Music tools for streaming, ripping, recording and managing

The best music tools


Tip 1: Manage and organize music better


Anyone who has saved many music files on the computer loses track of the results. With the appropriate program, you can manage and organize your collection - for example with Mediamonkey. The tool helps sort and browse songs. To get more order in your files, open the songs from a folder or from a hard drive. In the lower part of the program, right-click on a piece. Now you can rate songs, tag them automatically, or place files in a database according to predefined criteria.


Tip 2: Play songs with the right player


The program automatically searches the tags on the Internet. Of course you can also add your own information. Mediamonkey also tracks files according to specific characteristics, such as format, genre, artist, location, or year. The program can deal with WAV, MP3, FLAC or OGG and also manage video clips. You create your own playlists, or let the tool create what. Mediamonkey is also a full-featured audio player, ripping and converting songs from CDs and burning files. It also serves as an alternative to annoying iTunes: you can sync songs or folders with your iPod or other MP3 players.


Tip 3: Ripping and recording songs from CDs


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The German-language tool looks unclear at first glance because of the various functions. However, the operation is simple - and using tabs similar to the browser, you can keep track of the different playlists.


An alternative is the open source audio player aTunes. You can also use it to create playlists, and you can add songs by any criteria, such as year of publication, genre, or album. Information about the artist, his / her album or the song is loading the tool from the Internet. In addition, you can create favorites or view statistics about your most favorite songs. In addition, aTunes shows the lyrics, if available, and rips the songs of CDs.


You can of course play your music collection with the Windows Media Player. Or you can use a program that offers much more (and more beautiful) features: one of them is Foobar2000: The audio player provides files in all conceivable formats such as WAV, MP3, OGG, MPEG4, FLAC. The operation is simple: With File / Open you open music files, with File / Open Audio CD the tracks on a CD. A special feature is the possibility for individual customization: On the one hand, you can change the appearance of the English-language software via the menu bar and View / Layout / QuickSetup. Here you select background colors and determine which information about the songs are displayed - only artist and title or preview of the cover?


But Foobar is even more so, the program is a true all-rounder. You can rip CDs that convert songs to a different format and store them in the appropriate folder. With Foobar you can create playlists and tag songs. On the other hand there are countless plugins on the manufacturers homepage. This allows you to expand your player as much as you want, for example, to burn music or to display the song lyrics. Foobar can also be controlled remotely using plug-ins via Android or iOS.


There are more alternatives: The good old Winamp about. The program is no longer just a player. It can also rip CDs, convert music to other formats and burn directly. Two features: With Winamp, you synchronize your music library with MP3 players, and you have access to online radio stations.


You want to listen to the music from your CDs in the future with the smartphone or MP3 player and digitize them? Then you need a CD-Ripper, for example the Audiograbber. The small program has proved itself as a helpful tool. It reads the title information of the disc and looks for the correct name in the internet database Freedb. So you do not have to name each piece individually. They also create playlists with the Audiograbber. The German-language program can deal with all common formats and is easy to use: Insert a CD, click on the disc icon with the title Update. To add the tracks, select the Freedb button. Under standard, adjust the volume as desired, and you can rip the selected pieces with Grabbed.


An alternative is FreeRip, which can also retrieve the title information from the Freedb database. The tool converts the tracks into any format, such as WAV, MP3, FLAC or Ogg-Vorbis. Do you want to record music, such as webradios, YouTube, or the notebook's microphone? One of the most comprehensive and easy-to-use programs for this is the Apowersoft Streaming Audio Recorder. A search engine for video portals and a web radio interface, both with direct download possibility are integrated. In the latter case, simply click the Record button.


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The results convert the German-language streaming audio recorder into the desired format, eg MP3, AAC, OGG or WAV. Convenient: The program automatically captures recorded music using the Internet. In addition, time-controlled recordings are also possible: you specify a time at which the streaming audio recorder should start. You also specify the length or end point of the recording.