 | Nov 9 2009 |
UNCOY Cog is great but stopped working on me. Tried Vox, Taply and Play. Vox and Taply had very high CPU usage in background when not running. Vox was running at over 3%. Looks awfully good. Unfortunately the playlist is a bit of a pain to manage in comparison to Cog or Play. Play is a bit ugly but uses .1% CPU in the background. Which one you choose is a question of looks.
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 | Nov 3 2009 |
ELEGRAPHY The download link does not working. It got hijacked or something.
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 | Oct 3 2009 |
ECHOROB This is a great little app but it doesn't work properly under Snow Leopard
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| Aug 28 2009 |
MRHOOKS I like the app, but it crashes a lot when I'm skipping from song to song. G5 1.8GHz, 10.4.11.
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| Jun 26 2009 |
ANJ I like the equalizer, which Cog doesn't seem to have. The interface is really nice. However, it won't scrobble on Last.fm for me. Maybe it'll work when I restart my computer? As mentioned before, it would be even better if playlists could be created.
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| Jun 24 2009 |
MWSCHMEER Out of all the many iTunes alternatives out there, this one takes the cake. It's small footprint, extended feature set, and gorgeous HUD-styled interface makes Vox hard to beat. While it lacks a "saved playlist" feature, it's main draw is the ability to drop a folder of files on the icon and have them start playing them either in order of the file name or in shuffle mode. It's real boon is the ability to quickly play a downloaded mp3 file (although it can play most other sound formats supported by QuickTime). It's been rock-solid on my machines--an Intel Core Duo iMac, and a G4 Gigabit Ethernet, both running 10.4.11. This is definitely an application that is a must on my systems. I can't wait to see what the developer does in future builds.
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| Mar 28 2009 |
BEAMY This is great music player. It is easy to use and has a nice simple interface. I use it now more often than iTunes. I hope that a playlist feature will be implemented in a future version. | |
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| Feb 4 2009 |
HALEAKALARI as a cog user who prefers tiger over leopard (i have a leopard box, but still find myself on tiger 90% of the time), i had been toying around with songbird [for its m4a/aac metadata support, which cog lacks on tiger and integrated last.fm scrobbling], but i hate the "media library" concept. still, songbird is nice and all, but along with its obscenely high resource consumption, some extensions will irreparably "muck up" prefs.js and the xul overlay/chrome files. besides, what i was really looking for was sort of a companion to cog, not a full blown media library, tag editor and web browser mash-up, just something that supports all/most of the file types cog does while filling in some of the gaps. vox fits this niche very nicely and [amongst a few other things] even ads in an equalizer, audio effects, transcoding, album artwork support and integrated last.fm scrobbling (cog requires one to utilize the official last.fm client). last but not least, it's just as "gentle" with my system as cog is. of-course on my leopard box, i'll probably just be using the 10.5 only builds of cog, but for now, vox completes my audio player arsenal on tiger... the only thing i'm missing is a drag & drop playlist interface [and ideally, a directory browser to compliment that]. otherwise [aside from some very minor glitches] this is an outstanding up & coming player with great potential. i'm very interested to see where the developer will be taking this application further down the line.
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| Dec 18 2008 |
SWISSROLL I downloaded this app as VLC cut off the beginning of each .ogg file I tried to play. Vox does not cut off anything and does more to boot. Intrigued by the fun look, stability and lightness of Vox I am trying to find excuses to use it. So now often I keep audio files in a folder on my desktop instead of dumping everything in iTunes. But man, iTunes reminds me of the Mafia, I try to get out but it pulls me back in. Darn it. I wish there was some kind of connection possible between Vox and iTunes library and playlists etc. That would be great. Well done on making this fine application. I deserves a donation.
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| Dec 10 2008 |
TEKL Please don't make it such a big thing like iTunes. Don't include a library. The playlist support could be enhanced to show a list. It should be hideable like the new info button. - SID file support (using the libsidplay2/reSID engine) - Embedding the Equalizer settings into the file (using hfs extenden attributes or the spotlight comment?) - Drag'n'Drop support from iTunes to Vox (Cog show, that's possible) - Global hotkeys to skip songs
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| Dec 6 2008 |
MACLOVIN Absolutely beautiful and the effects work very well. Scrobbling doesn't seem to work for me at all, however.
