When you think of Audio Hijack Pro, you probably think about using the program to record sound from live streaming broadcasts or iTunes. There's so much more you can do. For example, I like to use it to amplify sounds in QuickTime, VLC, Windows Media Player or other programs where I watch video and listen to audio.

Audio Hijack lets you move beyond the "loudest" settings in your volume control and boost the sound so you can listen more easily, particularly with home-made audio and video where levels are often set too low. Here's how.

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1. Launch Audio Hijack Pro.
2. Open the main window by choosing Window > Audio Hijack Pro.
3. In the left-hand column, select the program you wish to amplify.
4. Click one of the "Click here to insert effect" squares.
5. Choose FourFX Effect > Gain. A gain control appears.
6. Click the Hijack button to enable the new effect.
7. Adjust the right-hand Gain controller to boost the hijacked program's volume in real time.

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“New York State Senator Eric Adams and his colleagues honored Trayvon Martin on Monday by wearing hoodies to the March 26, 2012 Senate legislative session in Albany.”

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For an intense decade between 1935 and 1946, Weegee (1899–1968) was one of the most relentlessly inventive figures in American photography. His graphically dramatic and often lurid photographs of New York crimes and news events set the standard for what has become known as tabloid journalism. Freelancing for a variety of New York newspapers and photo agencies, and later working as a stringer for the short-lived liberal daily PM (1940–48), Weegee established a way of combining photographs and texts that was distinctly different from that promoted by other picture magazines, such as LIFE. Utilizing other distribution venues, Weegee also wrote extensively (including his autobiographical Naked City, published in 1945) and organized his own exhibitions at the Photo League. This exhibition draws upon the extensive Weegee Archive at ICP and includes environmental recreations of Weegee's apartment and exhibitions. The exhibition is organized by ICP Chief Curator Brian Wallis.

This exhibition was made possible with support from the ICP Exhibitions Committee, The David Berg Foundation, an Anonymous donor, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The touch screen content was produced by Documentary Arts in association with Octothorp Studio.