Rogue Amoeba has just released an upgrade for NiceCast. I will be tinkering with it obsessively over the next few weeks as we prepare to launch EchoDitto Radio.

Rogue Amoeba is an awesome OSX-focused audio software company that has done worlds to open up OSX's audio architecture to hobbyists and innovators. Also they have a great blog. I am a fan.

We used their AudioHijack on the Dean campaign to mix down all kinds of debates and television ads into MP3 for the Media Miners. Their freebies- LineIn and SoundSource- are totally indispensible for any OSX-based DSP-hobbyist or internet-radio broadcaster.

The world needs more software like this: small and simple components that do their job well and play well with others, leaving more power in the hands of the end-user, rather than insisting on pulling everything together into one mega-powerful killer-app. The Democratic Party could learn a thing or two from these guys.