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| Dec 6 2008 |
G3P0 I would absolutely love this if it had a media library and playlists. Perhaps even the option to import my iTunes library. iPod support would be nice too Looks really good so far. I love all the features and the HUD interface.
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| Dec 6 2008 |
JAZZJOHANNES Seems very promising, please don't make it a shareware!!! Can't wait to see the saving playlist featuer!! ; )
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| Dec 6 2008 |
MARKOH "... please don't make it a shareware!!" You'd stop using if it did become shareware?
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 | Dec 6 2008 |
JAZZJOHANNES Unfortunately I would stop using it, because I just want to play music... But if you are the developer, maybe just make a poll here on MacUpdate and you'll find out more.
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| Dec 5 2008 |
MARKOH sweet. the only thing missing is the ability to create and save play lists.
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| Dec 5 2008 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN Has to be the most fun music player there is...
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| Nov 4 2008 |
BRUMM Sorry made a mistake, took the older 0.20 version for my comparison. RAM and CPU usage are BETTER then iTunes'. Great software, the best freeware I've seen so far, MANY thanks. Again sorry, I consider harakiri now... But at first my 5 stars to this app. Ah little popup menu showing the titles I've dropped on ToolPlayer, maybe popping up if I click on the titles name display, would be very fine.
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| Nov 4 2008 |
BRUMM RAM & CPU usage still nearly twice as much as iTunes, both compared without EQ or effects. But ToolPlayer supports many modern lossless sound formats, FLAC, etc., that Steve Jobs' iTunes still snootily declines. That's the big plus on independent software, mostly modern and forward looking, strive on progressiveness and quality products, - not solely money orientated.
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| Nov 2 2008 |
THX1138 That's very good work. Thank you very much.
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| Oct 16 2008 |
ZC456 A great simple player for something that hasn't even hit 1.0. The look & feel to it is very different from a normal player. Its a little confusing at first but once you get the hang of it its pretty dang cool. I would like to see a playlist window added in the future. Then it will really take off in my opinion. So far my first impressions = awesome great start.
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| Sep 17 2008 |
TOOLPLAYERFAN For everybody needing playlists: You can simply make smart folders that are built-in to Leopard. I have all my songs in a 'Tunes' smart folder under 'Music'. It filters all the music. You can make as many playlists as you want and even add any of them to the sidebar in finder windows. All that's missing is a shuffle option in ToolPlayer.
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| Sep 6 2008 |
TEKL A simple playlist would be useful where I can drag songs from iTunes.
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| May 2 2008 |
AKROBAT Absoultely amazing! Just great for quickly checking out an audio, no matter what the file format. The effects are really useful. I used to use Taply, but have now moved over to TooPlayer... that said Taply is still very good. Keep up the great work and thanks for making it free.
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| Apr 24 2008 |
PISSNAROUND Wonderful player. Using ot most of the time now. I do have a question: What exactly is anti-aliasing output used for?
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| Apr 24 2008 |
NICOLAS GOLES Please man , if you make a good playlist window feature, I would donate/buy/etc This app looks great, just needs this... I really HATE iTunes, this is like a dream come true.
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| Mar 18 2008 |
DRIEZHAS Amazing App! Thank you! Fast, simpe and yet powerfull. This app is "must have" for all music lovers and audio professionals. Just playlist support and advanced crossfading like winamp's plugin "sqrsoft advanced crossfader" would perfect. Thats all. Good luck!
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| Feb 16 2008 |
AESCHYLUS An amazing program - works, is light and fast, does sound effects, plays all my files in a folder consecutively, and it's so easy to use. Others have said all these things, but when a program is such a delight to use as this one is, it's worth repeating!
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| Jan 28 2008 |
ARCHIMAN I was thinking what or how to express myself about TooPlayer but I just had to read other rewiews to get all my feelings already expressed: Congratulations...!!!
