I’m somewhat of an audiophile and have been searching months for a good service that would allow me to backup and remotely access my extensive digital media collection. While a number of services have been available, the storage offerings have always been too small (or the prices for more storage too high), or just haven’t worked well enough to be worth the trouble.
I think, however, the Oboe Music Locker and I are going to make beautiful music together.
The MP3Tunes.com team offers 1 GB storage (up to 1,000 songs) and synching for your digital music—“no catch, no credit card, completely free.” Basic accounts with 2GB storage are available for $19.95/year, and unlimited storage is available for $39.95/year. If you’re lucky, you might be on the receiving end of a free unlimited premium upgrade. Random accounts are currently being gifted (I got one)!
Using “Oboe Sync” software, users get one-click capability to synchronize all music files to an online locker for storage and high-quality streaming. From there, music is available from anywhere in the world, on any computer or web-capable device.
Oboe Music Locker can be used as a backup system for your digital media, or for sharing tunes and/or playlists. Users have the ability to stream music files directly into iTunes or Windows Media Player, or play directly from a built-in media player.
According to MP3Tunes.com, other features include:
* Album art: See cover art for your music while you sync and listen!
* Control: Sync only the music you choose, or sync it all!
* Simple interface: Syncing your music is as easy as one-click.
* Unlimited listening and downloads.
Users can grow their music collection with over 210,000 tracks from 21,324 artists like Nickleback, Coldplay, James Blunt, Pink Floyd, and many others, available free of charge in conjunction with Sideload.com. Additionally, MP3Tunes.com offers 88 cent downloads of DRM-Free indie music.
But how well does it work? On my broadband connection, there is no discernable difference between the quality of Oboe Locker streamed music, versus my original music files.
Oboe Locker is compatible with most browsers on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems, and recognizes MP3, MP4, M4A, M4P, AAC, WMA, OGG, AIF, AIFF and MIDI files types.