自推出以来,Apple Music似乎变得越来越好。可通过iTunes、iOS 和(令人惊讶的)Android获得,每月只需几美元即可获得大量音乐。
但是,您实际上可能无法从Apple Music订阅中获得最大价值。有很多有用的功能没有得到足够的强调,或者您可能没有意识到。
这就是为什么我们决定指出一些技巧,以帮助您充分利用Apple Music体验。
寻找“基本”和“下一步”(Steps)播放列表
与 Pandora 等服务不同,Apple Music大量使用人工播放列表。您将获得大量Apple(Apple)定期更新的建议播放列表。因此,请务必将您喜欢的任何新歌曲保存到您自己的播放列表中,否则一旦发布新列表,您就会丢失这些歌曲。
几乎每个人都知道Apple Music向您推送的精选和生成的播放列表,但有两种类型的播放列表您不会在推荐中看到,但它们仍然非常有用。
这些列表使用艺术家的名字以及“基本”或“下一步”一词。如果您想熟悉一位新艺术家的唱片目录,则 Essentials 列表将为您提供他们专辑列表中所有最容易获得、主流和流行的歌曲。
如果这些歌曲都没有引起您的兴趣,那么这位艺术家很可能不适合您。这特别有用,因为许多艺术家在Apple Music上都有很深的库,谁有时间弄清楚你应该先尝试哪些歌曲?
如果您喜欢在基本列表中听到的内容,那么接下来的步骤列表将让您接触到B 面(B-sides)以及相关音乐家的一般不太主流的作品。给这两个列表一个听提供了足够多的采样来决定你刚刚在收音机上听到的那个乐队是否值得花时间承诺。
最大输出流质量
遗憾的是, Apple Music目前不提供发烧级音乐,但对于大多数人来说,音频听起来已经足够好了。也就是说,只要您通过WiFi收听您的流媒体。默认情况下,该应用程序设置为仅通过WiFi以最高质量流式传输。
在使用耳机或在像样的汽车音响上播放时,较低的流质量实际上非常明显,这两种情况下您可能首先使用蜂窝数据。您可以在应用程序的设置中覆盖它。
在Android上,点击三个点,点击设置(Settings),然后点击蜂窝数据。
现在只需将“蜂窝网络上的高质量(High Quality on Cellular)”切换为打开即可。
在 iOS 上,转到常规 iOS 设置页面,点击音乐(Music),点击移动数据,然后(Mobile Data)将高质量流媒体(High-Quality Streaming)切换为打开。
当然,如果您使用有限或昂贵的移动数据,您可以完全禁用蜂窝流媒体,但我们这些拥有廉价或无限计划的人也可以享受额外的质量。
下载您的播放列表
如果您不能自由地通过移动数据流式传输音乐,或者根本无法持续访问互联网,那么您真的应该考虑下载您的播放列表。
不仅始终以最高质量下载,您还可以通过为通勤或其他远离家乡的工作和WiFi做准备来为自己省去很多麻烦。
再简单不过了,只需点击播放列表顶部的云图标,您的曲目就会开始下载到本地存储。
使用均衡器!
Apple Music有一些不错的选择,可以修改从耳管中传出的声音。在 iOS 上,有各种各样的 EQ 预设,而在Android上,如果您的特定手机提供特殊的音频选项,您可能会获得更多。例如,在我们的Galaxy S8设备上,您会直接进入手机的自适应音频功能。
无论具体的 EQ 选项如何,您都可以选择适合您口味的选项,并且您使用的扬声器或耳机会将平坦的声音转换成更令人愉悦的声音。在 iOS 上,您可以在 iOSSettings > Music > EQ在Android下找到它,您可以通过点击三个点、设置和EQ直接从应用程序到达那里。
使用歌词功能
我们都有最喜欢的歌曲,我们也听错了歌词。有些歌曲也完全无法理解。购买实体专辑的好处之一是小册子插页通常印有每首歌曲的歌词。这意味着你可以正确地学习单词,或者至少最终弄清楚歌手到底在唱什么。
幸运的是,有了Apple Music,您不必失去这个特殊功能。只要艺术家提供了歌词,您实际上就可以在播放任何歌曲时调出歌词。
您所要做的就是点击正在播放窗口中的三个点。然后点击歌词(Lyrics)。如果特定歌曲没有可用的歌词,则该选项根本不存在。
现在我们终于可以弄清楚雪爸爸在(Daddy Snow)Informer中唱的是什么了!
使用评分系统(Rating System)并创建(Create)电台
Apple Music会定期为您生成播放列表,但您也可以立即生成基于特定歌曲的“广播”电台。在播放您喜欢的歌曲时,只需点击三个点,然后点击创建电台(Create Station)。
您还可以前往“广播”(Radio )选项卡并播放Apple创建的电台。因此,当您缺乏可听的内容时,有很多方法可以生成音乐选择。
您可能不知道的是,在所有这些情况下,您都可以对出现的歌曲进行评分!问题是评级按钮有点隐藏。您必须点击正在播放窗口中的三个点才能显示“爱(Love)”和“不喜欢(Dislike)”按钮。值得对歌曲进行评分,因为它将使未来的建议更好!
