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Anchor.FM

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Producer Bill checked out Anchor.FM this week and absolutely loved it!

Anchor is a whole new way to experience audio. It’s the first platform built for an audio-first world!

In Anchor, everyone has a station. Stations are made up of bite-sized segments (voice, music, news, sound effects) that make it super easy to discover, hear, and share your new favorite audio. When you hear something you love, applaud it. (It’s a Like you can actually hear!)

Whatever you’re into, we can almost guarantee there’s a station on Anchor about it.

To download Anchor.FM click here Apple / Android

To listen to Producer Bill talking to Marcus about this click here!

Episode 187 iFrogz InTone Earbuds + iFrogz Coda Bluetooth Speaker

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Basslet

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We have tried the Basslet and found it to be amazing! To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here!

Check out the information below for more and click here to learn more!

The Basslet is the watch-size subwoofer that delivers bass straight to your body – for a powerful music experience that headphones alone cannot provide.

Low end gives music its power. The Basslet’s high-performance LoSound engine precisely recreates bass frequencies down to 10 Hz. Feel the thump of a kick drum or the groove of a funky bassline in high definition. There is nothing like it out there – and we’re very proud of it.

  • Plug and play – no software or configuration needed
  • 6+ hours playtime
  • Totally Silent
  • Frequency response from 10 to 250 Hz
  • Small sender to connect to any device with mini jack

Ambulances Interrupting Tunes!

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There’s a huge reason not to play music REALLY loud while in your car. That’s not because other people don’t want to hear your music but rather more that you won’t hear the emergency vehicle coming full speed behind you until the last moment.

Well in Sweden you won’t have to worry about that possibility no more. Sweden are testing Ambulances in Stockholm with a system that interrupts in-car audio via the FM transmitter on your car with a voice warning when they’re close by and responding to a crisis. What’s more interesting is that the system is speed sensitive so you’ll recieve notices from greater distances when you’re on the motorway.

To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here! 

Episode 159 – Dodow

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Who Sampled!

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As DJ’s a lot of the guys often find themselves asking “what track is that” or “Who sampled that” well that question is no longer needed to be asked as we have found a really cool app that does all that for you it’s called “WhoSampled”

With this app you are able to discover what a track is and who sampled it. You can scan your own Apple Music/Spotify and iTunes libraries for lists of samples, covers and remixes all within the app.

The app then pulls up a lot of information on the tracks for example:

Where was this song sampled?

Who covered my favorite artists?

What remixes were made for this track?

The best music discovery tool for all DJ’s out there or anyone who is deep into music!

The app even has a “Now Playing” feature if you’re on iOS allows you to switch from your music player to WhoSampled to discover all the musical connections for the song you’re listening to.

To download Who Sampled please click here Apple / Android

To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here! 

Sonos: Play 1’s

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We love our music here at How To Kill An Hour and we love our wireless speaker technology even better! Ever since Apple took the 3.5mm adapter away from us all we have been looking at ways at getting your music out there and in the room wirelessly. We love the Bragi Dash’s but what about if you want to share the music?! Well the SONOS:Play 1’s are here to save the day!

These little speakers pack an incredible punch and they sound absolutely magnificent! Pack some great base and some decent high ends these guys really sound good! But what’s even better is that if you have more than one or a selection of SONOS speakers you can control them all from the SONOS Controller app. Adjust the sound levels independently of one another. So the one in the bedroom can be quiet and the one in the office can be incredibly loud or control the sound levels at exactly the same time. But what’s cool about them is that they will be playing the same piece of music at the same time from the exact same source! They can also:

  • Two PLAY:1s work as Sonos home cinema rear speakers.
  • Or as Stereo Speakers
  • Wall or stand-mountable.
  • Be updated over Wi-Fi
  • Uses Trueplay Tuning

 

To download the SONOS Controller app please click here!

To buy your own SONOS Play 1 please click here! 

To listen to the guys chatting about the SONOS: Play 1’s please click here!

Episode 116 Give me some Honayyy!!!

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Roli Blocks

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Marcus recently went to a Roli event to check out their latest product: Blocks. Basically for all the music producers out there it’s a modular music studio that lets anyone create music as it is so simple to use!

It lets you easily make music whether your a beginner or a seasoned pro through intuitive gestures on a small touch sensitive gesture pad you can connect multiple blocks to one another and with the FREE NOISE app by Roli (available on the app store) start to make music quickly and easily.

They suggest to start off with the ‘Lightpad Block’ which is the center of the BLOCKS system. You make music by making natural movements on the pad, drop melodies and beats by striking, gliding and pressing your fingers on the surface while the illuminated grids help you find notes. While the Light Trails guide you through making music via musical gestures quickly!

Check below for a video on BLOCKS

 

 

 

To find out more about Roli Blocks please click here! 

To hear the guys talking about Roli Blocks please click here!

Final Fantasy XV vs the London Philharmonic Orchestra

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We had the pleasure of being invited to Abbey Road studios in London to see the London Philharmonic Orchestra performing the music from Final Fantasy XV live!!!! Read more