Currently, the RadioSHARK application permits AAC recording from 64kbps to 320kbps, which when considered collectively with AIFF runs the gamut from pristine CD-quality sampling down to highly compressed but still listenable audio. RadioSHARK’s recording features integrate with iTunes, automatically converting a program of your choice into uncompressed AIFF or compressed MPEG-4 (AAC) format on the schedule you set, then dropping it into an iTunes playlist of your choice. Though realtime pause and reverse require ten megabytes per minute of hard disk space, compressed recording is instantaneous and consumes far less space: once RadioSHARK records a file, you won’t have to wait an hour or two for it to be compressed and iPod-ready. Volume adjustment and time shifting are user controllable through intuitive sliders and buttons for forward, reverse, and pausing you can set the RadioSHARK up to provide as much or as little pause and reverse-play time as you prefer. In version 1.0.2 of the software, we found channel seeking and equalization to be as simple as possible, with a list of EQ presets and 10 bands to tweak as you desire for bass, treble, and midrange. But first, you’ll want to run the program’s Check for Updates feature, since Griffin has been aggressively updating the RadioSHARK program since its release, and plans even bigger updates for the future. After a quick CD installation progress, you can tune in FM from 87.5 to 108.1, AM from 530 to 1710, and set presets on an easy-to-see drop-down list on the tuner.
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Griffin’s software keeps the process simple and clean – nicer looking on the Mac than on the PC, but otherwise functionally similar. Each morning’s broadcast could be automatically recorded and transferred to an iPod just in time for a commute or break in the evening.Īnd yes, automatic recording and transfer into iTunes work as advertised. If not for the unfortunate timing of Howard Stern’s recent announcement that he’ll leave FM radio for satellite in 15 months, we ourselves would guarantee right now that we’d be using RadioSHARK or something similar for years to come.
Or ask any teenager whose favorite band will be performing live on the radio at some inconvenient hour. While TiVo-like pause and rewind for live broadcasts may be of marginal use on radio, RadioSHARK’s timed recording ability is unquestionably a killer feature – just ask any person who loves Stern, Limbaugh, or another radio show but has to work in a radio-free location when it’s on. ILounge strongly disagrees with the latter statement. On the other hand, there’s been a suggestion that only radio geeks would find the RadioSHARK worthwhile, as the need to record and listen to radio on a computer or iPod just isn’t mainstream enough. We could opine at length as to the RadioSHARK’s value, citing on one hand the millions of people who religiously tune in to daily talk radio shows such as Howard Stern or Rush Limbaugh. Three lights on each side of the RadioSHARK’s fin glow blue to indicate power, and red to indicate recording. With a few button presses, you can easily “time shift” radio programming in TiVo style, pausing and rewinding live broadcasts, while a few more button presses enable you to create VCR-style recordings of whatever’s on your local airwaves.
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Long promised and long delayed, RadioSHARK is the quintessential “product that you wish someone had invented ten or fifteen years ago.” Requiring only a USB cable for PC or Mac connectivity and power, the seven-inch-tall white plastic shark’s fin sits on a chrome base, picking up FM and AM radio signals whenever a computer’s connected. And iLounge is largely inclined to agree.
After releasing iTrip, iTalk, and numerous other iPod accessories, Griffin has come up with an inexpensive, easy way to transform radio broadcasts into iPod-compatible digital music files. Is Griffin Technology’s new RadioSHARK an iPod accessory? If you’ve ever wanted to record FM or AM radio programming for later playback, you’ll sure think so.
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