Downloader: Snowtape: best Internet radio app ever?

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Snowtape: best Internet radio app ever?

If you're old enough to remember taping songs from the radio, you'll immediately recognize how cool Snowtape is. It's an OS X app that lets you easily find, listen to and record from online radio stations. It's like the combination radio/tape deck of the future! If you were fortunate enough to come of age in the age of the mp3, then just think of Snowtape as the awesome "record" button that iTunes doesn't have.

Snowtape doesn't just play and record, though. It also lets you name, tag and add album art to your recorded audio files, so they'll fit right in with iTunes or your iPod. It has other perks, too, like the ability to schedule a recording using iCal, in case you're worried about missing a favorite radio show. Snowtape makes discovering new favorites easier, too, by building in a directory of stations, and allowing users to add their own stations to the list.

If you need more proof that Snowtape is a really well-thought-out app, check out the integrated editing feature that lets you trim the beginning and end of your recordings. There's even a companion iPhone app! If anybody needs me, I'll just be over here in my rocking chair, listening to Snowtape and reminiscing about what a pain it was to edit radio mixtapes by recording silence over the extraneous bits.