FREEWARE - FOR MUSIC FANS

GRATIS PROGRAMMA'S


CD burner XP

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

Key Features

  • burn all kinds of discs

  • audio-CDs with or without gaps between tracks

  • burn and create ISO files

  • data verification after burning process

  • create bootable discs

  • multi-language interface

  • bin/nrg → ISO converter, simple cover printing and much more!

  • Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista/2008/Win7 (x86 / x64)


INFRA RECORDER

InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration. InfraRecorder is free software released under GPL version 3.

Features

  • Create custom data, audio and mixed-mode projects and record them to physical discs as well as disc images.

  • Supports recording to dual-layer DVDs.

  • Blank (erase) rewritable discs using four different methods.

  • Record disc images (ISO and BIN/CUE).

  • Fixate discs (write lead-out information to prevent further data from being added to the disc).

  • Scan the SCSI/IDE bus for devices and collect information about their capabilities.

  • Create disc copies, on the fly and using a temporary disc image.

  • Import session data from multi-session discs and add more sessions to them.

  • Display disc information.

  • Save audio and data tracks to files (.wav, .wma, .ogg, .mp3 and .iso).


AUDACITY
Sound recorder & Editor

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
You can use Audacity to:

Record live audio.
Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files.
Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together.
Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
And more!
AUDACITY REQUIRED LAME MP3 ENCODER


7-ZIP File Manager

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

7-Zip is open source software.You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip.
Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license.
The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions.
You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization.

 The main features of 7-Zip

  • High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression

  • Supported formats:

    • Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR

    • Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS

  • For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip

  • Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats

  • Self-extracting capability for 7z format

  • Integration with Windows Shell

  • Powerful File Manager

  • Powerful command line version

  • Plugin for FAR Manager

  • Localizations for 69 languages


MP3 TAG
The Universal Tag Editor

Mp3tag is a powerful and yet easy-to-use tool to edit metadata (ID3, Vorbis Comments and APE) of common audio formats. It can rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and more. The program supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs.

Main features:

  • Write ID3v1.1-, ID3v2-, APEv2-Tags and Vorbis Comments to multiple files at once

  • Full Unicode support

  • Support for embedded cover art

  • Automatically create playlists

  • Recursive subfolders support

  • Remove parts or the entire tag of multiple files

  • Rename files based on the tag information

  • Import tags from filenames

  • Format tags and filenames

  • Replace characters or words from tags and filenames

  • Regular Expressions

  • Export tag information to user-defined formats (like html, rtf, csv, xml)

  • Import tag information from online databases like freedb or Amazon (also by text-search)

  • Import tag information from local freedb databases

  • Support for ID3v2.3 (ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16) and ID3v2.4 with UTF-8

  • and much more ...


Creevity MP3 Cover Downloader

Creevity Mp3 Cover Downloader
Easily find and add cover images (album arts) to your mp3 files. No matter to which folder you move your mp3 file, the saved cover will be always there for you. Download now the software that will simplify your life: searching and applying the covers for you with a mouse click.
Extended compatibility: covers will be shown in Windows, Mac, Windows Media Player, iTunes and many other players.


FastStone Image Viewer - Freeware


An image browser, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats. It has a nice array of features such as image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, color adjustments, musical slideshow and much more.


MP3 GAIN - SOUND ANALYSER

MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume.
Tired of reaching for your volume knob every time your mp3 player changes to a new song?


Duplicate cleaner is a useful program to help you organize the contents of your home hard drive or corporate network.

You'd be surprised just how many redundant or duplicate files you could find forgotten in an obscure documents folder. Duplicate Cleaner will deep scan for all types of files - photos, music, films/video, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, text files - you name it, if it appears twice on your computer then Duplicate Cleaner will find it. Once these files are found you are provided with helper tools to enable you to select which copies to delete or move.These files can be deleted to the recycle bin, moved into an archive elsewhere, or replaced with hardlinks.

  • The fastest free way to find duplicate files

  • Award Winning

  • Scan music tags - includes MP3,  iTunes (M4A) and more.

  • Delete, move or hard link duplicate files. Save disc space!

  • Multiple language support.

  • For Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

  • This Duplicate File Cleaner is Freeware!

Mr QuestionMan helps you to browse through your audio collection and it will show you useful information

Mr QuestionMan helps you to browse through your audio collection and it will show you useful information, like average bitrate, used encoder and settings, etc.

It supports many audio formats: MPEG Audio (mp3), Musepack (mpc), WAV (wav), TwinVQ (vqf), Ogg Vorbis (ogg), Windows Media Audio (wma), MPEG-4 AAC (mp4, m4a), AAC (aac), Speex (spx), Monkey's Audio (ape), WavPack (wv), FLAC (flac), TrueAudio (tta), OptimFROG (ofr), AC3 (ac3) and DTS (dts).


