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Woodgrove Digital Engineering P⁄L has been providing computer, PLC and
microprocessor based software for the Industrial Automation Industry, with
particular emphasis in the area of Warehouse Automation, since 1983.
In order to satisfy my needs for a software package which can make
intelligent selections from a large CD collection (600 to 6000 discs) I
developed the package that I call “The mUser”. I knew that
no one else would write such a package, as the current fashion to aimed at
simplicity.
The software loads music from CDs, compresses this music, and stores it to
hard disc. It then plays this music back; The main crux of the software is
selecting which music to play back.
The software attempts to provide music, when desired, according to who is
listening and what they like to hear when. It tries to maintain a maximum
variety in what it selects to play by looking for songs which not have been
played for a while, yet not neglecting recent acquisitions.
Whist aimed, primarily, at the family situation, it would also be suitable
for businesses such as gyms and cafés, enabling the proprietors to
automatically have different styles of music at different times of the day, to
suit their clientelle. For example, a gym might find that their early morning
clients are mostly active adults, requiring something high-energy but not too
contemporary. Later in the day, more mature clients would prefer music to enjoy
as they work out at their own pace. In the evening and night, they're likely to
have a younger set wanting high-energy contemporary music.
“The mUser” can provide this without having to subject its
audience to repetitive playlists.
Among the driving forces behind the creation of this software, are the
desires to have all your music conveniently at your fingertips, and to
minimise squabbles over what gets played, especially at breakfast time. In
order to help with the squabbles, the system displays for whom each
selection is played and maintains a history of the last eighty selections,
along with an indication of for whom each selection was played.
The software also allows you to choose a song or an album to play, and to
create a programme of songs for a special occasion, such as a party. It
also provides a Juke Box interface for use at the party to allow guests to
choose songs to play without requiring instruction.
We also have a software package for the selection of “The vUser”s.
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