Nope. Go to YouTube online and everything available on Vevo is available on YouTube, which relies on Flash for its online iteration. Now try finding Vevo content in the YouTube app for the iPad and iPhone. The only official Vevo content I could find was a short teaser for the Lady Gaga “Telephone” video with a link to view the full video on Vevo. Follow that link to the Vevo site and you get a landing page where you can leave your contact information to be notified when the official Vevo iPhone app becomes available.

It’s not just Vevo. Try searching for Warner Music Group artists like T.I. or Green Day. Mostly all you get are videos posted by individual users, not from the band or the label. The only exception I’ve been able to find is “Brick by Boring Brick” by Paramore posted directly from the feuledbyramen channel. Maybe there’s more, but because you can’t opt to see additional videos posted by any one user or channel, it’s very difficult to determine whether Vevo or feuledbyramen posted other “official” music videos.

Now many music videos are still available, if they’ve been posted by individual YouTube members. But the quality is generally poor and the YouTube app for the iPad/iPhone doesn’t include channel listings for artists or label groups. The only way to find a music video is to type in the name of the song or artists in the search field and cross your fingers.

This is not YouTube’s fault. It’s Apple’s. The iPhone/iPad YouTube apps were built by Apple using YouTube’s APIs. In doing so, it eliminated many of the features that make online video compelling for labels, advertising foremost among them. The iPhone/iPad YouTube apps also eliminate any label or artist branding as well as access to audience measurement and metrics. Both Vevo’s and Warner’s licensing deals with YouTube require all three elements in order to access their content.

[via billboard.biz]

1. It will import from iTunes
You can add tracks from anywhere on your computer and, crucially, this means your music library and playlists from iTunes. Then you can browse the combined library. But it’s just a catalogue of what’s already there (rather than actually importing the files as such) and uses Gracenote to iron all the name-wrinkles out.

2. But there’s something missing
While you can sync playlists to your Spotify mobile app (and wirelessly too, as before), you won’t be able to sync your music directly with an iPod or iPhone. So you’ll still need iTunes, kids – well until iPhone 4.0 enables multitasking at least.

3. There’s a people column
You can connect up Facebook to share playlists and tracks with friends as well as Tweet what you’re listening to (although you could Tweet track links previously). Music your friends have posted on Facebook will be visible in the Feed section. All of this builds up your Music Profile.

4. Your Music what?
There’s a Spotify Music Profile. It acts like a control centre for your sharing, and enables you to build your profile using your friends. You can also post a link to your Spotify Music Profile anywhere on the web or post it to your Facebook page, blog or site. Your weekly top six tracks and artists can also be published. So where does this leave Last.fm?

5. It auto-shares playlists
Connecting up your friends means all your Spotify and imported iTunes playlists are automatically shared. Although you can turn them off, it’s something to bear in mind, especially if you have playlists you wouldn’t want everybody to see by default.

6. You can star your tracks
Every track or album on Spotify can now be starred, so you can tag and sort your favourites into a special sub-folder.

7. Add Spotify users
You can add other Spotify users to your Music Profile by simply searching for them by username. For example, searching under ‘spotify:user:username’ will bring up their profile (if it’s published, of course).

8. Send tracks to friends
As well as the social sharing bits, you can also drag and drop a track or album over a friend’s name and it will appear in their Inbox.

9. See how popular you are
Playlists you’ve posted will display how many times they’ve been added by your friends. Clicking on the number brings up the names of the people that have added them.

10. Your offline playlists can now be online
Providing your iTunes tracks match tracks within Spotify, your iTunes playlists can be shared online with friends. If it uses music which isn’t in the Spotify catalogue, then you won’t be able to play it.

11. It’s a bit clunky
Time will tell, but it’s still beta software (it’s only gone from version 0.3 to 0.4) and the new features are a bit unintuitive – MP3 integration doesn’t work as well as we’d like. Download it now and tell us what you think.

