Resources
My Free Software
Sharathon Helper
Sharathon Helper is a program I developed in Visual
Basic to help non-commercial radio stations track their progress during
sharathons and other fund-raisers.
Time Til Clock
The Time Til Clock is a simple program that displays the time digitally
and also displays the number of minutes until the top the next hour.
This is handy for DJs who have a tough time calculating that in their
heads.
Other Great Software You Need
Why shell out all those bucks for MS Office when there's OpenOffice?
I've been using it for years and don't miss MS Office at all! It's a
great open-source office suite and you can't beat the price!
If you just need a word processor, AbiWord is a great open-source
choice.
You need this free program for viewing and tinkering with photos. It's
become indispensible for me.
A full-featured "Image Manipulation Program." Good open source
alternative to Adobe Photoshop.
If you work with sound, this is the open-source audio editor for you.
Audacity is an open source multitrack audio editor that just keeps
getting better and better.
Audio Players
Here are a couple of free audio players I like.
Caban is a little-known player that is great for on-air playback or
playing audio during a production. Here are some of the features:
4 independent players
DirectX based playback
Independent volume control per channel
Extensive drag and drop (from explorer, between
windows)
Print a play list
Play list up to 100 tracks
Complete newly designed user interface
Midi interface for coupling to digital consoles Can work
with one sound card or with multiple cards
Though I've tried lots of other players, I always come back to Juke
when I just want to play some music on my computer. It's freeware that
has won a bunch of awards.
Have you ever wondered if those little solid-state voice recorders are
any good? Have you wondered about the quality of the recordings? Well,
check out these samples from the Olympus DS-2.
AbiWord
Irfanview
The Gimp
Audacity
Caban
Juke
Voice Recorder Samples