AIMP is the best audio player we’ve tested in a long time. It’s beautifully designed and has tons of features that make it the perfect choice as your default player.

With AIMP you can organize your MP3 files in a library, edit tags if necessary and enjoy them in excellent audio quality. AIMP works with other popular formats as well, including karaoke files and several playlist formats.

AIMP offers all the standard playback functions you find in other similar apps: an 18-band equalizer, visualization effects, a separate window to view your current playlist, fading effect between songs, a normalizing filter to avoid sudden volume changes and support for global hotkeys.

But there’s more to AIMP than just that. The program also plays online streaming radio stations, includes a complete tag editor and can be set to repeat a certain part of the song – which comes in handy when you’re trying to decipher the lyrics!

The interface in AIMP is both attractive and intuitive. All functions and buttons are clearly laid out, and the design can be easily tweaked with skins.

We tried hard to find any, but there are really no cons about AIMP. It’s an awesome audio player you just have to try.

If you’re still searching for the perfect music player, AIMP may be the answer.

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FreeWorship uses smooth transitions and a simple style editor to make running a service easier more professional than ever using only free software. FreeWorship is a rich presentation software containing many features, yet remains simple to use. No need to spend a long time learning how to use a new piece of software, as the interface is intuitive.

FreeWorship is aimed for everyone from the computer novice to those advanced users. We have designed the interface so that it is easy to use making all the common features easily accessible but have still packed it with advanced features.

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Most of us who own an MP3 player or play digital music on a computer will admit that it’s possible to get a little precious over your audio collection. There’s something very satisfying about having a hoard of music with the correct track and album names for each song. Not only does it look a lot cleaner in your player, but it makes it a darn sight easier to organize your collection and manage playlists. Ensuring that all the tags in your audio files are correct can be a thankless task, but there’s plenty of software around that will make a much quicker job of it.

mp3Tag is one of the better tag editors around, allowing you to edit the metadata (the information about a track’s name, size, album name, artwork, etc.) with a good degree of autonomy. The app lets you rename files based on this tag information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, and create playlists. It carries out its dutiesdoes the job very well too. For instance, the program has a much cleaner interface than many of its rivals and is smaller to boot, making it very quick and responsive.

If you find that you have a lot of different audio formats on your machine that you want to keep in check then mp3Tag is perfect. It supports virtually every major audio file type, so you can edit tags for Ogg, Musepack, and AAC/MP4, besides just MP3s. tThe program isn't just a tagger, as it also includes cutting and joining functions that perform pretty well.

Perhaps the biggest boon though is the inclusion of a link-up with the online FreeDB database to import tags from the appropriate album, spelling a swift end to those MP3 albums you get with track names like ‘track01’, ‘track02’, ‘track03’, etc.) While the data returned from the FreeDB is sometimes erroneous, it’s generally pretty good (though probably not quite as quick as the import tool in Tag&Rename).

It’s fair to say that mp3Tag is one of the clear leaders in its field, and considering it’s a freeware app, it’s well worth downloading if you want to clean- up your music collection. Tag editing is very quick and once you’ve given your audio the mp3Tag treatment, you should find it so much easier to organize your tracks.

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aTunes is a fully-featured audio player and organizer, with some ripping and encoding tools included. It's written in Java programming language (Java 5) and has a wide array of features-

aTunes is compatible with Mp3 and Ogg formats and reads ID3v1, ID3v1.1 and ID3v2 tags.
Amongst other highlights are:

• Tag editor
• Show pictures of song: pictures inside ID3v2 tag, or in the same folder.
• Load / save play list in m3u format.
• Navigate through songs sorted by tag information or by folder.
• Filters for fast find what you want.
• Songs, albums or artists can be marked as favorites, and viewed through a special view.
• Full view with all controls.

It also features a Cd ripper tool, using cdda2wav, lame and oggenc. Just put an audio cd on your computer, and select "Import CD" in the "Tools" menu. You can select which tracks rip, and get track names from OpenStrands. Tracks are ripped at default quality. For Windows users, binaries are included. For other OS, binaries must be installed.

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Adjust the Pitch without affecting the Tempo Sing or Play comfortably: Adjust song's pitch (musical key) on the fly, to match your vocal range or playing key. Is your favorite songs slightly off in pitch? No problem! Now you can micro-tune any song with great accuracy, in 1/100th of semitone steps. Create Loops Create and save any number of slowed down loops per track so you can repeatedly practice only the part of the song you are interested in. Instrument Isolator Allows you to emphasize the sound of a particular musical instrument, so you can hear and focus on the melody you are interested in (e.g. a guitar solo) much easier.