VLC MEDIA PLAYER

 

VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats
(MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.


CHEETAH AUDIO CONVERTER

Cheetah Audio Converter converts audio files, which you have the choice of mp3, ogg, wav, wma and vox. In addition, the program offers the possibility audio CD? S to be converted into mp3 and wav files, and CD-ROMs to burn at speeds up to 32x.
The CD-ripper show itself about the songs (title, artist name, etc.) of the Internet to retrieve, and the burner works quickly and smoothly.

VERY OLD DUAL PLAYER
NOT RECOMMANDED FOR VISTA AND 7
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

MP3 TUNES FIRST VERSION
Mix & Pitch control center for DJ's

MP3 Tunes is a dual mp3 player, that includes features like Pitch, Cue, Equalizer, Database,
Playlists (multiple formats supported), ID3v1 v2 tagging, jingle list and more.
It supports up to soundcards and offers automatic mixing, cross-fader, password protection,
pre-listening, file browser and much more. A great player for amateur DJs or MP3 enthusiasts.

VERY OLD DUAL PLAYER
NOT RECOMMANDED FOR VISTA AND 7
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

MP3 TUNES SECOND VERSION
Mix & Pitch control center for DJ's

MP3 Tunes is a dual mp3 player, that includes features like Pitch, Cue, Equalizer, Database,
Playlists (multiple formats supported), ID3v1 v2 tagging, jingle list and more.
It supports up to soundcards and offers automatic mixing, cross-fader, password protection,
pre-listening, file browser and much more. A great player for amateur DJs or MP3 enthusiasts.


VIRTUAL DJ - HOME EDITION

VirtualDJ is revolutionary software which allows audio and video mixing right from a computer. VirtualDJ designed to be simple and intuitive to use but do not be fooled — there are many advanced features to explore and customize.
VirtualDJ features everything you need for imaginative performance and mixing:
• Two virtual decks foc loading audio and video tracks, short clips and karaoke
• Extensive browsing functions utilizing 1D3 tag and custom information fields
• Comprehensive mixer th all the features that you would expect from a traditionat mixer (EQ, gain, crossfader)
• Audio and video effects processors
• Linking video to audio tracks for pre-selected visual enhancement to the audio
• Sampler for recording and playing back audio clips on the fly
• ClipBank for playing back video clips on the fly
• Smart and User-Defined (IN/OUT) Looping engine
• Real-time recording of your mixes (Audio and Video)
• Real-time webcasting of your sessions
Additionally, VirtualDJ indudes many innovative features to help you spend less time with the tedious, time-consuming aspects of DJing and mixing:
• Analysis of Beats Per Minute (BPM) and Key detection for Harmonic Mixing
• Automatic beat matching for quick mixing
• Computer Beat Grid for easy visual mixing
• Dynamic Hot Cue points
VirtualDJ are developed to be the most complete and extensive DJ software on the market today. Provicled an exhaustive set of features for you to take advantage of and create great mixes. Whether you are a beginner or a professional DJ, you will find working inside VirtualDJ to be fun. intuitive and highly elficient.

You can download VirtualDJ Home, it's free for non-commercial use.
For commercial use, please
buy VirtualDJ Pro.


BEST PRACTICE 1.03
SPEED / PITCH CONTROL

BestPractice description

BestPractice is a tool to slow down, speed up and/or pitch shift music, either from a wave file or directly from a CD
BestPractice is a tool to slow down or speed up music, either from a wave file or directly from a CD.
Ordinarily the sound is distorted when slowed down our sped up - you get the effect like when playing a 45 rpm record on 33 rpm speed.
BestPractice is a tool that slows down or speeds up music.
BestPractice tries to correct this, so you can slow down and speed up music, while keeping the original tune. Pitch shifting without affecting the length of the music is also possible.

BestPractice's possible uses among others are:
· Your favorite musician plays a solo that you want to study, but you can't figure it out on normal speed
· You'd like to transcribe music, but need to slow it down to hear it right
· You can tune the song to your instrument instead of the other way around
· You'd like to sing along, but you need to change the key to match your voice


FREE STUDIO MANAGER

Free Studio is a single package which bundles all free software from DVDVideoSoft to work with DVD, video and audio files!

With this free software you can convert video and audio files between different formats and to iPod, PSP, iPhone, BlackBerry and other portable devices; burn and rip DVDs and audio CDs; upload and download videos and music to your computer, iPod, PSP, iPhone and BlackBerry; perform basic editing of audio and video files.

