Upload tens of thousands of tracks to Psonar with ease

31/08/2010

I thought it was worth quickly blogging about how easy it is to upload tens of thousands of the tracks you own to Psonar so that you can listen to them for free at any time, anywhere on any internet-connected device.

The Psonar SongShifter

The Psonar SongShifter

Unlike web browser-based uploaders, where you need to manually select each track or folder to upload and additionally leave the browser open for the entire time uploading is in progress, with Psonar, this process is taken care of with the SongShifter, the downloadable app which we’ve created to both upload and download tracks from your PC, MP3 player, phone or other storage device.

Using the Psonar SongShifter is as simple as this:

  1. Download & install it
  2. Step through the simple wizard to tell it where your music is located
  3. Forget about it!

The SongShifter runs whenever you log in, scans the configured folders and uploads any new music it finds without any intervention from you. You really can just set it and forget it.

Additionally, every time you plug in an external storage device, the SongShifter will also scan it for your music. So you can seamlessly upload and download directly from your iPhone, MP3 player, memory card or other USB device… and configuring these devices is even easier!

We’ve also developed an alpha version of the SongShifter for both Mac and Linux users. If you’d like to get your hands on it, please email support@psonar.com.

Lastly, if you haven’t already signed up for Psonar, you can do so here and if you need any convincing, here’s a video to explain why you should right now.

Happy listening!

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Posted by Richard Urwin

We’ve got a new video – What is Psonar?

13/08/2010

We recently commissioned a video from the excellent animator, Mike Booth, to explain what Psonar is all about.

Amber Lamps, featured in "What is Psonar?"

Amber Lamps, featured in "What is Psonar?"

You can watch it on the Psonar homepage or on YouTube instead if you wish.

Mike’s work includes animated shorts such as “God’s Voiceover” for the BBC’s Mitchell & Webb in which God does the voiceover for a dog food commercial (definitely worth a watch.) He’s also behind the popular ‘somegreybloke’ on YouTube. I like his recent explanation of “What Twitter is for”. You can also read his blog here. Psonar’s video was created using Smith Micro’s Anime Studio Pro.

The soundtrack, ‘Spaced Aged Funked’ by Le Jockey and Jamie Henderson is an outstanding homage to Chicago house in its own right. Listen to the full track here. Le Jockey also releases music on his own ‘HoresePlay’ label and you can listen to his tracks on SoundCloud or download some from HorsePlayDigital’s website. His latest EP, ‘Perfect Cadence’, released on Fullbarr Digital and available on Beatport contains several deliciously melodic, deep house tracks and is one of his best works to date.

The video and audio were assembled by Richard Millen from Cambridge Film & Television Productions.

Anyway, we hope you like the finished product. Please share it with your friends if you do!

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Posted by Richard Urwin

Psonar & the iPhone

01/08/2010

Apple Touc Icon

There’s been a lot of heat and not much light about which internet music services work on the iPhone – and whether you need to download an app to use them. As far as Psonar is concerned it’s simple – we’re taking advantage of the HTML 5 support that Apple has built into the iPhone’s browser to allow us to stream music from Psonar to our users when they’re out and about with their iPhones without an app. Navigate to the Psonar mobile website, log-in and enjoy your music.

I have to confess to being rather an agnostic in the great app debate – on the one hand it’s all much easier if rich functionality and content can be accessed directly through the browser – just navigate there and get going – as Rich Urwin explained in his Psonar blog post There’s No App for That in March. On the other, apps are a great way for people to identify and access content as well as applications in a way that is safe and easy – and they can also get to them again using the icon that’s installed with every app.

Of course, it’s also easy to add Psonar to the list of app icons on your iPhone or Touch – navigate to www.psonar.com, touch the ‘+’ symbol on the bottom of the iPhone browser screen, select ‘Add to Home Screen’ and a Psonar ‘P’ bookmark will be added:

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Posted by Martin Rigby

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