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| Jan 10 2008 |
BL Awesome job! I can't wait for playlist support? Maybe ToolPlayer could support iTunes playlist?
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| Jan 5 2008 |
MKLLOW I really like this app! Thanks I think its a shame that the reverb presets are gone though... I really liked them!
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| Jan 4 2008 |
JAMES T. KIRK© I hated that I could not play certain files (like Flac) out of the box in iTunes or QT. I missed a tool like WinAmp (windows) XMMS (linux) and certainly did not like MacAmp much, as it did not look like the first two. In this Tool Player I found that little freeware programme what even does do more than expected! And does it well! Thanks!
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| Dec 16 2007 |
i was looking for a LIGHT mp3 player... iTunes and others of their kind "eat" a lot of CPU THANX for this one!
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| Dec 7 2007 |
SPDA242 When I switched to Mac from Linux there was one application I couldn't find a replacement for and that was XMMS (WinAmp), sure there was a few apps doing the same thing but they all had the wrong feel, was abandomed, had horrible gui or..... When I found ToolPlayer it was like early christmas, sure it was (still is) an early version which lacks lot of features but the author is working on them and 0.25 and l8er 0.3 promises alot. The reason I use ToolPlayer rather than iTunes and the others featurerich apps are that it is small, lightweight, have a slick gui and it lets me plays my music without any hassle.
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| Nov 27 2007 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN In a former incarnation I was an audio engineer, a studio and mostly live sound console jockey. This ToolPlayer knocks me out with all its mutating parameters. Great fun to play with.
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| Nov 26 2007 |
PAT320 I want to open ONLY one audio file and I can't ! : Why Tool player open all audio files from the source folder ?
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| Dec 7 2007 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN http://www.alenofx.netsons.org/forum
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| Nov 26 2007 |
HENDO If you added the abiloty to export as System7 sound file you would be god.
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| Nov 13 2007 |
SNOTT Great lightweight player, with lots of cool SFX and a cool minimal interface. The perfect remedy to iTunes bloat. Actively developed. My new system default MP3 player!! Note: There is a Leopard (10.5) compatible build on the developer site now.
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| Oct 15 2007 |
XYPHER So many features. Incredible. Puts garbage like Songbird to shame. Love the black theme too. Has now become my default player.
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| Jun 18 2007 |
HENRIKTEKNIK Feature requests: 1.) Having it remember repeat mode after quitting and reopening the application. 2.) Like others already mentioned, a visible playlist. Loops audio perfectly glitch-free! As opposed to eg. Quicktime, which repeats loops with a horrible glitch. Ultra quick opening time of the app! The icon for repeat mode is very hard to see. Could be made more clear. Keep it up, dear developer! This is looking very promising!
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| May 23 2007 |
MACINEN Great player and has lots of potential. The Gui is excellent! This is my whishlist for update: wisible playlist (during playback), save preferences like equalizer! (all my custom sound editing was lost), remaining time for the piece, random play. Anyway thanks so far!
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| May 22 2007 |
MARIUS_TH It would be nice to have a visual playlist so we can choose songs on demand instead of re-dragging another song on the player, but nice to see that atleast it does do multiple files in order
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| May 3 2007 |
KMINOV is there any way to open multiple files, like a playlist or smth? it's a fantastic piece of software but i just hate to open songs one at a time:(
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| May 3 2007 |
CLAKES Ok, so I'm keeping myself from being enthusiast. As already said, this is one more than promising initial release plus surprisingly stable and affordable. Love the GUI (my OS is skinned in black), loved the way it starts reproduction in a flash (immediately replaced Taply for the purpose to me), and what to say about the effects? Simply brilliant! And I feel the export feature is going to be improved as well. Add windows position remembering and a some (hot?)keyboard shortcuts and you're done guys. Intercepted my dreams: keep the great job up and running!
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| May 2 2007 |
ELEVATORIUM Wow, for a 0.1 release, it works smoothly. I also love the fact it's black! There's so much potential here, I await to see where the dev takes this! :D
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