[via www.techradar.com ]



2. Disable system sounds

System sounds can interrupt audio. Ensure that they are disabled by doing the following:
- Go to control panel and select “Sound”
- Go to the sounds tab
- Under sounds scheme, select “No sounds”
- Click “Apply” then, “OK”

3. Enable DMA (Direct memory access) on each IDE channel

This allows data to be transferred directly into the memory and can improve audio performance. To ensure that DMA is enabled:
- Open device manager
- Expand the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers category then double click on each one of the IDE channels
- Under the ‘Advanced settings’ tab, make sure the ‘Enable DMA’ box is ticked in device properties
Please note: this only applies to some hardware and if this option is not available, you should not worry about completing this step.

4. Set processor scheduling to “Background services”

This will improve the performance of your audio drivers on your computer. To do this:
- In control panel select “system”
- Go to “Advanced system settings” and then the “Performance” tab
- Set processor scheduling as “Background Services”
- Click “Apply” then “OK”

5. Disable Windows Firewall, anti-virus and spyware software

These should all be disabled to ensure that no interferences occur during audio recording or playback and to ensure that maximum resources are available. To remain secure while your firewall and antivirus disabled, it is advisable to temporarily disconnect from any internet connections when working with audio.

Advanced optimisation:

If you wish to optimise your system further, or you are using a system that is particularly lacking in resources you can follow the tips below for advanced optimisation.

Disable Visual effects

The visual features in Windows 7 can use resources that could otherwise help to improve audio performance. As a start, it is good idea to disable some of the visual features by doing the following:
- Press start and in the search box type: “SystemPropertiesPerformance” and press enter
- On the visual effects tab select “custom”
- Untick: “Animate windows when minimising and maximising” to help prevent glitches when minimising and maximising. You can also experiment with disabling other visual effects in the custom list to see how they improve audio performance.
- Once finished, press “OK”

If you wish to optimise your Windows 7 graphics for the best performance use the “Adjust for best performance”. Although improving computer performance, this will make your Windows 7 appear a lot less aesthetically pleasing.

Disable Windows services

One way in which you can make more resources available to improve audio performance, is to disable unnecessary Windows 7 services as these use valuable resources. The following site has a comprehensive guide to the services running on Windows 7 and helps locate the services that are safe to disable:
Windows 7 Service Configurations by Black Viper

[via www.focusrite.com ]

West Holts
Mos Def (with full live band)
Femi Kuti
Nouvelle Vague & Guests
Breakestra with Chali 2na
Bonobo
Mariachi El Bronx
Tune-Yards
Matthew Herbert Big Band

Acoustic Stage
The Bootleg Beatles
Alan Price Set
McIntosh Ross
Turin Brakes
Brian Kennedy
Danny & The Champs
Megan Henwood
Cory Chisel
Julie Feeney

The Park Stage
The xx
Broken Bells
Special Guests
The Big Pink
Local Natives
Steve Mason
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Beth Jeans Houghton
Lissie
TBA
TBA

East Dance
DJ Fatboy Slim
Live Chase and Status
DJ Zane Lowe
Live Plan B
DJ Rob da Bank
Live Example
DJ Roger Sanchez
DJ TBA
DJ TBA

West Dance
DJ Boys Noise
DJ Simian Mobile Disco
Live Delphic
DJ Fake Blood
DJ Rusko
Live Chromeo
DJ Aeroplane
DJ Boy 8-Bit
DJ Hannah Holland

Avalon Stage
New Model Army
Transglobal Underground
Newton Faulkner
The Woodentops
Lou Rhodes
Goldheart Assembly
Gabby Young & The Other Animals
Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs

Croissant Neuf
TBA
6ixtoys
Steve Knightley
Julien Tulk Band
Undercover Hippy Band
Seth Lakeman
Biggles Wartime Band

The Queen’s Head
Good Shoes
TBA
The Magic Numbers
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Tubelord
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Frank Turner
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