The Magnificent Playlist Producer
Create podcasts, mixtapes and music compilations...
The 6-Month-Long ‘Weekend Project’
I am exceptionally pleased to announce the official launch of The Magnificent Playlist Producer — a program that helps you create podcasts and mixtapes.
The inspiration to write this software came to me in May. The prolific writer and occasional podcaster, Warren Ellis, lamented that his podcast was difficult to assemble because the program he was using had many limitations and wasn't working right.
Being quite a fan of his podcast, I quickly leapt to action, looking for better software that I could recommend to him. To my surprise, there wasn't any. Seriously, if you want to join a set of individual music files into one MP3, your options are nonexistent, short of learning a professional-grade multitrack editor.
Showing lots of enthusiasm and a substantial lack of foresight, I left a comment indicating that creating a better program would be a nice weekend project. A day or two later, I started coding... and then I looked up and it was December 1st!
A Simple Program To Do A Simple Thing
Playlist Producer fills a fairly specific niche: Combine multiple songs into one MP3. That's it. Really! But don't let the simplicity fool you — unlike so much other Windows shareware, it's well-designed, really easy to use, and Doesn't Suck™.
The vast majority of the aforementioned 6 months of programming was spent making sure the interface is intuitive and the software is stable. I think I've succeeded, and I'm really rather proud of this little application.
Make Some Playlists
If you're interested in podcasting, or just enjoy making mixtapes for your friends, I invite you to download Playlist Producer Lite, the free shareware edition of the software. It runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
All the details are over at www.playlistproducer.com. You can keep up-to-date via the Playlist Producer mailing list, which also nets you a nice discount coupon for upgrading to the Pro Edition.
Okay, that's it for the sales-pitch. I'd love to hear your feedback on the software — reach me at adam (at) playlistproducer (dot) com.
I'm off to celebrate.