iTunes Signature Maker

iTSM is no longer available to use, since the core technologies it relied on back when I created it in 2005 (like Java applets) are no longer well supported by modern operating systems and web browsers. However, I encourage you to explore this site to learn more about iTSM and browse an archive of audio signatures created with the software.

Why?

People often ask me what music I listen to, and I find it difficult to describe my enormous music collection in just a few sentences. So I created iTSM to answer in sound a question I cannot answer in words.

iTSM selects a small number of your "favorite" tracks based on some simple selection criteria, such as the number of times you have played them or the rating you have assigned them. Then it analyzes the audio content of these files, combining a small bit of each of them to create the signature.

Maybe you'll load your iTunes signature onto your iPod, e-mail it to some friends, share it in our signature gallery, or stick it on your home page. Maybe it will help you gauge your compatibility with your next blind date: "She seems nice enough, but her iTunes signature is just so atonal! Should I go with my heart or with my ear?" Or maybe an iTunes signature will figure prominently into a political attack ad: "If you're mad at him for raising your taxes, polluting our environment, and cutting the education budget, just wait until you hear the music he listens to…"

Sorry, I got a little carried away there. I hope you have fun with iTSM and that it helps you learn something new about yourself and the music you listen to, and about your friends and the music they listen to.

Signatorially yours,

Jason Freeman