dBpoweramp
 
illustrate's founding vision was to create innovative high quality audio programs. With strong audio codec support: mp3, mp4, m4a (AAC, iTunes & iPod), Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, using dBpoweramp ensures maximum compatibility. Our areas of expertise:
 

CD Ripping    we take ripping seriously, do you?  

 

When Ripping Audio CDs it is vital to: Rip Fast, Error Free and have Quality Metadata (track titles). dBpoweramp CD Ripper excels in these key areas:

  • CD Ripper is Fast, as fast your drive is able to Rip, don't waste your time.
  • Secure Ripping (Error Free) is our forté: dBpoweramp CD Ripper is regarded as the securest of the secure, not surprising from the inventors of AccurateRip, in short when choosing a CD Ripper, don't just rip your CDs, AccurateRip them!
  • CD Ripper includes PerfectMeta which uses 4 providers: AMG, GD3, MusicBrainz and freedb simultaneously, has high resolution Album Art and extended fields such as Composer,
       

dBpoweramp CD Ripper is used by all segments of the market, from home users, enthusiasts right through to professionals (Batch Ripper is used by commercial CD Ripping houses).

  

 
  Audio Conversion    effortlessly convert between formats
 
 

dBpoweramp Music Converter has become 'the standard' tool for audio conversions, over 20 million users worldwide rely on dBpoweramp:

  • Huge range of audio codecs supported: mp3, mp4, m4a (AAC, iTunes & iPod), Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis and FLAC
  • Preservation of ID Tags and Album Artwork, correct mapping of ID Tags between tag types (where possible),
  • Multi-CPU encoding support,
  • Easy folder & drive selection with Batch Converter,
  • DSP effect support (ReplayGain, Volume Normalize, including DirectX and VST effects),
  • Pro-orientated codecs: BWF Wave, Dalet, mp2
  • Windows Explorer integration: audio info tips & columns,
       

When choosing an Audio Converter, no other audio program converts more multi-format audio files than dBpoweramp, we have spent 8 years perfecting format-compatibility and conversion stability.

  




CD Burning    write Audio CDs with ease 

 

Burning Audio CDs is easy with dBpoweramp CD Writer, create standard audio CDs (playable on ordinary CD players), even create mp3 data CDs:

  • Create audio CDs from practically any audio type,
  • 74, 80 & 90 minute CDs,
  • DVD audio data discs supported,
  • Gapless 'mix' CDs,
  • Mp3, WMA & Ogg Vorbis data CDs,
  • Rip  >  Mix (tracks)  >  Burn,

           

CD Writer is part of the dBpoweramp Reference Package.

 

Batch Ripping    large scale CD Ripping 

Batch Ripperappeals to commercial ripping houses, radio stations or even individuals with a large number of CDs to Rip:

  • Auto & manual loading (open design, most robots supported),
  • From one to many drives support,
  • Process overview of each drive and ripping status,
  • Highest quality metadata providers: AMG & GD3,
  • Lowest commercial per-CD metadata rates,
  • Extensive customizable meta-data rule sets,
  • Over 120 discs per hour through-put, per machine (6x drives)

       

Batch Ripper is used by the largest commercial CD ripping houses 24 / 7 and is supplied with dBpoweramp Reference.

dBpoweramp is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2000, NT4 and Windows 98 as well as 64 bit varieties.

 Tips from Spoon  

Install additional audio decoders & encoders from Codec Central, Spoon's Audio Guide a guide to the world of digital audio.
 
     
  dBpoweramp News

 New Releases  

CD Writer R3 23th June 2008 Major update, gapless CDs & R13 compatible
Music Converter R13 2nd June 2008 introduces PerfectMeta™, uses 4 Internet meta data providers simultaneously!
DSP Effects R3 26th April 2008  Many new effects
FLAC R11 (1.2.1)  26th April 2008: Improved tag writing performance
AIFF R7  26th April 2008: Better iTunes Compatibility (album art)
Ogg Vorbis aoTuV R2  11th March 2008: SSE3 encoder added
Window Media Audio R5  23rd January 2008: Support for multi-artists in ID Tags
m4a (AAC & Apple Lossless) R7  9th September 2007: compatibility fix for latest Nero encoder
   

 Now Testing  

Musepack (mpc) R8 using SV8  
WMA Pro 10 R6 better tagging compatibility  
[Tag From Filename] create ID Tags from the filename,  
[ID Tag Update] R2 export album art to cover.jpg, etc. Multiple Artists into Artist1; Artist2  
[Encode Local] speeds up encoding to network shares
dBpoweramp Batch Ripper testing of this exciting development
dBpoweramp CD Writer R3 vista & R12 compatible, Gapless audio CDs

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