![]() ![]() Looking through the skins is like a trip back in time in itself. What’s more, each of these skins can be downloaded and used, either on your own computer based copy of Winamp, or through the entirely online Webamp.Įldredge also shares a Twitter thread of fun tips and things you can do with his museum, ranging from adding your own music files, through to being able to save your equalizer settings. This is a repository of over 65,000 skins, easily browseable through an infinite scroll, a search function, or just slapping the old random button to get an instant hit of nostalgia (or anime titties, it’s a mixed bag).Ĭlicking on a skin pops up a fully interactive preview, complete with a tracklist of 12 songs and the classic ‘whips the llama’s ass’ demo.mp3. So he created the Winamp Skin Museum, which is in his own words, “…an attempt to build a fast, searchable, and shareable interface for the collection of Winamp Skins amassed on the Internet Archive.” But thankfully, one man, Jordan Eldredge, couldn’t let all the hard work of those skin creators fade into the internet ether, never to be seen again. Sadly, over time, Winamp lost popularity ( despite a recent comeback in 2018) and fell into obscurity. If you enjoyed something, there was probably a skin for that. ![]() Custom-made skins from the community, ranging from simple colour schemes through to video games and anime. So, all those equalizers and presets probably were not really intended for me.īut what was intended for my little video game loving heart was Winamps absolutely massive library of customisation options. This was because I was very scared of having songs with swears in them, lest I get in trouble. Although, I feel like it’s important to mention that all my music was MIDI files from and Sonic the Hedgehog soundtracks, and the odd song a friend would download for me off of Limewire. ![]() Back in the early 2000s, Winamp was one of the few popular alternatives to Windows Media Player, and a lot of word of mouth around it at the time emphasised how it was the superior platform for people who liked full control of their music, with an array of equalizers and presets to fiddle with.įor a younger me, this sounded amazing. ![]()
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