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Download link: MUSICMATCH Plus
Price: only 19.99$
MusicMatch Jukebox Plus
Just when you thought MusicMatch couldn't pack anything else into its popular player, along comes version 8.2. MusicMatch includes all the features you expect from an audio player, including an MP3 ripper, a CD burner, and a music jukebox, and version 8.2 adds improved burning and support for a new encoding scheme called mp3PRO. Add MusicMatch's stellar radio features, which now include a radio "wish list" that lets you tag songs that you might want to (gasp!) purchase later, and this version may finally be worth paying for. MusicMatch made a few tweaks to the Basic package (it has a new look and now streams with Pentium 4 processors, for example), but there's not enough new here to make us want to upgrade immediately. To create a master list of playable files, simply drag and drop audio files or folders into the Windows Explorer-like My Library window. Let 'er rip MusicMatch offers excellent ripping features to help copy tunes from a CD to your machine or portable player. Play that funky music According to MusicMatch's Web site, this app can play almost every audio file type in the book, from MP3 to WAV. To play a song that's in your Music Library, simply double-click its title or drag a selection of songs into the playlist window and activate the Auto DJ feature. This nifty tool lets you specify up to three attributes per file (such as Artist, Genre, Tempo, and Mood), then rounds up all the songs that match those specifications and plays them. Files that lack ID3 tags won't display properly in your playlist and will cause trouble when you try to use the Auto DJ feature. You can add these tags to your files with Super Tagging, a new tool that examines audio files and matches the appropriate ID3 tags based on certain characteristics, such as filename. We suggest that true music lovers check out Radio MX, which includes the same goodies you find in the free service, plus near-CD-quality streams (MP3 files compressed at 96kbps) and a variety of ways to help you track down the music of certain artists, genres, and time periods so that you can design your own station.
