Exact Audio Copy
EAC is used to convert the tracks on standard audio CDs to wav files, which can then be transcoded into formats such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WavPack, and FLAC using external encoders.
Max is an application for creating high-quality audio files in various formats, from compact discs or files.
max is an application for creating highquality audio files in various formats, from compact discs or files.
when extracting audio from compact discs, max offers the maximum in flexibility to ensure the true sound of your cd is faithfully extracted. for pristine discs, max offers a highspeed ripper with no error correction. for damaged discs, max can either use its builtin comparison ripper (for drives that cache audio) or the errorcorrecting power of cdparanoia.
once the audio is extracted, max can generate audio in over 20 compressed and uncompressed formats including mp3, ogg (vorbis), flac, aac, apple lossless, monkeys audio, wavpack, speex, aiff, and wave.
if you would like to convert your audio from one format to another, max can read and write audio files in over 20 compressed and uncompressed formats at almost all sample rates and and in most sample sizes. for many popular formats the artist and album metadata is transferred seamlessly between the old and new files. max can even split a single audio file into multiple tracks using a cue sheet.
max leverages open source components and the resources of mac os x to provide extremely highquality output. for example, mp3 encoding is accomplished with lame, ogg vorbis encoding with aotuv, flac encoding with libflac, and aac and apple lossless encoding with core audio. many pcm conversions are also possible using core audio and libsndfile.
max is integrated with musicbrainz to permit automatic retrieval of compact disc information. for mp3, flac, ogg (flac), ogg (vorbis), monkeys audio, wavpack, aac and apple lossless files max will write this metadata to the output.
max allows full control over where output files are placed and what they are named. if desired, max will even add the encoded files to your itunes library in a playlist of your choice.
Productivity Audio and Music Burn and Rip
Discontinued audio-cd-ripper musicbrainz lossless-audio
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Free Personal Windows
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Commercial Windows
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Commercial Windows
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Free Open Source Linux BSD
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Free Windows
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Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
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Free Windows
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Free Windows
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Free Open Source Linux