Adjust Tempo without affecting the Pitch Studio-quality slowdown results with incredible sonic clarity and fidelity. Adjust the tempo from 20% to 200% of the original speed. Slow enough to learn them note by note or hear fingering subtleties.

Allows you to emphasize the sound of a particular musical instrument, so you can hear and focus on the melody you are interested in (e.g. a guitar solo) much easier.

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The JamDeck organic music production studio includes: 39 Built-in instruments including pianos, guitars, drum kits, synthesizers, orchestral instruments, and more, 29 drum loops to help you kickstart your jams, a 32-beat live looper with overdubbing, an Integrated Mastering Engine with Vintage, Radio, and Coastal presets to make your jams sound great. Plus, support for USB MIDI keyboards and drum pad controllers including those from M-Audio, Akai, Korg, and other manufacturers. PC/Mac keyboard support for jamming on the road. External recording from microphones, soundcard input.

With JamDeck, it's easy to: Write short melodies and song stubs, capture musical ideas before they're gone, make beats and musical loops, record short vocal loops, external instruments, beatboxing, or drum beats from microphones and line inputs, and export your melodies to GarageBand, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, REAPER, and other digital audio workstations .

Are you a producer or songwriter? Try JamDeck today as a break from your existing DAW and see where your inspiration takes you. All your creations can be exported as MIDI and dragged directly into your DAW.

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Interface

Whether you choose the stable or beta series, Audacity is not very attractive, and can at first look complex. However, with a little experimentation it soon becomes a very usable application.

For live sound and digitizing old media, you need to feed audio into your computer via a cable. Your audio-in, or mic should be set up by default, but otherwise can be found in Preferences. Recording is then as easy as hitting the red button on the Audacity interface.

Easy to use

What makes Audacity great in this regard is that editing recordings is really simple, not tricky like some professional apps! Using the Highlight tool you can quickly cut, copy, or add effects to parts of tracks. Make a mistake and you can undo as many steps backward as you like, meaning you can experiment knowing nothing can be broken! As you can use up to 16 channels at once, Audacity gives users lots of flexibility.

Editing MP3 and other digital files is just as easy. Drag them into Audacity to open, and then do what you like with them. Adding fade ins or outs is easy, and you can save in whatever format you like. Audacity supports ID3 tags, so you can add all the meta data you like to saved tracks. There is lots more to Audacity, and luckily it has extensive documentation available online or to download.

Conclusion

Audacity is the best free audio editing tool around. It's an incredibly useful application, whether you're recording live or just editing audio files. Despite it's unattractive interface, Audacity is an essential download.

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If you're tired of iTunes and looking for an alternative music player and organizer, MusicBee may be the perfect choice.

MusicBee is a complete music manager and player with support for all popular audio formats. It features a multi-panel interface, similar to that of iTunes, where you can check all the relevant information about your music library: the current playlist, the contents of your collection, a small pane to display the song details, artwork and lyrics and a search tool to quickly locate any specific artist or track.

Besides listening to music and organizing your collection in a proper way – thanks to the MusicBee's impressive tool to find tags, artwork and lyrics - MusicBee also includes a few handy utilities, such as CD ripper and a file converter. The latter requires the Lame encoder, however, and you have to download that separately.

MusicBee stands out for many reasons. It lets you import music from Windows folders and from your iTunes or Windows Media Player libraries, includes a handful of visualization effects, can be easily controlled with keyboard hotkeys and features a really cool AutoDJ tool that creates playlists for you right on the spot. Oh, and in case you're wondering: yes, you can use MusicBee to play and sync the music on your iPod and other MP3 players, so don't you think it's worth a try?

MusicBee is an excellent alternative to iTunes: a complete music manager and player with all the tools and features you need to enjoy your music!

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When you think about music managers, iTunes is probably the first option that comes to mind. But that doesn't mean you should discount the alternatives.

Tuniac is one such alternative: a light and fast music manager that doubles as an audio player. While it doesn't feature as many tools and options as other managers, Tuniac is a perfectly valid tool if all you need is a simple, unobtrusive manager with playback capabilities.

Tuniac creates a library with all your music and then lets you create as many playlists as you want. The program also includes a built-in search tool to browse your MP3, and supports the usage of plug-ins to show the song currently playing in Messenger and on your desktop as well.

In short, Tuniac is a handy music manager that doesn't hog resources as much as other similar tools, but which still lacks advanced tools like global hotkeys, a decent tag editor or some nice visual effects.

If you're looking for a simple app to manage and play your music, Tuniac is your program: light on resources and with a handy, minimalist interface.

