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DESCRIPTION
beaTunes is an organizational tool for iTunes. How well organized is your iTunes Library? Are your artists always spelled the same way? Any R.E.M. vs REM? beaTunes can easily fix this and other problems with its unique inspection feature (license required for applying one-click solutions). Could your last mix CD's song order use some improvement? Let beaTunes re-arrange your playlist for you! Always wondered how you could take advantage of the BPM (beats per minute) field in iTunes? Let beaTunes fill in the blanks and help you while DJ'ing at your next party.
Here are some more examples of what you can do with beaTunes:
- Automatically determine BPM (beats per minute) and store the result in iTunes
- Automatically determine the musical key your songs are in
- Automatically download missing lyrics
- Sort existing playlists so that matching songs succeed each other
- Create matchlists, i.e. playlists based on one or more sample songs
- Browse songs from your music collection that match the currently selected song
- Find all songs iTunes marks with an exclamation mark and remove them from the library
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.1.12:
- Fix for possible deadlock while committing solutions.
- Fix for removing BPM.
- Improvements to DSP related APIs.
- Fix for Detect Silence on Windows.
REQUIREMENTS
- Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
- Intel processor (64 bit required for 10.5)
- iTunes 9.0.2 or later
- Latest Java Update
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| beaTunes User Reviews (20 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Apr 25 2010 |
CHARNK Like the app, bought it yesterday. May I suggest a multiple criteria sort function in the future. Possibly it has it already and I havent noticed.
(Version 2.1.7) | |
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 | Apr 29 2010 |
CHARNK Commenting on my own previous review. This app rarely, if ever, determines the correct BPM and for the library inspection, my library is more chaotic than ever. I should have spent a longer time with the trial period. I fail to see any use for this except determination of key, of which, Ill probably find out is also useless. Beware. Customers conduct a long trial of this product before purchasing. Odds are, getting a free BPM analyzer will work better and youll save time and money.
(Version 2.1.7) | |
 | Jul 14 2010 |
BEATUNES Sorry you had such a bad experience. Regarding the inspection feature - it really does not do anything by itself. It merely suggests solutions you yourself then can actively choose. So in a way, beaTunes' inspection can't really mess anything up without you being the initiator (note, that this is different, when you import data from musicip/amplifind, which is an analysis step one has to be careful with). Regarding accuracy, unfortunately, there is no third party comparison that I know of for BPM. But there is a recent one for key detection: http://www.djtechtools.com/2009/11/02/key-analysis-software-smackdown/ beaTunes' accuracy is equal to that of much more expensive tools that offer a lot less functionality.
(Version 2.1.10) | |
 | Jan 14 2010 |
The "mipcore" process launches multiple threads, and they keep running after all tasks are done, or even after beatunes quit altogether. They take 100% processor load and often keep running for so long for no apparent reason while the program should be idle and have to be force quit. (OSX 10.6.2 / 2.1 - 2.1.1 - 2.1.2)
(Version 2.1.2) | |
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| Feb 18 2010 |
BEATUNES The mipcore process is a piece of software from http://www.amplifindmusicservices.com/ (formerly MusicIP) - we are talking to them to get the related problems resolved.
(Version 2.1.3) | |
| Jan 4 2010 |
MCUSR "Replace existing song properties" was the biggest mistake one can make. It split most of my CDs into several pieces, a few songs in each. Now I don't even know where to start fixing this mess, library looks like a war zone.
(Version 2.1) | |
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| Jan 6 2010 |
STEVEN GOODHEART Whoa, total bummer. Hope you've been able to sort all that out. I just looked around the Prefs and couldn't find the "Replace existing song properties" setting, but it does ring a bell. Is that a preference, or is that an option after an analysis? (I haven't used the program in several months, and just don't recall.) Anyway, if this option can munge, I'd like to know where that choice appears, if you have time to reply. Thanks!
(Version 2.1.1) | |
| Jan 6 2010 |
It's an analyze option to fetch info from MusicIP.com PS: the mess is fixed after a few hours. Some things had to be just deleted as I couldn't figure out where they were in the first place. If the song of a compilation ever existed on a separate album, it made an album with one song in it, dropping all info about where it was before. So I guess you have to be careful. I'm not saying the app is bad, but it can mess things up.
