Filed under: Software, iTunes, Beta Beat
Peter Gabriel wants to be your DJ
As if he wasn't already busy, what with being the music legend and all... Peter Gabriel's playlist construction kit The Filter, already available free for iTunes for Windows, is now entering 2.0 alpha test for Mac users. The Filter automatically loads your iPod with custom, mood-relevant playlists and explores your music collection for those gems gathering dust in the corners.Registration for the alpha test is by invitation for now, so you can either send an email from the download page or go straight to the alpha registration and wait to hear back. May I suggest queuing up Plays Live while you wait?
Thanks, Shaun!
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shaun mclane said 5:40PM on 12-14-2006
SWEET! This is the only thing I miss from my PC days. Well, this and the cool noise my virus blocker would make every few minutes. I heart tuaw!
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jopari said 5:47PM on 12-14-2006
this is a really good idea. on the site, it boasts that it learns from the songs that you skip... it it also true while you are listening to your ipod?
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derek said 6:58PM on 12-14-2006
Wait.... so what makes this worth anything? Doesn't iTunes have PlayList syncing built-in?
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Michael Rose said 8:27PM on 12-14-2006
The idea is that it composes playlists for you based on a couple of suggested songs, and can update playlists for specific activities (workout, commute, etc.). At least that's what they say.
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shaun mclane said 2:14AM on 12-15-2006
I used it for about 4 months. It uses the music you already have in your itunes library. Their motto is - rediscover your music. So yes, itunes has playlists, but this lets you pick a few songs you like, and it creates a playlist based on the songs you picked (like pandora). The really cool think is it updates the playlist as you listen to it - adding more as you get near the end of it. If you skip a song, it recognizes that as you not liking that sort of song, and it fills with songs better suited to your taste. Here's an example of one of my playlists from it:
I picked - The Raconteurs, Eagles of Death Metal, and the Beatles. It filled it with - Queens of the Stone Age, Korn, NIN, Arctic Monkeys, another Raconteurs, belle and sebastian, fatboy slim, bloc party, radiohead, and bright eyes.
Every playlist it made was pretty good. I only had problems with one giving me odd selections, but the other 15 I have are amazing! FYI - I have nothing to do with this company. Just a huge fan of their work.
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