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If you're looking for something a little bit more intuitive when it comes to building playlists for iTunes and your iPod then you might be impressed with that beaTunes can do.

beaTunes works by analyzing the songs in your existing iTunes library and then correcting discrepancies such as double entries, incorrectly labeled songs and artists, misplaced genres and much more. When you run the library inspector on startup, it will display the errors or problems it has found and then ask you how many of them you'd like to correct. In the trial version, you can't make any corrections but you can see what's wrong with your collection.

beaTunes can also auto organize playlists by such things as genre, rating and even beats per minute. It could be regarded as a virtual DJ although as with all apps like these, some of the suggestions and mixes it will make will inevitably be a bit dodgy. beaTunes goes beyond what you've got installed on your Mac though, and interacts with both the iTunes store and Amazon database. This allows you to discover albums related to your music that you might not have heard or just follow the Amazon charts. The Amazon charts take a little while to load but you're presented with a thumbnail of each album currently in it plus you can divide the charts into genres too.

beaTunes is a nice little application that could help clean up your iTunes collection and introduce you to new music.

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1. Output file format supported: MP3, WAV, WMA, M4A, AAC and OGG. 2. Create ringtones for iPhone and other mobile phones. 3. Join audio files in different formats into big one. 4. Support batch mode and fade-in/out effects. 5. Support pre-listening every custom piece. 6. Well-configured presets to adjust the quality of the output formats. 7. Easy to use and wonderful interface.

1. Support setting start-time/end-time visually with a built-in player. 2. Drag-and-drop simplicity to add files easily. 3. Cut songs in different formats at the same time.

For all users who need to cut, join and convert audio files: MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, M4A and AAC.

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One of the first games to use cell-shaded graphics, Jet Set Radio combines action and platforming in a three dimensional environment, allowing you to use your in-line skates to grind around levels to collect spray paint cans so you can tag (spray signs) around the level.

Gameplay

Since the original Dreamcast controller has a lot less buttons than current generation controllers, you could consider Jet Set Radio a simple game to play. With buttons to jump, sprint, and tag with spray paint, combined with directional and camera controls, Jet Set Radio does not require a lot of button memorization.

The fictional city of Tokyo-to is broken up into individual levels, and you have to expand your gang’s territory by defending your turf and expanding into other rival group’s areas. This is accomplished by skating around levels and spraying your tag over theirs to claim the area.

Each level contains a time limit to completely tag the area. Tokyo-to’s police force is also out to stop you from tagging each area and send out SWAT police to stop you. You have a life bar in Jet Set Radio that falls each time you are hit by the police or vehicles that drive around each area. Also if you do not finish tagging an area by the time limit, you also fail the level.

The controls in Jet Set Radio still prove to be a challenge. Using a controller, you have to use the analog stick to perform patterns to complete tags. The larger the tag, the more patterns you have to complete. There was a problem with the controller recognizing the patterns that the game required, causing the loss of the combination for the score. Character movement is also really loose so changing directions in very easy, but try and use precise controls and you may have a problem.

Jet Set Radio’s core gameplay returns without any changes, but that also brought back the slightly annoying controls.

Graphics

If anything, Jet Set Radio’s graphics are bright. It features a new high definition resolution, causing the brightness to reach insane levels. The cell-shaded visuals allow for a cartoon and comic book effect, but the neon color palette can cause some eye strain. The characters are heavily stylized from the non-playable characters to the main characters that you can use.

Jet Set Radio's environments are detailed enough to give the world a real feeling in the game, but do not expect high levels of detail. It is an old game, but the cell-shading can hide the age of the game somewhat. It is surprising how well the game aged, considering newer games that use the cell-shaded technique, but Jet Set Radio’s visuals are also great.

A nice feature in Jet Set Radio is the ability to create your own tags to use in the game with the included editor. You can create almost anything you want based off the tools supplied, and it will not be long until players create very impressive tags that they created. It adds a level of customization to the game.

Audio

Jet Set Radio had one of the most incredible soundtracks and contains the majority of the original songs. The sound effects like spray painting are the same as the original and sound real. Other effects like the police officers are slightly cartoonish and there is a good amount of English voiceovers.

You will enjoy the soundtrack to Jet Set Radio, but most other sounds get lost because the soundtrack is just so good.

Worth the time?

Jet Set Radio is an excellent classic game. It is entirely worth playing if you have never experienced it before. Old school players who actually owned a Dreamcast will enjoy replaying it. It does have a different style than other action games because it actually meets quicker play gameplay. The timer in levels is slightly long and levels can get frustrating, but once you get past the learning curve it is a lot of fun.

