MP3 Producer 2.58

Published by: Codrut Nistor, in Reviews

October25th2007

Many of us have already used various software to transcode the music from audio CDs into MP3 files so that we can listen to them on our computers. Today I’m going to present to you the MP3 Producer, one of the most recommended Audio CD-Rippers that can offer advanced options of MP3 tagging and bitrate setting.

A friend of mine prefers some other piece of software because that one has a special method of ripping the songs by extracting WAV files and then converting them into the desired format. What he didn’t know is that MP3 producer not only that it does this in a professional way, but also offers a lot of tweaking options for the encoding process and the tags of the files that are being obtained.

The file formats that are supported by the application are the following: MP3, WAV, OGG and WMA. Not only does the program rip CDs, but it also encodes files, from WAV to MP3, OGG, WMA, and decodes MP3, OGG and WMA into the WAV format. The format range with the values for the bitrates are: MP3 - MPEG1 and MPEG2, constant (CBR) and variable bitrates (8-320 kbps), WAV - 22050/44100 Mono/Stereo, OGG - constant, variable bitrates and average (ABR) bitrates (8-320 kbps), WMA - constant and variable bitrates (5-320 kbps) using the Windows Media Audio 9.1 Voice, Professional, Lossless codecs.

Applicability: Put all your old CDs to rest – you can take all the songs from them into your computer. I would suggest though that the ripping must be done at a higher bitrate as possible in order to keep the quality levels.

Pro(s): The interface is very user-friendly and quite intuitive. It has been translated in very many languages as well, so you can understand and work with it much better.

Con(s): Apparently a friend who tested the program just like I did used an Audio CD with some sort of protection and thus the program could not extract the files! I think the developers should look into this as there is software out there capable of creating digital back-ups even for copy-protected Audio CDs.

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