TuneUp Media Review

So how does Tuneup Media clean up your random collection of incorrectly labeled music? Basically, the Tuneup Media system scans the first few seconds of each song and than matches the sound clip within it's extensive song database. From there it returns the appropriate information or meta data pertaining to each song and replaces the incorrect information.This process takes about 2 seconds for each song but it mostly depends on the speed of your computer and internet connection.


TuneUp Media's Main Features

*Clean mislabeled music like "Track 01" and "Unknown Artist"

*Fill in missing cover art - no more gray music notes in cover flow

*Concert alerts based on the artists in your music collection

*YouTube videos, artist bios, merchandise and much, much more



One of the big concerns I had with Tuneup Media was that I had tons of rare and obscure songs in my collection. I didn't think Tuneup Media would recognize them or have the missing info. But this is where the program really surprised me - it actually managed to find about 95% of the information for my missing songs. This was no easy task either, because I had at least 5,000 songs with missing or incorrect meta data.

For the rest of this review I will basically give you a walk through of my experience with Tuneup so you can get a better idea of how the program works and if it really delivers the quality it promises. I will start from the very beginning and explain everything from the download process to the overall functionality of TuneUp. Lets get to it...

**Update**

You can download a free trial version of Tuneup that provides 100 free song cleanups and 50 free album art recoverys. Just use the link below and click download TuneUp Lite when you get to the Tuneup Media homepage. The download process will begin immediately and you will be able to give Tuneup Gold a thorough test.



                                                    

The download process for Tuenup is extremely quick and simple- it took me all of about five minutes. Installation also went smoothly and Tuneup lined right up with my iTunes program completely trouble free.Once I got the program installed, I immediately began putting it to the test.

I started dragging over songs like crazy and had my first learning experience with Tuneup gold. I dragged about a 1000 songs at once to the clean up tab and the program got a little overloaded. This was really no big deal and I just made sure to only drag a few hundred songs at a time after that.

Important Tip

**I would recommend only dragging about 300 songs to the cleanup tab each time when using Tuneup. Since Tuneup is referencing a database via the Internet, it is important to make the process smooth and not overload the program.**

A big part of this tuneup media review is to remind people that the speed and functionality of tuneup depends a lot on your internet connection and computer processing speed. So be sure when you use Tuneup Media to be connected to a high speed Internet connection so the program to preforms optimally.

So I began watching tuneup work it's magic as it cleaned up my screwed up music files. It was actually kind of entertaining to watch my music library get a complete make over but I'm sure most people will have better things to do. Tuneup allows you to confirm the changes or just have the changes made automatically. At first I was doing it manually to make sure things worked as planned but after a I realized how spot on Tuneup was I just let it go to town on my music.

I can honestly tell you that Tuneup delivers in every way promised, my music library went from complete chaos to perfectly organized in just a couple hours. The great thing about it was I really didn't have to do anything besides let Tuneup take care of the problem. No one wants to sit around wasting their precious time organizing itunes songs, and this is why Tuneup has become so popular.

My next test with Tuneup was to see how well it would reverse the process of fixing songs. Unlike other music clean up products on the market, with Tuneup you can actually reverse any song changes that you are unhappy with. Recently I read a horror story about someone who paid $50 for a competing music clean up program and it wound up screwing up every one of their songs with no option to reverse the damage.

Than the person wound up finding out about Tuneup and had to buy a copy just to bring her collection back to order. If only they would have learned about Tuneup in the beginning than they would have never had any problems and saved $50.

For the clean up process I took a sample of 200 songs to measure the accuracy of Tuneup. The result was a shocking 96% success rate. Thats right, Tuneup managed to restore my songs with 96% accuracy and they were definitely not common songs b any standard. As I said in the beginning of the review one of my big concerns with Tuneup was its effectiveness with rare and obscure songs. So when I went to put it into action I really had a crazy variety of music, to test the program's effectiveness.

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Finding covert art was also no problem for the Tuneup companion. With cover art the program resulted in the same accuracy. Of the 200 different songs I had Tuneup find matching art for it actually came up with almost every single one. There were only a couple of songs that Tuneup could not find album art for and they were definitely very obscure. Another bonus of this feature is there is up to 4 different album art covers for you to chose from.

