NEW: SonicStage 3.3 is here!
 
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Posted: 31 October 2005 05:38 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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Just when we thought SonicStage 3.2 is the last of SonicStage, Sony releases SonicStage 3.3 today:

click here for further information.

Notable new features:

- Dynamic Playlist is available.This allows you to select genres and artists of tracks and to specify the order of tracks to display, to make Playlist by Date Imported/ Rating/ Playback Count/ the Number of Transfer and the Number of Tracks/ Playback Time/ File Size, dynamically.

- New Playlist updated on My Library renews existing Playlist on an ATRAC Audio Device, transferring the Playlist to an ATRAC Audio Device.

- Ripping an Audio CD in ATRAC Advanced Lossless (AAL) format is available. According to new audio-compression technology, an Audio CD can be recorded into My Library without any sound degradation. And this new technology allows to record an Audio CD with the size of 30~80 percent with ATRAC3 or ATRAC3plus current audio-compression technology, in order to keep compatibility with current devices.

- Ripping an Audio CD in WMA format is available.

- ATRAC3plus 352kbps

- User determined rating system

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Posted: 31 October 2005 02:11 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Nice! I’ll update although I do really want the new client since SonicPlague is still SonicPlague. I guess I can wait another month or so for the newer and better client.

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Posted: 05 November 2005 04:44 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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atrac sux :cry:

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[quote author=“Sony Vaio”]atrac sux :cry:

Actually, DRM aside, the ATRAC format is actually very robust, efficient and sounds pretty darned good at competitive bit rates compared to MP3, WMA and AAC.

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[quote author=“gr00vy0ne”][quote author=“Sony Vaio”]atrac sux :cry:

Actually, DRM aside, the ATRAC format is actually very robust, efficient and sounds pretty darned good at competitive bit rates compared to MP3, WMA and AAC.

yah u might be right, but its lil bit confusing, etc when using non-atrac-mp3 players in addition

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[quote author=“gr00vy0ne”][quote author=“Sony Vaio”]atrac sux :cry:

Actually, DRM aside, the ATRAC format is actually very robust, efficient and sounds pretty darned good at competitive bit rates compared to MP3, WMA and AAC.

i must say in a comparison Atrac sounds heaps better than MP3. Shame about DRM

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[quote author=“japaneseimportscomau”][quote author=“gr00vy0ne”][quote author=“Sony Vaio”]atrac sux :cry:

Actually, DRM aside, the ATRAC format is actually very robust, efficient and sounds pretty darned good at competitive bit rates compared to MP3, WMA and AAC.

i must say in a comparison Atrac sounds heaps better than MP3. Shame about DRM

Are you aware that since SonicStage 3.2, you can encode ATRAC tunes without DRM? It’s quite convenient if you intend to share a particular ATRAC3plus file with other PC. Check it out.

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