Media Monkey vs. iTunes (and a quick question)

[herta28]

Okay, I made the switch from iTunes to Media Monkey (Take THAT Steve Jobs!). However, I gotta admit, so far, I'm not seeing anything that makes it that superior to iTunes. All you Media Monkey fans, point out some of the benefits that I may be missing.

Question: While I really like the way Media Monkey fades songs in and out of each other, there are times when I don't want it to do that. Is there a way to set a series of songs for continuous playback (in iTunes, it was called gapless playback).

[CRAW]

I've switched from MM to iTunes, and I don't know if MM is all that superior anymore. Don't get me wrong, MM is a great player, but it's not THAT great. iTunes is visually stunning when playing music, and it makes MP3's sound superb IMO.

One thing I miss about MM is the fact you could double click a song in your library and by doing that you add it to the bottom of the "Now Playing" list - making Now Playing playlists on iTunes is cumbersome.

As far as a gapless playback playlist...? I have no idea about that, or why you'd want to have a gapless playback list to listen to music. Don't you want a slight pause between songs by multiple artists? You can shut the crossfader off in the options if that's what you're talking about.

Let me know if you have more questions.

[herta28]

I have several CD's that are meant to be played end to end (Rush's "2112" and Dream Theater's "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" are two off the top of my head). When I listen to those, I don't want the fading or the pause between songs. Same thing with Live albums.

[CRAW]

I have several CD's that are meant to be played end to end (Rush's "2112" and Dream Theater's "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" are two off the top of my head). When I listen to those, I don't want the fading or the pause between songs. Same thing with Live albums.

Ahhh... I see what you're talking about now. The only way I got past that was to rip the CD as one MP3 when I wanted to listen to the whole album.

[Quads]

This is a feature called "crossfading". You can edit the crossfading
settings at
Tools | Options | Output plug-ins | MediaMonkey DirectSound output | Configure

If you wish to turn crossfading off entirely, just uncheck the option "Crossfade"
under the "Play" menu on the main MediaMonkey screen.

Depending on the version MM you are using, it will also be located at Play > Crossfade (on/off)

MMFTW.

[Quads]

One thing I miss about MM is the fact you could double click a song in your library and by doing that you add it to the bottom of the "Now Playing" list - making Now Playing playlists on iTunes is cumbersome.


You can create a hotkey to add it to whatever list you want.
IIRC, you can also create / elect an option to do that when you are in DJ/Party mode.

[vtpoker]

ITunes is just a player. It doesn't make an MP3 sound better. It may throw on reverb, but ITunes doesn't make an MP3 any better than another.

I like being about to edit MP3's information and arrange my library in a much more detailed way. I also like being about to use it as a front end to purchase from any MP3 music retailer I choose. I also like the Netradio options and the music library. Some of the video extensions are quite good as well.

[CRAW]

ITunes is just a player. It doesn't make an MP3 sound better. It may throw on reverb, but ITunes doesn't make an MP3 any better than another.

iTunes' "Sound Enhancer" = reverb?

Regardless, to my ears, iTunes makes my MP3's sound far better than MM.