Download of the Week: Instant Elevator Music
Download of the Week: Instant Elevator Music
Posted 05/05/2010 at 7:00am
| by David Murphy
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Sometimes, a particular application comes along that is just so groundbreaking, so interesting, so... kick ass... that it deserves its own special mention in a separate, "you must download this app right now" kind of article. While I write a number of these such stories--weekly updates of interesting little programs you might want to check out if you have a spare moment--rarely do I so vehemently demand that you grab an application and download it. Immediately.
Instant Elevator Music is that kind of an application.
But what, pray tell, does it do? Install this app and use its configuration screen to select an audio file of your choosing (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, or Wave). Then sit back and wait. Literally--wait. The next time you encounter an application that displays some sort of a progress bar, your music will start playing until your task has finished. It then gently fades out, leaving you with a new kind of relaxation and joy with which to tackle your newest activity.
For being such a seemingly simple program, Instant Elevator Music comes with a number of options for customizing your background jams to your liking. You can set the kinds of progress bars the application should look out for--from just downloads, to Microsoft Office bars, to everything, et cetera--and automatically have music start playing whenever windows starts up. As well, you can instantly stop your music at any time by clicking on the icon in your system's taskbar.
I mean, this sounds like the stupidest application you could ever think of to install at first. But I promise you--it is uniquely soothing and a neat little addition to the boring ol' day-to-day elements of the Windows operating system. Your friends will think you are the coolest person alive the next time you install a program at a party.
Each week, Maximum PC picks a new free or shareware download as its favorite of... the week. Have a nifty application that you can't live without? Twitter David Murphy @acererak with your latest suggestions.
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supermuman147
May 06, 2010 at 4:51pm
This is so pointless but awesome, i mean who wouldn't want to listen to elevator music while waiting for something to load! :D
David26
May 05, 2010 at 11:54am
This is really cool, I think I'll use one of the jazz tunes from the game "Mafia".
Keith E. Whisman
May 05, 2010 at 11:48am
Here's a URL for a free MP3 of Jeopardy.http://newksco.got.net/RadianceAndChocolate/32%20Jeopardy%20(Think%20Music).mp3 Also there is some sort of code that I guess get's it playing in a forum. Pasting it below.
<div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topleft2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-top2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: middle;"> TV Theme - Jeopardy .mp3</td><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/corner-topright2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;vertical-align: bottom;"></td></TR><TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/left-ltrow2.gif);"/> </TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/light2.gif);background-repeat: repeat;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: bottom;"><embed class="beeplayer" wmode="transparent" style="height:24px;width:290px;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="290" height="24" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0x64F051&rightbghover=0x1BAD07&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http%3A//newksco.got.net/RadianceAndChocolate/32%2520Jeopardy%2520%28Think%2520Music%29.mp3%0A%0A"></embed> <img style="padding:0;border:0;vertical-align:bottom" src="http://beemp3.com/player/logo_small.gif"/> </td><TD WIDTH="16" style="width: 16px;background-image:url(http://beemp3.com/player/right-ltrow2.gif);"/></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomleft2.gif"></TD><TD style="background-image: url(http://beemp3.com/player/bkgnd-bottom2.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;padding:0;border: 0;margin:0;">Found at <a href="http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=2796038&song=Jeopardy">bee mp3 search engine</a></TD><TD WIDTH="16"><IMG style="padding:0;border:0;" src="http://beemp3.com/player/corner-bottomright2.gif"></TD></TR></table></div>
KyleG
May 05, 2010 at 7:45pm
So this spam filled comment gets paste the spam filter, but my post with a link for facts can't get past!
Fix the spam filter!
Or better yet, take off the spam filter and put a report button for posts and we will tell you when there is a spam post. Genius right?
Keith E. Whisman
May 10, 2010 at 2:29pm
Actually that wasn't spam. That was a forum code that was supposed to play the Jeopardy theme song on everyones computer. I also posted a link to the download for the theme music from the same website. I figured it would be cool if it actually worked here. It appears that it doesn't work here but I provided the whole thing for anyone to copy and paste anywhere. As I said it's not spam.
thetr00per
May 05, 2010 at 7:35am
I will download that as soon as I get home. I love the whole concept of it.
The line: "Your friends will think you are the coolest person alive the next time
you install a program at a party." cracked me up.
Dithuzad
May 05, 2010 at 10:05am
lulz same here
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dilbert719
May 05, 2010 at 6:56am
Razicus, that is exactly the same thought I had as soon as I saw this app. I can't imagine a more perfect piece of music to use for a loading bar than that.
marshallladd
May 05, 2010 at 6:06am
Someone didn't get in on the fun of a Windows 7 launch party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ
Razicus
May 05, 2010 at 4:09am
I think instead of elevator music, I would set it for the Jeopardy theme song. I hum that sometimes when something is taking forever to load...
Bizarre
May 05, 2010 at 3:38am
Eounds excellent, but I'm usually listening to my music when working, and this app chiming in would interfere. It's excellent for when the computer is otherwise quiet though.
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COMMANDER_COOK
May 05, 2010 at 12:25am
I love this.. I have the perfect song in mind. It's from a game called Timesplitters. They had a level based in a mall, and the music fits so perfectly. They had it available for download on their site.
This still doesn't beat setting all the computers at school to play the sound of crying babies at startup, though. That was timeless.
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COMMANDER_COOK
May 05, 2010 at 12:37am
Murph, You have to hear the song I'm thinking of. Would it be ok if I emailed it to you? The company that created it offered it for free.
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TheMurph
May 05, 2010 at 10:23am
Yes, indeed. Let me dummy up an address for you! Send 'er over to:
wtfboom@saintly.com
COMMANDER_COOK
May 05, 2010 at 11:49pm
In that case just try the link that timekills posted above.
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