I’ve been using the free MusicBrainz database to tag and name my mp3 files for a while now. MusicBrainz is an interactive service where a software client, Picard, compares the “acoustic fingerprints” of a group of mp3 files saved on your hard disk with those fingerprints already uploaded to its servers by other members of […]

I’ve been using Sony ACID Pro for a while now. It’s an incredibly versatile package for writing music (Windows only, I’m afraid).
I just noticed today, however, that Sony have a cut-down version of ACID, called ACID Xpress, available to download for free. Together with a new free 8Pack of loops they make available for download […]