MP3 Ripping Software - Part II

Welcome to MP3 Ripping software - Part II. Last week I reviewed such MP3 rippers as AudioCatalyst, AudioGrabber, Earjam IMP, HyCD Play&Record and MusicMatch. I hope you have tried the software, reviewed last week for yourself. This week I have reviewed more MP3 rippers for you to play with.

Sonic Foundry SIREN XPress 2.0
With Siren XPress 2.0 you can have a music and video entertainment center on your PC. With its sleek new look and easy user interface, own MP3 player, Internet radio, and video support you have a state of the art MP3 ripper. SIREN XPress enables you to surf the net and find more great music to add to your collection. MP3, WAV, and WMA files are all supported with more features such as additional portable player support, assignable track ratings, reverb and time-stretch presets, support for inserting your own data fields into the music library. You can create custom playlist, link to CDDB, choose your favorite skins to customize the look and Siren XPress contains visual effects that pulse and interact with your songs. Stripping range from 64 to 320kbps and VBR is supported. Download a free or shareware version from the publisher’s site.

EasyMP3
EasyMP3 is a very simple ripper with its easy, intuitive interface. Simply insert an audio CD into your drive, open Windows explorer and right-click the mouse on the track(s) you wish to encode. Other features include complete support for CDDB2, custom file naming, jitter correction and ID3 tag creation and editing. WMA and MP3 encoding are both available, with ripping range from 32 to 320kbps. EasyMP3 is available for Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000. Any of these versions can be downloaded as free or can be purchased from the publisher’s site.

MP3 Home Studio
With MP3 Home Studio you can rip, play, and burn your CD’s. WAV and MP3 conversions are possible with MP3 Home Studio. All functions are carried out using separate applets, in the same interface. Features include, new skins, customizable text colors, state-of-the-art 10-band graphic equalizer, stunning visualizes, able to print custom CD jewel case inserts, MP3 Player which handles more types of non-standard MP3s, and ripper and burner work with a wider range of CD devices. MP3 Home Studio supports CDDB links, also offers from MP3 downloads from MP3.com & e-music and auto playlist can be generated after ripping. Ripping options include VBR; ripping range from 32 to 320kbps and files can be converted to WAV or MP3. Download a trial or purchase a copy of MP3 Home Studio from the publisher’s site.

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