(Version 2.1.1) | |
| Jan 6 2010 |
STEVEN GOODHEART MCUSER -- Thanks! Ah, I thnk I actually recall that now, but out of sheer conservatism, not insight, didn't think I'd trust MusicIP.com right off the bat, because I'd already done so much work on my library and wasn't sure what MusicIP would preserve or respect...whew, looks like I dodged a bullet! But yes this program *still* rocks, and continues to amaze me with its horsepower and features. Your post actually inspired me to do some more "massaging" of my library with beaTunes. :) Thanks for taking the time to explain! Best wishes, Steve
(Version 2.1.1) | |
| Dec 8 2009 |
STEVEN GOODHEART This is an astonishingly powerful and useful program. I have other programs to fix problems with my iTunes songs and library (Media Rage and Jaikoz) but nothing that I know of does the kind of intelligent fixing that beaTunes does. The BPM, color, key matching/manipulating feature are amazing, and again, unique, so far as I know. This program gives you the horsepower to make some truly amazing playlists, discovering relationships between songs you'd never think of yourself, but when you hear, they make total sense. The program is easy to use, and fun to use. Some of the features, like determining the BPM for songs, can take time the first time this is determined, but the more you use it, the "smarter" your iTune library becomes, so to speak. You really can make some amazing correlations, and learn a lot about the music you have. Be warned, though, the program's addictive! You can spend hours having fun with your music and learning all about it. I've made some of my most enjoyable and fascinating playlists with this program, plus beaTunes does all the mundane kinds of fixing that the other song maintenance programs I have do. If you consider the "smarts" of this program, and all it's features, I think it's well worth the price if you're a music buff.
(Version 2.0.19) | |
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| Feb 24 2009 |
I get the impression they want $31.00 more if you want to use 2.00. That's a lot of money when you use it sparingly and just paid off the last version. I short; there should be an upgrade price and not 'one size fits all. | |
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| Feb 24 2009 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN beaTunes Upgrade 2.0.0 $11.95 http://www.beatunes.com/beatunes-buy.html
(Version 2.0) | |
| Mar 8 2009 |
CHUCK9 I stand corrected! There is a very minimum upgrade for this newest version. I should have read that (somewhere) that it was only $11 to renew. I'm right back on board and please forgive me. | |
| Jul 17 2008 |
ASTRAUB in general there is a lot of potential, but also many shortcomings: - I cannot tell the program to keep existing cover art even if the program wants to add another one. I either have no art and get a new one or I have to let it overwrite what is there. Ever heard that there can be multiple covers in a file? - it is crash king! I had to turn off the "update when closing" function, as I nearly always lost all of my changes at the end, because the program crashed when writing back the data to iTunes. If this becomes more stable and a bit more intelligent I will certainly buy it!
(Version 1.2.12) | |
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| Sep 3 2008 |
1) beaTunes does not modify covert art at all. 2) beaTunes does not offer an "update when closing" function. Maybe you meant to review another software? If not, please email us at support (at) beaTunes.com - we'd love to figure out what's going wrong.
(Version 1.2.13) | |
| Sep 14 2008 |
sorry about my previous comments - they were indeed about a different program. So just ignore my previous post. Greetings
(Version 1.2.13) | |
| Apr 4 2008 |
SOUNDFREAK I have been using this soft for months. It helps me to manage my huge Libray (500 Gig of Mp3), and it helps a lot. Helpful functionalities.
(Version 1.2.8) | |
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| Mar 26 2008 |
STEPHEN HARRIS-SMITH I had previous version. Great potential not much follow through. Constant crashing.
(Version 1.2.8) | |
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| Oct 2 2007 |
GETSOMESAUCE Hi! I'm beaTunes. I love RAM. Munch, munch, munch. I love to eat up RAM and swallow it whole. Mac OS X Advanced memory management? Ha! I'll still take all available RAM with a side of virtual pageouts and eat them with fava beans and a glass of chianti. This program is FANTASTIC at determining the BPM for your songs but it does suck the life out of Mac OS's memory system and it does crash. Often. Despite this, it's a wonderful program with incredible potential. Thanks bea people!
(Version 1.2.3) | |
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| Oct 30 2007 |
BEATUNES beaTunes 2 will feature improved memory management for large collections.
(Version 1.2.3) | |
| Feb 4 2008 |
GETSOMESAUCE Thanks again beaPeople! You're the best! I love watching this app mature.
(Version 1.2.7) | |
| May 6 2008 |
So, where is beaTunes 2 ??? Will we ever get to see it in action???
(Version 1.2.9) | |
| May 6 2008 |
BEATUNES Yes, we'll see beaTunes 2 - hopefully in the summer. I really wish we'd be done already, but good things take some time...
(Version 1.2.9) | |
| Jun 26 2008 |
BEATUNES We started posting Early Access versions for beaTunes 2. See http://www.beatunes.com/news/labels/Early%20Access.html for details
(Version 1.2.11) | |
| Sep 29 2007 |
MASS2CHAOS The program is really cool, but it keeps crashing when I try to enter lyrics. I'm using a MacBook 13" Mac OS X Version 10.4.10 with a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processors.
(Version 1.2.3) | |
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| Oct 19 2007 |
BEATUNES Please contact us at support (at) beatunes.com We'd love to figure out why beaTunes crashes in your enviornment.
(Version 1.2.3) | |
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