addiction. WorryAboutYou lets you search, listen and download songs from your favorite artists to your PC. It’s free, there is nothing to install or download. It claims to index over 15.000.000 songs from all over the web. Search for songs by artist or track name.

As you can see on the above screenshot, you can play songs directly on the search results page or get them straight to your PC.

Features:

Find, play and download music online. Over 15.000.000 songs.
Download and save as many as song as you like.
Option to remove the duplicate search results.
See most popular tracks people are searching for.
Switch interface language to English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Norwegian.
No sign-up or registration needed.

If for some reason you can’t get the song using provided download button, try to right click on it and choose “Save Target As…” option. This should work.

Check out WorryAboutYou @ www.worryaboutyou.com

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Soungle : Free Sound Effects Website

kaly — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:25:51 +0000

Soungle is your free online library for sounds effects. This handy website lets you find, preview and download sound files for pretty much anything starting from car sounds, gun shots and police siren to drums and phone beeps. As Soungle states:

… a free site, developed by Southern Codes, for finding all kind of sound FX and musical instruments samples.

Soungle is not an audio sound search engine, it only searches one huge constantly growing database. If you can’t find the effect you’re looking for then check out previously covered FindSounds. Maybe you’ll find it there. Both of these websites are pretty good.

Features:

Search, preview and download sound effects.
View frequency, duration and bit rate for each sound.

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Vmeste.fr : Extract Audio from YouTube Videos

kaly — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:46:42 +0000

Here is something many Youtube maniacs should find invaluable. Vmeste.fr lets you extract the audio from Youtube video and then download and save it to your PC in MP3 format. That is to say, if there is a cool Youtube music video you really like, Vmeste.fr can strip the video and give you just the song. Copy and paste the URL of a video (or upload the video from your hard drive) and click “Extract”. Few seconds later you will be provided with a download link to the MP3 file. Download it and you’re done. Once the MP3 has been fully downloaded you can add it to your media library or copy it to your mobile device.

Features:

Extract audio from YouTube videos and save them as MP3.
Extract as many audios as you like. No sign up or registration required.

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VidToMP3 : Online Video to MP3 Audio Converter

kaly — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:28:04 +0000

VidToMP3 is an online video to MP3 audio converter that allows users to convert Myspace and Youtube videos to MP3 files. Very useful for turning any music video on Myspace or YouTube into MP3 tracks for your iPod. It’s free with no strings attached. Not so long ago we mentioned FLVto an online Flash to MP3 converter, VidToMP3 seems to deliver a similar functionality but also supports a lot more video websites. How does it work?

Copy and paste the address of the page with the video to provided field.
Click “Download”, and wait.
When the conversion is complete, click on “Download MP3″.

As you can see the website is really easy to use. Among other things the sound quality of the converted file is pretty good. If you want to share the MP3 download link with others you can do so as well.

Features:

Convert Myspace and Youtube videos to MP3 files.
Download converted videos as music files to your PC (or iPod).
Unlimited: Convert and download as many videos as you like.
No registration or sign up required.
Share MP3 download links with friends.
Embed converted videos onto your online profile or blog.

Here is the list of video sharing sites where you can use VidToMP3 to convert videos to audio:

YouTube, MegaVideo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Veoh, Myspace, Break, iFilm, Google Video, Bolt, ClipJunkie, ClipShack, CollegeHumor, FunnyJunk, Glumbert, GoFish, Grouper, Hallpass, MilkandCookies, Putfile, SantaBanta, Sharkle, Shoutfile, Vimeo, vSocial, Yikers, ZippyVideos … and more coming.

Go to VidToMP3 @ www.vidtomp3.com

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Dorble : Download favorite Music for Free

kaly — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:58:46 +0000

Wanna download some good music? Dorble is another application that lets you search, listen and download music you like to your computer for free. The website has a clean and pleasant interface, just search for whatever artist or song you want to get and wait for results. Then pick the songs you like and download them to your PC. If you want to play tracks online you can do that as well.

Check out Dorble @ www.dorble.com

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