Free YouTube Download - Free YouTube to MP3 Converter - Free YouTube to iPod and PSP Converter - Free YouTube to iPhone Converter - Free YouTube Uploader - Free DVD Video Converter - Free Video to DVD Converter - Free Video to Flash Converter - Free 3GP Video converter - Free Video to iPod and PSP Converter - Free Video to iPhone Converter - Free Video to MP3 Converter - Free Video to JPG Converter - Free Audio Converter - Free Audio to Flash Converter - Free DVD Video Burner - Free Disc Burner - Free Audio CD Burner - Free DVD Decrypter - Free Audio CD to MP3 Converter - Free Video Dub - Free Audio Dub - Free Video Flip and Rotate


SOUNDMAN - MP3 DJ Mixer / Player

Soundman is the only MP3 mixer/player that is specially designed to play dancehall, reggae and party music.
Within seconds after you have downloaded Soundman you will be able to start doing your own professionally sounding mixes, complete with sound system effects, rewinds and pull-ups.
Whether you are going to do mix tapes, play live, entertain your friends at home or just give your own reggae collection a new life.
Soundman is
excellent freeware "Piracy kills dancehall music", No time limitations, no spying, no ads. Just plain honest enthusiast software.

Soundman is de enige MP3 mixer/speler die speciaal is ontworpen voor het spelen van dancehall, reggae en feest muziek.
Snel te downloaden en dadelijk gereed voor professioneel gebruik met leuke geluidseffecten.
Het is een super MP3 mengpaneel/speler voor DJ's om bij feestjes of speciale gelegenheden te gebruiken.
Soundman is gratis "Piracy kills dancehall music", geen beperkingen, geen spyware en zonder reklame, een echte aanrader.


Jaangle

Jaangle (formerly Teen Spirit) is a free music player and organizer software. It categorizes your mp3, ogg, wma, avi etc collection and displays it in easy to browse, user interface. It has a quality audio - video player and also an integrated tag editor.

Features

This is a short list of the main features.

  • Player (Audio, video, equalizer, crossfading ...)

  • Music file tag editor (mp3, mpc, wma ...)

  • Management (Artists/Albums, Year/Albums ...)

  • Information downloading (Covers, Biographies, Album Reviews. Lyrics, Tablatures)

  • Quick web linking for extra info.

  • History logging

  • Info display

  • Advanced chearching

  • Visualizations

  • MSN Messenger (Now Playing) support

  • Renamer (& Mass Renamer)

  • Get Tags from filename

  • Auto dj mode (it is named "auto continue")

  • Mini Player Mode

  • Skins

  • Multi language interface

  • System friendly




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



KARAFUN - KARAOKE PLAYER


Gratis karaoke speler en editor
KaraFun is een gratis karaoke software voor Windows PC. Bijde zowel speler als editor, KaraFun bied een complete oplossing om koraoke te spelen en te maken bij u thuis.

Volledig en plezant, het speelt praktisch alle karaoke bestanden af: KFN, KAR, CDG, KOK, LRC... Gebruiksvriendelijk, de KaraFun editor laat u toe, snel en gemakkelijk, uw eigen karaoke songs van audio en midi muziek bestanden : MP3, OGG, KAR, MID...te maken.


LUPAS RENAME

Lupas Rename is a FREEWARE program developed to rename a big number of files.
It works on Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2K and WinXP.
It is a simple .EXE file and doesn't need any other external libraries.

  • Rename files and folders

  • Rename files in recursive subdirectories

  • Shell Integration (right click on a folder in the explorer to start LupasRename on these folder)

  • Instant Preview (Optional)

  • Undo the last rename operation

  • Make a Batch file to rename from a DOS Console

  • Make a Batch file for UNDO operation from a DOS Console

  • Save and Load your options into an INI File

  • Filter by any masks: *.mp3;*.mp2 or ???a*.txt...

  • Load/Edit a Text Files in a Small Editor to help renaming files

  • Sort Ascendent/Descendent by any column (name, path, size...)

  • ...

  • You can use TAGs in any text box to use special features when renaming


RENAME MASTER

Rename Master is a FREE utility for renaming large groups of files with a few clicks.
Anyone that has worked with websites, file archives, or collections of music, videos, or pictures has probably spent way too much time renaming hundreds of files.

This utility will add, remove, or replace parts of the filename with ease and also supports renaming via file properties, MP3 tags, JPEG JFIF and EXIF tags.
Batch renaming that's simple to use, yet still very powerful.
 

Features
- Intelligent number sorting
- JPEG/MP3 tag support and many more Meta-Variables
- Auto-Preview support
- "Scipts" to save commonly used renaming options
- [*] and [?] command prompt style wildcards for replacing and remove options
- "Undo" button so a renaming operation can be rolled back
- Floating thumbnail window for viewing pictures and optional thumbnail file list view
- Optional Explorer integration for right-clicking on folders or using "Send To"


BonkEnc

BonkEnc is a CD ripper, audio encoder and converter for various formats.
It can produce MP3, MP4/M4A, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Bonk and FLAC files.


