Visualiser On The Mp3 Player For Pandora?

[kloplop321]

I would say that when XP came out computers started using digital synthesizer techniques when the sound cord did not come with them, however some sound cards today made for MIDI communication have much better MIDI than digital synthesizers(in my experience with my surround sound card connected to my synthesizer.

 

[WizardStan]

Along the lines of music and sound, I think the only thing I would have added to the Pandora is an OPL3 chip. Mmmm, early 90s FM Synth goodness. I've tried some emulators, and they're pretty good, but somehow never quite as "smooth" or "warm" as what the original adlib was able to produce for some reason. I think it was the extra DAC step it took in there somewhere or something. This is not unlike audiophiles insisting that vacuum tube amps are better than silicon, I would imagine.

 

[PolloLoco]

I'd really like to see Album Art supported. On my current MP3 player - a rockboxed Sansa E280 - the screen is almost always off, but if I hear a song I don't immediately recognize I'll tap a control to view the album art as well as get the rest of the info.

I'd been shopping for my "ideal" mp3/mp4 player and had the following wish list (which I don't think all exist in a dedicated mp3 player): Bluetooth, Touch Screen, Expandable Memory, TV Out, and line out.

I realized that the Pandora meets all of the criteria but the line out - and that may be solved by a USB DAC. That pretty much sold me on the Pandora as an excellent multimedia portable device.

 

[kloplop321]

PolloLoco, than seems to be a more supportive reason than mine.
since there are open source media center editions of Distros out, I am sure that there is at least some player that has album art on it.

 

[Rayek]

The only thing I really would need/want from a visualizer is a spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, and voiceprint. Everything else is unnecessary, but I actually do want these. The voiceprint usually amounts to nothing to keep running, and its fascinating to watch patterns emerge within specific songs.

I can't see why you can't have the visualization as an option, and obviously they stop once the lid is closed anyway, so... No fuss.

 

[Snu]

MIDI files are not made for listening, I REPEAT, they are not made for listening!

uh, do you listen to music at all? i think you would be suprised at just how much midi is in most music... just they are played with something better sounding than a simplified roland soundcanvas 4mb single layered soundfont ripoff wavetable synth (ie, windows' default midi synth).
anyway, with a nice soundfont (100+mb) or a good hardware synth/keyboard, and a little reverb, well written midis can sound quite amazing.

For those that are actually interested, ProjectM is opensource and opensource reimplementation of milkdrop that plugs into mplayer. That is if someone is willing to port it.


the only post in this entire thread thats actually useful! i love milkdrop, getting projectm running on pandora would be awesome.

 

[kloplop321]

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uh, do you listen to music at all? i think you would be suprised at just how much midi is in most music... just they are played with something better sounding than a simplified roland soundcanvas 4mb single layered soundfont ripoff wavetable synth (ie, windows' default midi synth).
anyway, with a nice soundfont (100+mb) or a good hardware synth/keyboard, and a little reverb, well written midis can sound quite amazing.


My point exactly