donut studios - mplayman - mp3 player

e-nation

as a musician, i find the Donut Studios mp3 player, mplayman (or mplay man) a very useful player because it has an A-B repeat function which allows infinite repeated play of a user defined section of any mp3 you load into it.
unlike other "musician's media players" that usually re-sample the mp3 to create a .wav for manipulation of segments, mplayman doesn't require additional steps to perform the a-b repeat function.

in most cases, i don't need the function of changing the speed or pitch of a track (mplayman doesn't do it) so this makes mplayman fast and easy for learning a piece of music.

the author of mplay man, a German researcher-- donut studios, has stopped providing this convenient freeware. to the best of my knowledge, there existed a v.3.0 available to download before donut studios removed the download file from their site. i find many (mostly german) sites with recent links to v.3.0, but all go back to the dead link at donut studios.

does anyone know of an archive where i might find the latest version of this program, or even an older version? i used it often on my old system, but can't install it on my new one because i lost the setup file.

anyone out there have it?
suggestions?

kryyst

I suggest you check out something like edonky, or torrent sites, they are probably your best bet.

e-nation

kryyst wrote:

I suggest you check out something like edonky, or torrent sites, they are probably your best bet.

thanks, but...
edonky... torrent...
could you be more specific, please? those descriptions don't ring a bell.

i guess it's the lingo... what does "torrent" mean?
i searched for edonkey, and got what i assume is the search site that you're directing me to, and searched for "torrent", and of course found a multitude of sites matched the query. i think i understand what it means now.

typically, i use bearshare as a p2p client to find files like this (don't use higher than v.4.4.3.5, or the adware it installs will make you regret it!) never been able to get Shareaza to work right, although i hear it's better way to connect to the gnutella network.

what about newsgroups? a long time ago, in a pc-galaxy far away (win 3.x), a friend was able to find an old version of MS Word for me via the newsgroups, but i've never known where or how to look there for apps to download. anyone have a suggestion for how to go about trying that route? perhaps a newsgroup tutorial?

thanks again for your help!

kryyst

Sorry sometimes you just say things assuming people know what you are talking about.

www.edonkey2000.com it's a P2P sharing program but doesn't use adware. There are 2 versions on the site edonkey and overnet either one works though they say overnet is better. Personally I haven't noticed a difference. One thing I've found with edonkey is that, if the file is out there you'll find it on edonkey.

Torrents are short for Bit Torrents. Basically people post a torrent link on the internet you click on the link and it starts up bit torrent and searches for other people sharing that torrent and grabs it. Generally for the most part they are better (faster/more reliable) then normal P2P software, the exception is it's sometimes harder to find files though that's improving.

So for bit torrent first you need to install it http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/
Then you need to find the file some good places to find torrents are
www.suprnova.org
www.isohunt.com
www.torrentreactor.com

There is another thread in here also on some Torrent sites.

e-nation

thanks, Kryyst... that was a very helpful reply!!

kryyst

No problem happy hunting

e-nation

for anyone who's interested, i found the setup file for the Donut Studios M-Play Man. It's a great little tool, as i mentioned before.

at 1.3 megs, i'd be happy to e-mail to you, or post it somewhere if you'd like to try it

Mortis

I would like to try it out. I have a friend that's into sound editing and would prolly love this.

Good work on finding it btw

I'll send ya a pm w/ my email addy

Thanks

e-nation

i made a li'l page w/ a couple goodies on it for the audiophiles and music buffs-- or people who just gotta have all the little otherwise worthless do-dads they can find!

(yeah, the m-play man media player is here!)
http://www.sonamusic.com/apps/

Zuntar

On the same subject, i have a problem.

I have an audio book that I downloaded as an mp3; & I have a portable mp3 player that I hook to the car for my commute. The file is 230Mb. I NEED to break that file up at least into 15 to 20 pieces as to resume back where I left off in the middle of the book.

Got any ideas? :help:

e-nation

can you post the file? i'll do it for you! (or IM it to me if you catch me on the next few minutes before i crash out for the "night")

if not, i suggest you use Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge (actualy, now Sony Sound Forge) if you are using a PC. Mac-- i don't have a suggestion, but i'm sure there's something similar.

I forget if you can put the region markers in w/ Sound Forge or not, but i know if you use their other program, Vegas, you can insert regioin markers which will allow you to mark your chapters-- or whatever you have going on there...

--js

use my AIM s/n grapes0795

e-nation

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sorry, man... i'm half asleep...
i meant, to say... you want to chop it up-- but the region markers will come in handy when doing so. you can insert the markers while you listen.

w/ sound forge, you will be able to chop it so fine that you could balance it on the end of a pin, so to speak. fractions of a second smaller than you would ever need for this application that you described

i'll bet if you do a google search for "convert mp3 to wav" and "wav splitter" or "wav chop audio edit" or some such keywords, you'll find free software to do this simple task.

although i've never used it because most testimonials on Nero are unfavorable regarding it's built in codecs and conversion features, i believe even Nero Burning Rom has sufficient wav editing options that could probably get you where you need to be.

(sorry for all of the posting edits... i keep thinking of stuff-- you've hit the anal-obessive-compulsive side of me when it comes to audio editing!)

Zuntar

Man I just used this one and it was EASY and worked fn Great!!!
Cool MP3 Splitter :drinkup:

e-nation

zuntar,

thanks for that link! i'll have to check out that prog.

curious...how long did it take on the 64? (how many mins long is that book?)

seeing your profile was the first i heard of the 64 technology actually, then i looked it up a mit on the MS site (i hope i'm talking about the same thing here, and if so... what's it all about, really?)...i wonder if there are any pro audio editing tools designed specifically for it yet. if so, i'd like to read some testimonials.

lordbean

the 64 means that the CPU has 64-bit extensions. It doesn't really help at all in 32-bit applications, which I assume (correct me if I'm wrong) Cool MP3 Splitter is. The reason Athlon 64s are so fast is primarily their onboard mem controller (removes a bottleneck in the data chain). The HyperTransport bus also helps a lot.

The basic summary is, Athlon 64 is better than Pentium 4 at just about all things except 1 or 2 obscure uses.

e-nation

actually-- i was wondering about pro audio recording apps. just being lazy and not doing the reseach that i will do some other day.

the mac G4 is the industry benchmark when it comes to pro multitrack audio (ProTools).

i have an athlon xp... can i upgrade to the 64?

lordbean

not without getting a new motherboard. The socket changed.

Zuntar

It only took about 1.5 to 2 min to split a 289,823KB file into 83 pieces (~ 15 minutes playtime each.)