http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20061003/karaoke-for-your-ipod/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:02:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20061003/karaoke-for-your-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-25435 smoothrunninggun Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:15:20 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20061003/karaoke-for-your-ipod/#comment-25435 With this Karaoke device for iPod, an iPod mini, an iTrip, and the ability to remove the broadcast limiter on iPod wireless FM transmission devices, and with the willingness to explore the pirate that hides in your heart (see how-to at http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/), technically speaking you could: (1) Park your car just outside a local ginormous big-box retail store, figure out what frequency they are broadcasting music on (if they've got music) and make up your own narrated broadcast on the fly... A new wave of "airwave vandalism" is the new avenue for aspiring hip-hop artists! (2) Go into Wal-Mart or Target... Using the word "test" poke around surreptitiously on different frequencies until you hear your voice booming "TEST" on the store's PA (public announcement) system. Then... go to a well hidden place where you can still transmit and let er rip... "Highway to Hell" comes to mind as appropriate music, or perhaps an audio transcript of that movie called "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" which you can easily save the mp3 audio of to your iPod. (3) More dangerous but still possible. See if you can do something like the above at a public broadcast station... when they are livecasting. (4) You get the picture... have fun! With this Karaoke device for iPod, an iPod mini, an iTrip, and the ability to remove the broadcast limiter on iPod wireless FM transmission devices, and with the willingness to explore the pirate that hides in your heart (see how-to at http://www.engadget.com/2004/06/15/how-to-tuesday-make-your-own-pirate-radio-station-with-an-ipod/), technically speaking you could:
(1) Park your car just outside a local ginormous big-box retail store, figure out what frequency they are broadcasting music on (if they’ve got music) and make up your own narrated broadcast on the fly… A new wave of “airwave vandalism” is the new avenue for aspiring hip-hop artists!
(2) Go into Wal-Mart or Target… Using the word “test” poke around surreptitiously on different frequencies until you hear your voice booming “TEST” on the store’s PA (public announcement) system. Then… go to a well hidden place where you can still transmit and let er rip… “Highway to Hell” comes to mind as appropriate music, or perhaps an audio transcript of that movie called “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” which you can easily save the mp3 audio of to your iPod.
(3) More dangerous but still possible. See if you can do something like the above at a public broadcast station… when they are livecasting.
(4) You get the picture… have fun!

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