| Title | Mp3 to Mp3 Conversions |
Encoding Engine |
Normal- ization |
Comp- ression |
Trim Silence | Shareware/Demo Limitations |
Personal Observations | Retail Price |
| Audio Catalyst (Xing) v2.1 |
No | XingMP3 | Yes | No | Yes | Rips random CD tracks, Encode only 128k MP3, Cannot load Wav files. | Uncanny likeness to AudioGrabber. A predecessor? | $29.99 |
| AudioGrabber v1.81 |
No | Frnhfr(56k) External |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Randomly rips only half of a CDs Tracks. | Brighter highs at 56k than other Fraunhofer encoders. | $20 |
| Cool Edit 2000 v1.1 |
Yes | Frnhfr | Yes | Yes | Yes | 30 minutes per session, No save function. | Lots of great editing features. Manual, analog CD ripping is slow & cumbersome. | $69 |
| EZ CD-DA Extractor v4.6.1 |
Yes | Frnhfr(56k) Lame Others |
Yes | No | No | Limited to 20 uses. | Brighter highs at 56k than other Fraunhofer encoders. | $24.95 |
| Goldwave v4.25 |
Yes | External | Yes | Yes | Yes | Shareware notices. | Pending... | $35-$40 |
| MusicMatch v7.0 |
Yes | Frnhfr | No | No | Yes | Slower Encoding & fewer misc utils. | Nice library cataloging system. | $19.99 |
| MP3 Gain v1.0.3 |
No | N/A | Yes | No | No | None | Intelligent Normalization. Best one I've found. No loss in audio quality. | Free |
| MP3 Trim v1.78 |
No | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | 2.5meg filesize limitation, no batch processing. | Nice, very fast normalizer with no audio quality loss. But it's over priced. | $80 |
| Title | Function | Shareware/Demo Limitations |
Personal Observations | Retail Price |
| EncSpot | MP3 Analyzer | Fully functional shareware version. Pro version has nice cache feature | Reports many properties of MP3's, but I use mostly the reports on encoding rate, Sync Errors, and bad last files. | $19.99 |
| mp3DirectCut | MP3 Editor | None | Takes a little time to become familiar with the interface, but a nice little "quickie" MP3 editor. | Free |
| TagScanner | MP3 Tag Editor/File ReNamer | None | Again, takes a little time to become familiar with the interface, but a nice little "quickie" utility. | Free |