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Interface

Let's first take a look at the FL Studio interface. Users familiar with FL Studio will instantly recognize the dark green tone and rounded windows of past versions. However, the structure of the program can be difficult for a first-time user to grasp.

The browser window on the left is your resource for any file you will need, from presets to projects and scores. Clicking on an item will open up a drop down selection of specific elements.

This library can be filled with more of your own loops and samples and carries an impressive amount of plug-ins like DirectWave, EQUO or Fruity Squeeze. FLStudio has a smart search function to quickly find any track, tool or effect.

Usability

To edit your tracks with FL Studio you can use the original pattern window, which contains all the instruments you have selected. You will have to create the pattern desired for each instrument.

You can also use the playlist window, divided into patterns at the top and audio tracks at the bottom. The playlist view features a handy paintbrush tool to color in your pattern. You can also decide to edit your tracks with the piano roll view, quite handy if you have a midi keyboard plugged in.

Anyone interested in connecting real instruments will appreciate that FL Studio also handles multiple midi-ins and features foot pedal sustain support. The FL Studio mixer features a good number of presets and you can fine tune your track with a high degree of precision.

Quality

FL Studio can be tricky at first; however those familiar with sequencers should have no trouble with it. All instruments and samplers are stereo, so to have multiple outputs you will have to create the desired number of instances.

Conclusion

FL Studio is a very good sequencer for anyone looking to create beats. The handy browser view and multiple editing windows like playlist, piano roll or pattern let you work how you feel best. A finely-tuned mixer and a large library of plug-ins also make this a very exciting audio editing application.

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Power Audio Cutter converts audio files from one format to another and can cut a part of file into a new audio file. It supports a huge range of formats namely WAV, MP3, M4A, AMR, WMA, AAC, MP4, AC3, AU, MP2 and AIFF audio formats.

It works via a very simple interface. Simply browse to the source file and then provide a location to save the file in the Output field. You can then play and preview the file in Power Audio Cutter, marking the in and out points that you'd like to cut from it.

The most useful thing about Power Audio Cutter is that you can select the output format you'd like to save the new file in along with the audio codec, the audio bitrate and the sample rate. Last of all, you can choose whether the sound should be in mono or stereo.

There isn't much more to it than that. Power Audio Cutter perhaps lacks a few added extras such as iTunes integration and advanced tweaking tools but for simple cutting of audio files, its very effective.

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Capturing sounds from your computer isn't as straightforward as it should be. Maybe there's an audio clip from a video you'd like to use or if you'd like to record part of a song to turn into a ringtone. Streaming Audio Recorder makes it easy and allows you to record any sound your computer produces.

The first thing most people will do with Streaming Audio Recorder is try to record streaming music from programs like Spotify and Pandora. While recording these songs "over the air" is illegal, Streaming Audio Recorder will work and captured streaming audio just fine. Streaming Audio Recorder limits users to 128 kbps recordings, which is on the low end of acceptable audio quality. Streaming Audio Recorder can also pick up sounds from your mic, if you have one connected.

There is a built in music search feature, which pulls up tracks and artists. This feature didn't work for us as we were repeatedly given "403 Forbidden" errors. While this feature is nice, it seems like an afterthought and it seems to pull tracks from all over the internet.

The trial version of Streaming Audio Recorder is pretty full featured but has a couple of limitations. There will be a five second nag screen you have to wait through before using the app and using some of its other features. Users will also be limited to recording a maximum of 3 minutes and can only download one track at a time.

Streaming Audio Recorder works well for recording system audio but its music search and downloading features are little more than an afterthought.

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Magic Audio Joiner is mp3 joiner, audio merger, wav joiner, wma joiner, m4a joiner, ac3 joiner in one! Drag audio files or folders in the program, set the metadata and join wma. You can also insert silence between songs and set sound quality.

Join your mp3, wav, wma, flac, ogg files into a single file easy and quickly!

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In addition, WMP Tag Plus allows you to also use the Advanced Tag Editor to edit the tags for newly supported formats. Windows Media Player 12 lacks the Advanced Tag Editor, but there you can use the new tag editor of the Windows Media Player Plus! plug-in to get the same result.

WMP Tag Plus is currently the only Windows Media Player tag support plug-in that is still up-to-date, actively supported and fully compatible with the latest versions of Windows and Windows Media Player. Other tag support plug-ins don't allow seeking during playback of newly supported formats either. Seeking is no issue at all when using WMP Tag Plus.

This plug-in is for the audio enthusiast who wants to use other formats than MP3 or WMA but still wants to stick with Windows Media Player's excellent library functionality.

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