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With so many options online, it’s amazing that stores are still selling physical CDs. It seems that even those people who choose to select items in person prefer to store them digitally, keeping the tangible disc hidden away like so much clutter. For those who are already tech savvy, and comfortable making purchases online, here are some technological advancements to consider for the new year.
1. Though Limewire has been shut down for good, MP3 pilferers need not look far for alternatives. There are free, open source software options, including the popular Audacity software. Audacity has lots of easy-to-use plugins and addons, as well as an exceedingly simple and a friendly interface.
2. iTunes is the old standby that hasn’t upped its game in recent years, but at least it is available on multiple platforms. From your phone to your iPod, iPad to TV, iTunes music is available everywhere for Apple users. The newest application for iTunes that fans have been raving about is the movie rental feature. For just $2, and up to $15 for movies still in theaters, customers can view rentals without leaving home for Red Box.
3. For those with skills and an interest in dabbling in the grey zones of copyright law, surely there are other options, but none so popular as BitTorrent. BitTorrent is popular because it can be used from multiple user-based sites and communities. People can rate one another on trustworthiness, and feel-out a site’s legality.
Music in this new year has a lot of technological advances as well as new online options. Music fanatics will find themselves able to do things with mixers, free open source software, and home-coded applications that were never possible before. In coming years, people may find that the only limits for music are the creative inhibitions.
