How do I mix tape? (2015 version)
April 24, 2015 11:05 AM Subscribe
Of course, they used to be tapes. The last time I put a collection of music together for someone to listen to, I put it all on a thumb drive, then they just imported it all into iTunes. But my intended recipient doesn't have a desktop/laptop computer. Only an iPhone.
I'm stumped. Thought of Dropbox, but... that's not gonna work.
I could go iTunes gift card, then a list of music... but no. That's not a gift, that's a project!
Halp?
Iphone has a camera connection kit that lets it read SD cards, I think?
posted by kschang at 11:15 AM on April 24, 2015
posted by kschang at 11:15 AM on April 24, 2015
YouTube playlist?
posted by jillithd at 11:21 AM on April 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by jillithd at 11:21 AM on April 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
The camera connection kit is very locked down in what it can do. Basically just import images.
posted by MrBobaFett at 11:33 AM on April 24, 2015
posted by MrBobaFett at 11:33 AM on April 24, 2015
You can buy apps and mp3s as gifts from the Apple Store.
posted by soelo at 11:45 AM on April 24, 2015
posted by soelo at 11:45 AM on April 24, 2015
Can you make a mix CD? Does she at least have a car with a CD player? Part of the point of making a mix for someone, in my opinion, is to give them a physical object that has cover art or that's somehow personalized.
posted by Leontine at 12:26 PM on April 24, 2015
posted by Leontine at 12:26 PM on April 24, 2015
Could you have this person come over to your house, connect to your wifi and obtain the music/list that way? (android user here, I know this could be done on that platform but I don't really understand how locked-down iOS is...)
posted by werkzeuger at 12:43 PM on April 24, 2015
posted by werkzeuger at 12:43 PM on April 24, 2015
Spotify. You make a Spotify playlist, have them install the Spotify app, and then you share your playlist with them.
posted by erst at 1:05 PM on April 24, 2015
posted by erst at 1:05 PM on April 24, 2015
I've run a few mixtape/music swaps and this year we moved to Spotify precisely because of this craptifuckitude trying to work around Apple, and also because even between folks who were in the iTunes desktop environment, it was impossible to maintain track order on playlists once they were burned to disk or shared. For some of us (cough, cough) that's a dealbreaker.
If I were you, I'd buy you and your intended music recipient Spotify premium accounts as part of the gift cuz that's just nice, then build your playlist and send them a link. They'll be able to open it in Spotify and listen. There are some things Spotify doesn't have, of course, but with my last music swap of....15? people...there were only a handful of songs among us all that we couldn't find.
posted by cocoagirl at 3:12 PM on April 24, 2015
If I were you, I'd buy you and your intended music recipient Spotify premium accounts as part of the gift cuz that's just nice, then build your playlist and send them a link. They'll be able to open it in Spotify and listen. There are some things Spotify doesn't have, of course, but with my last music swap of....15? people...there were only a handful of songs among us all that we couldn't find.
posted by cocoagirl at 3:12 PM on April 24, 2015
If you want an actual mixtape style thing, and not just a playlist, you can do this pretty easily.
Use audacity (its a great sound editing app and it's free),and you can drag and drop your mp3s into it in the order you want them. You can even do fades into each other and some mixing, depending on how fancy you want to get. You can actually do A LOT with this program, but it can also be used for basic stuff too...don't let all the fancy options intimidate you, it's a very intuitive program.
After you have your mix (to save it as an mp3 you have to export it as an mp3, saving it as one isn't an option), upload to soundcloud (you can upload with the free account, but it might be limited to 90 minutes or something like that).
Send the recipient a link to the soundcloud page.
Tada.
posted by newpotato at 3:28 PM on April 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
Use audacity (its a great sound editing app and it's free),and you can drag and drop your mp3s into it in the order you want them. You can even do fades into each other and some mixing, depending on how fancy you want to get. You can actually do A LOT with this program, but it can also be used for basic stuff too...don't let all the fancy options intimidate you, it's a very intuitive program.
After you have your mix (to save it as an mp3 you have to export it as an mp3, saving it as one isn't an option), upload to soundcloud (you can upload with the free account, but it might be limited to 90 minutes or something like that).
Send the recipient a link to the soundcloud page.
Tada.
posted by newpotato at 3:28 PM on April 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
YouTube playlist?
If your goal is purely practical than it might not work for you but if your objective is to put together a thoughtful list of songs to show this person you know them and like them then FWIW someone used to make me YT play lists and I was always delighted.
posted by Room 641-A at 3:54 PM on April 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
If your goal is purely practical than it might not work for you but if your objective is to put together a thoughtful list of songs to show this person you know them and like them then FWIW someone used to make me YT play lists and I was always delighted.
posted by Room 641-A at 3:54 PM on April 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
post it as a private track on soundcloud, then send them the link.
posted by emptythought at 4:13 PM on April 24, 2015
posted by emptythought at 4:13 PM on April 24, 2015
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posted by destructive cactus at 11:12 AM on April 24, 2015 [1 favorite]