更改下一个订单
这个很容易错过。在播放任何播放列表(是的,甚至是Apple播放列表)时,您只需在正在播放的屏幕上向上滑动即可更改即将播放的曲目的顺序。
然后,您只需使用曲目名称右侧的小水平线拖放歌曲即可。如果您想在生成的列表中移动您最喜欢的歌曲以便它们连续播放,这是一个很棒的技巧。
生活只是一条溪流
Apple Music现在大有可为,通过实施其中的一些技巧,您一定会发现和享受比以往更多的音乐。所以继续前进吧!或者爵士乐(Jazz)。真的(Really),任何音乐都很好。
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6 Tips to Get the Most Out of Apple Music
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However, you may not in fact be getting the maximum value out of your Apple Music subscription. There are quite a few useful features that don’t get highlighted enough or that you may not be aware of.
This is why we decided to point out a few tips that will help you get the most out of your Apple Music experience.
Look for “Essentials” and “Next Steps” Playlists
Unlike services such as Pandora, Apple Music makes heavy use of human-curated playlists. You’ll get plenty of suggested playlists that Apple updates at fixed intervals. So be sure to save any new songs you like to your own playlists or you’ll lose those tunes once the new list is published.
Pretty much everyone knows about the curated and generated playlists Apple Music pushes at you, but there are two types of playlists you won’t see under recommendations that are nonetheless extremely useful.
These lists use the name of an artist along with either the word “essentials” or “ next steps”. If you want to get acquainted with the discography of a new artist, essentials lists will give you all the most accessible, mainstream, and popular songs from their list of albums.
If none of these songs manage to catch your interest, chances are this artist isn’t for you. This is especially useful since many artists have deep libraries on Apple Music and who has the time to figure out which songs you should try first?
If you like what you hear on the essentials list, then the next steps list will expose you to B-sides and generally less mainstream works by the musicians in question. Giving both lists a listen provides more than enough sampling to decide whether that band you just heard on the radio is worth the time commitment.
Max Out Streaming Quality
Sadly Apple Music does not currently provide audiophile-grade music, but for most people, the audio will sound more than good enough. That is, as long as you’re listening to your stream over WiFi. By default, the app is set to only stream at the highest quality over WiFi.
The lower stream quality is actually quite noticeable when using headphones or playing on a decent car stereo, two situations where you are likely to be on cellular data, to begin with. You can override this in the app’s settings.
On Android, tap the three dots, tap Settings, and then tap cellular data.
Now simply toggle “High Quality on Cellular” to on.
On iOS, go to the general iOS settings page, tap Music, tap Mobile Data and toggle High-Quality Streaming to on.
Of course, if you’re working with limited or expensive mobile data, you can disable cellular streaming altogether, but those of us with cheap or unlimited plans may as well enjoy the extra quality on tap.
Download Your Playlists
If you aren’t free to stream music over mobile data or simply don’t have constant internet access, you really should consider downloading your playlists.
Not only are downloads always at the highest quality, you can save yourself a lot of hassle by preparing for your commute or for other stints away from home and WiFi.
It couldn’t be easier either, just tap the cloud icon at the top of the playlist and your tracks will start downloading to local storage.
Use the EQ!
Apple Music has some pretty good options when it comes to modifying the sound going down your ear tubes. On iOS, there’s a fair variety of EQ presets and on Android, you may get even more if your specific phone offers special audio options. For example, on our Galaxy S8 device you’re taken directly to the phone’s adaptive audio features.
Regardless of the specific EQ options, you have, picking one that suits your tastes and the speakers or headphones you’re using will transform that flat sound into something much more pleasing. On iOS you’ll find it under iOS Settings > Music > EQ on Android you can get there directly from the app by tapping the three dots, then settings, and then EQ.
Use the Lyrics Feature
We all have favorite songs that we’ve misheard the lyrics, too. Some songs are also just downright unintelligible. One of the nice things about buying physical albums was that the booklet inserts often had the lyrics to each song printed inside. This meant you could learn the words properly, or at least finally figure out just what the heck the vocalist was singing.
Luckily with Apple Music, you don’t have to lose this particular feature. As long as the artist has provided the lyrics, you can actually call up the words to any song while it’s playing.
All you have to do is tap the three dots in the now playing window. Then tap Lyrics. If the particular song doesn’t have lyrics available the option simply won’t be there.
Now we’re finally able to figure out what Daddy Snow was singing in Informer!
Use the Rating System and Create Stations
Apple Music generates playlists for you on fixed intervals, but you can also immediately generate “Radio” stations based around particular songs. While a song you like is playing, simply tap the three dots and then tap Create Station.
You can also head to the Radio tab and play stations that Apple has created. So there are plenty of ways to generate music choices when you’re suffering from a lack of things to listen to.
What you may not know is that in all of these circumstances you can rate the songs that come up! The problem is that the rating buttons are a little hidden. You have to tap the three dots in the now playing window to reveal the “Love” and “Dislike” buttons. It’s worth rating songs since it will make future suggestions better!
Change the Up Next Order
This one is very easy to miss. While you are playing any playlist (yes, even Apple ones) you can change the order of the upcoming tracks by simply swiping up on the now playing screen.
Then you just drag and drop songs by using the little horizontal lines to the right of the track name. This is a great trick if you want to move your favorite songs on a generated list so they play back to back.
Life’s Just a Stream
Apple Music has a lot going for it right now and by implementing some of these tips, you’ll surely discover and enjoy more music than ever before. So go ahead and rock on! Or Jazz on. Really, any music is fine.
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