I’m usually not using iTunes at all because I think the software slow and overloaded like the Windows Media Player. If I want to play music I use Winamp and to transfer songs to and from my iPod I use Floola. I still have iTunes installed but as I said it is only used very seldom. To be honest, I did not even knew that there were visualizations for iTunes available. You can think of them like the ones on Winamp for instance. I found this amazing visualization for iTunes and decided to write an article about it. I think it would be best to walk you through the installation and activation although it is nothing complicated. Download and install Magnetosphere and start iTunes afterwards.
Click on the Visualization tab and select Magnetosphere from the list. Last thing to do is start either a song or playlist and click on Turn Visualizer on. I suggest full screen mode which looks awesome instead of windowed mode.
The developers did not include a lot of information about customizing the plugin. I was able to figure out the following. Pressing the A key adds one hundred particles to the visualization while pressing S reduces the amount by one hundred. Please be cautious about this. If you add to many particles your computer could stop responding at all.
Visualizations change with every new song automatically. They do differ a lot which makes the visualizer more worthwhile. I pretty much like the idea to run Magnetosphere in full screen mode with music from iTunes playing in the background.
Do you use visualizations for iTunes or Winamp ? If so, let me know about them, I would like to take a look at them. The only question that remains for me is, how do I bring this visualization on my iPod Nano ?
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Martin,
Magnetosphere looks incredible, but access to downloading it has been stopped for some reason. I can’t find it available anywhere. Would you be able to email the program to me (I think it is pretty small). I would be VERY appreciative. Thanks so much.
- Jonathan
can someone please email me magnetosphere so i can finally bask in it greatness… nlensch@nwciowa.edu.. or give me a link that works
Please Send me This Visualization
Thank You, DM
I would be so grateful if you could send me this visualisation… it looks awesome!
Many thanks
SN
Well, I too would love to enjoy it, I can’t find the link anywhere, could someone email it to me.
Thanks in advance, MP
somebody please email it to me too!! jaq_92@msn.com
Me also… Realexcess@gmail.com
Cheers
could i please get a copy too? tubamarchinglancers@hotmail.com
You can find it here:
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/377008460931
It comes with instructions for installation for Mac and there is apparently a windows executable there, too, but it is not verified.
i have this problem i have it installed on my computer when i got itunes but recently i wanted try and pt it on my nano and i have no clue how if you no how plz tell me via email
This now comes packaged with Itunes 8.