The BonkEnc project has changed its name to fre:ac - free audio converter

BonkEnc makes it easy to convert your audio CDs to MP3 or Ogg Vorbis files which you can use in your hardware player or with your favorite audio software.
The program supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database and CDText and automatically writes song information to ID3V2 or Vorbis comment tags.

BonkEnc is currently available in 31 languages


AUDIOGRABBER
Sound Recorder & Editor

Audiograbber has the most features one can wish from such a program!
- make perfect digital copies of the original audio from cd's
- record your vinyl LP's or cassette tapes and make wav's or MP3's of them
- automatically normalize the music
- delete silence from the start and/or end of tracks
- tracks to MP3 encoder
- MP3/WMA encoders internally for automatic creation of MP3's or WMA's
- download and upload disc info from freedb, an Internet compact disc database
 


FREERIP
 

FreeRIP is a free Windows application that can convert your audio CDs to audio files (MP3, WMA, WAV, Ogg Vorbis or FLAC). It also is an audio file converter that can convert from a format to another. Now totally renewed version 3 is available for download. With FreeRIP converting your audio CD collection to digital encoded audio files is a matter of minutes. And the best is that it's FREE!

FreeRip users manuel


MP3 DIRECT CUT
 

mp3DirectCut is a fast and extensive audio editor and recorder for MP3.
You can directly cut, copy, paste or change the volume with no need to decompress your files for audio editing.
This saves encoding time and preserves the original quality, because nothing will be re-encoded.
The built in recorder creates MP3 "on the fly" from an audio input.
Using Cue sheets, pause detection or Auto cue you can easily divide long files.


1 BY 1 - THE DIRECTORY PLAYER
Tired of creating and updating playlists?

1by1 is a small, fast and handy player which is not only small:
 It provides powerful tools to handle your file collection and listen to your tracks.
Directory Player (needs no playlists) · Full resume play (remembers last track and position) · ACM (mp3) and mpglib (mp3/mp2) support · Winamp input plugin support · Audio dynamics and stereo enhancer · Gapless and track overlap · Directory finder (plays whole drives) · Cue sheet support · Playlist support · Favorites


FREE WMA TO MP3 CONVERTER
  • It's clean and free, without any adware or spyware.

  • It's stable and fast.

  • Easy-to-use wizard-like user interface helps you setup converting process easily.

  • It uses up-to-date and high quality libraries.

  • ID3 Tag can be derived from the input files automatically.

  • Batch Processing is supported, it can process an unlimited number of files at one time.

  • Detailed HTML help file is included.

  • The installing and uninstalling process is very easy.


SCREAMER  RADIO
Streaming internet radio - Freeware
 

Simple to handle - Recording of streams
Unobtrusive (easy to hide) - Cool Peakmeter
Can use multiple soundcards
Auto updating presets, straight from the directory
Playback Features
Shoutcast and Icecast MP3 Streaming
Icecast OGG Vorbis Streaming
WMA Streaming  - AAC Streaming
Recording buffer: start recording in the middle and still save the entire song!
Direct MP3 Audio stream saving, no loss of quality!
Direct OGG Vorbis stream saving, no loss of quality!
Or encode OGG Vorbis as MP3 using Lame
Encode WMA or AAC to MP3 using Lame

Simple to handle - Recording of streams
Unobtrusive (easy to hide) - Cool Peakmeter
Can use multiple soundcards
Auto updating presets, straight from the directory
Playback Features
Shoutcast and Icecast MP3 Streaming
Icecast OGG Vorbis Streaming
WMA Streaming  - AAC Streaming
Recording buffer: start recording in the middle and still save the entire song!
Direct MP3 Audio stream saving, no loss of quality!
Direct OGG Vorbis stream saving, no loss of quality!
Or encode OGG Vorbis as MP3 using Lame
Encode WMA or AAC to MP3 using Lame


EVILLYRICS

EvilLyrics is a free utility that automatically searches for lyrics as your song is played in your media player.
It searches over 5,000,000 lyrics.
Currently supports Winamp, Windows Media Player, iTunes, RealPlayer, Foobar, Jetaudio, QCD, MusicMatch, MediaMonkey and Yahoo! Music Engine. It contains no spyware or adware and is completely free.


PrintFolder

CdCoverCreator
 

A powerful tool to create your own CD covers for both Audio and Data CDs.
Use CdCoverCreator to create your covers, inlays, labels, and even booklets.


 


LAME is considered the best MP3 encoder at mid-high bitrates and at VBR, mostly thanks to the dedicated work of its developers and the open source licensing model that allowed the project to tap into engineering resources from all around the world.
Both quality and speed improvements are still happening, probably making LAME the only MP3 encoder still being actively developed.

 



 

 

 

 


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