Tuneup wasn't playing around when they put together their album art database so they could deliver their customers with every album cover available. This is a really cool feature and it helps give your music collection a more personalized and original feel.

Screen Shot of the Tuneup User Interface

You should be able to get an idea of what Tuneup looks like from the screen shot above. You can also even see Tuneup offering several different cover art options to chose from as I just mentioned. If you are still skeptical about Tuneup than you can always use the free trial called Tuneup Media Lite. You get a complete representation of the program for free but you can only use it for one hundred songs and fifty album covers. Continue reading and you will learn about the additional features that Tuneup had to offer.

The great thing about Tuneup is that it is more than just a music cleanup tool. Recently they have been connecting the program with Face Book so you can connect with your friends and exchange information about your favorite music right from iTunes. Not only does Tuneup give you access to the #1 social media site, it gives you Concert Updates, and Artist Bios to further enhance you music listening experience.

Connecting with FaceBook or the "Share" feature allows you to post information about your favorite songs to your FaceBook profile. This can be realy handy for the music junkies out there and social media buffs. Besides just cleaning up your songs and finding album art, Tuneup really differentiates itself from other clean up programs with its useful additional features. Here is a brief explanation of Tuneup's extra features:



Extra Features That Tuneup Gold Has To Offer...

The Tuniverse tab allows to you to view content from the web that is related to the artist you are listening to. The first thing you will notice is an artist bio which is provided by Wikipedia, than you will see a music video corresponding to the artist provided by YouTube. I love using this feature to read up on my favorite artists and to watch YouTube videos that I haven't seen before. Below all the artist information there are links to Ebay merchandise for the artist playing.

The Concert tab keeps you informed on any up coming shows in and around your area. This is probably my favorite extra feature that Tuneup has to offer, especially if you live in an area that has lots of concerts. Just listen to a few of your favorite artists with Tuenup and you will be able to instantly see if there are any upcoming shows that you might have otherwise missed out on.

Tuneup has definitely been receiving praise from multiple credible sources in the past year. When I was putting together this review I decided to see what other people on the web to say about the program. From bloggers, to tech sites, to music sites, to forums there seemed to be nothing but good things circulating about Tuneup.

In most cases this is a good way to tell the credibility of a product you are interested in. With Tuneup I didn't find a single bad comment out there. Actually I found one complaint out there and Tuneup had followed up with the customer immediately right on the page.

Here are some things that the top sources on the web have been saying about Tuneup...


"TuneUp is an iTunes utility of a different stripe.."




"A nifty plug-in for iTunes that cleans up your digital music library."




"Aside from its cool retro rocket-man logo, the service offers nothing short of a complete overhaul of your iTunes library."




"The company (TuneUp) claims they're averaging a correct rate of 85% to 90%. A quick flip through my library makes me think it worked even better than that...."




"By providing correct song information and offering a complementary suite of features, TuneUp empowers users to get the most out of their music collections."

Offering a promotional code has always been part of Tuneup's marketing/promotional efforts and this page will always be updated with the best code available. The deals range from 10 - 20% off the purchase of Tuneup gold lifetime or yearly subscription. In order to receive the discount all you have to do is copy and paste the promo code before you check and make sure it is applied.

Use hotkeys crtl + c to copy and ctrl + v to paste the code into the Promo Code box(use command + c and command + v on mac). After you have pasted the code it will automatically apply the discount and display the following message with a green check to the right of the box: "The promo code has been validated and applied to the purchase price".

If the discount has not been applied it will say "The promo code you have entered is no longer valid" with a red check. You can also see the total price under order summary and it should be under the $29.95 or $19.95 regular price. The screen-shot below shows and example of the recent "dadsandgrads" promotion code being used on the checkout page.

10% off with this Tuneup Gold Promo Code


**Updated 8/13/2010**

If you are a Windows Media Player user than you have probably experienced the same problems that iTunes users are having. Messed up tags and missing album art are just as prevalent for WMP users. Tuneup now caters to these music enthusiasts as well. The WMP version is available immediately and offers all the same features as it's iTunes counter part.