IHR_11_13_06 – Bonus – J Allard of Microsoft on the Zune Portable Media Player
November 13th, 2006 by Derek
On November 11, 2006, Derek attended the 2006 Music Tech Summit in Seattle, organized by the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the U.S. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which is best known for presenting the Grammy awards.
Although J Allard’s speech was the last one of the day, and I recorded all of them, the product he was talking about, Microsoft’s Zune
The audio is 47 min 41 sec, and you can download the MP3 file (13.9 MB) directly. I recorded it using an 5th generation iPod with video, using a Belkin TuneTalk microphone adapter, and processed the audio with Rogue Amoeba Fission, Audacity, the Levelator, and iTunes. Enjoy.
We’d like to congratulate Ben London and his team from NARAS, who did an amazing job of pulling together the day’s events even though they were interrupted only a few minutes into Thomas Dolby’s opening speech by a gas leak outside that forced us to evacuate the building and relocate to another part of the Seattle Center.
Entry Filed under: Enhanced Podcasts, MP3 Podcasts
(AAC audio)
6 Comments Add your own
1. Chris | November 15th, 2006 at 8:39 am
Hey Derek, was that you who asked J why the Zune was lacking such dead-simple things as WiFi synching and USB mass storage support?
2. Derek | November 15th, 2006 at 10:17 am
Yup!
3. Derek | December 1st, 2006 at 12:42 am
See the followup from Good Morning Silicon Valley and Engadget about Allard’s potential Zune song-sharing sales commission comments too.
4. pinksage.net » Zune&hellip | December 5th, 2006 at 10:10 am
[...] At the recent Music Tech Summit where J Allard talked about the future of the music and the convergence of the music and tech industry ( http://www.insidehomerecording.com/?p=225), he really explored the team’s vision for the future of the Zune, and I have to say that it is really cool. Most of the ideas were about bringing people together and community, so god knows what we’ll be doing with our Zunes in 6 months. [...]
5. generationzune.net »&hellip | December 8th, 2006 at 10:17 am
[...] At the recent Music Tech Summit where J Allard talked about the future of the music and the convergence of the music and tech industry ( http://www.insidehomerecording.com/?p=225), he really explored the team’s vision for the future of the Zune, and I have to say that it is really cool. Most of the ideas were about bringing people together and community, so god knows what we’ll be doing with our Zunes in 6 months. [...]
6. Zune Corps: Zune News, In&hellip | August 8th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
[...] covered three main points in his speech, which is available here (definitely check it out, it’s a very good look at where things are headed). The first is [...]
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