Time Trax Technologies, whose hardware and software
products allow people to easily deaggregate radio broadcasts to
timeshift and build free music libraries, announced a new product line
at CES today. The Time Trax TraxCatcher is an FM radio dock with an
MP3 player that anyone can use to 'tune and rip.'
Using the TraxCatcher is as simple as plugging it into the wall, tuning your favorite station as you would any FM radio and returning several hours later to an MP3 player of near perfectly cut, high quality MP3 files. You can grab and go with the MP3 player or use its completely integrated USB 2.0 connection to drop them on your computer to have them tagged with artist and song information and sorted for you.
The first model, the TraxCatcher Classic is designed as a very simple and easy to use entry-level product. Pre-sales begin today on the Time Trax website and delivery is slated for March 2006. Its MSRP will be $159.99.
The product line will range in price from $99.99 to $499.99. Additional features planned include HD radio, digital inputs and outputs, USB connectivity, versatile MP3 docking capabilities, clock-radio functionality and satellite radio receiver integration.
"Time Trax is interested in a productive dialogue with the recording industry to build successful and lucrative business models around reality," commented Time Trax CEO Elliott D. Frutkin. "We want input as we shape our future. We aren't interested in being a rogue trailblazer. Time Trax wants to be a welcome partner to the recording industry."
As part of its core corporate beliefs, Time Trax integrates technology and implements strategies to promote the 'fair-use' of content. For example, radio serial numbers are embedded into MP3 recordings to discourage file sharing and trading, as it provides the ability to trace the originator of the file. In 2006 the company will also add value-added services and features to its products requiring an annual subscription fee.
At the TimeTrax CES booth (# 70956 at Sands), attendees will be able to experience a live demo of the TraxCatcher as well as its satellite radio products.
About Time Trax Technologies Corp.
Time Trax makes products that let you record content from radio broadcasts as individual MP3 files. Time Trax products support satellite radio and FM broadcast radio. Time Trax is changing the landscape of traditional radio broadcast programming, so that consumers now create programming themselves, deciding what they listen to when they listen to it.
Whether through the Time Trax 10-event scheduler in its Recast product or the soon-to-be-released recommendation service, TimeTrax users control their personalized content.
TimeTrax was conceived in 2004 by Toronto, Canada software developer G. Scott MacLean. www.timetraxtech.com
Using the TraxCatcher is as simple as plugging it into the wall, tuning your favorite station as you would any FM radio and returning several hours later to an MP3 player of near perfectly cut, high quality MP3 files. You can grab and go with the MP3 player or use its completely integrated USB 2.0 connection to drop them on your computer to have them tagged with artist and song information and sorted for you.
The first model, the TraxCatcher Classic is designed as a very simple and easy to use entry-level product. Pre-sales begin today on the Time Trax website and delivery is slated for March 2006. Its MSRP will be $159.99.
The product line will range in price from $99.99 to $499.99. Additional features planned include HD radio, digital inputs and outputs, USB connectivity, versatile MP3 docking capabilities, clock-radio functionality and satellite radio receiver integration.
"Time Trax is interested in a productive dialogue with the recording industry to build successful and lucrative business models around reality," commented Time Trax CEO Elliott D. Frutkin. "We want input as we shape our future. We aren't interested in being a rogue trailblazer. Time Trax wants to be a welcome partner to the recording industry."
As part of its core corporate beliefs, Time Trax integrates technology and implements strategies to promote the 'fair-use' of content. For example, radio serial numbers are embedded into MP3 recordings to discourage file sharing and trading, as it provides the ability to trace the originator of the file. In 2006 the company will also add value-added services and features to its products requiring an annual subscription fee.
At the TimeTrax CES booth (# 70956 at Sands), attendees will be able to experience a live demo of the TraxCatcher as well as its satellite radio products.
About Time Trax Technologies Corp.
Time Trax makes products that let you record content from radio broadcasts as individual MP3 files. Time Trax products support satellite radio and FM broadcast radio. Time Trax is changing the landscape of traditional radio broadcast programming, so that consumers now create programming themselves, deciding what they listen to when they listen to it.
Whether through the Time Trax 10-event scheduler in its Recast product or the soon-to-be-released recommendation service, TimeTrax users control their personalized content.
TimeTrax was conceived in 2004 by Toronto, Canada software developer G. Scott MacLean. www.timetraxtech.com