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Direct MP3 Recorder Free 1.0
With Direct MP3 Recorder you can record high quality audio in 4 formats (MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, Wave) from internal or external sources through sound card on your computer. You can record audio when you play games, watch online video, movies, or listen to music even if it is protected. You can also digitize analog LP records and tapes, record voice from microphone, or other source such as MIDI, VCR, Internet audio streaming, Skype calls or other VoIP calls, Quick Time, Real Player, Flash, iTunes and other software. You can minimize software to system tray and do speedy recording through system wide hot keys while using other application or game. You can have automated recording start synchronized with music start through signal detection feature, or scheduled recordings through timers when you are out of home.
AACoder Plus Free 1.1
AACoder Plus provides an easy and completed way to convert between most of the popular audio formats. With AACoder Plus users can batch convert music between 5 major audio formats: Wave, Mp3, Mp4 (AAC), WMA, Ogg Vorbis. Product supports AAC Mp4 file type - probable inheritor of Mp3 due to its crisp, rich, clean audio quality rivaling that of uncompressed CD audio. AAC also has much more efficient compression resulting in smaller file size and very fast encoding. AAC Mp4 audio format is supported by major hardware and software products like iPod and iTunes. AACoder Plus is very easy to use. Just add the files you want to convert to the list, conveniently listen audio preview of the selected file, select the format you want to use, and then click the convert button. You can easily convert your existing music by adding whole folders and sub folders containing audio files to conversion list. High converting speed and batch conversions result in a simple and boredom-free process. Besides all this, AACoder Plus can even automatically shut down your computer, so you can leave it running while you go out or go to bed! Software performs fast automated conversions due to its advanced encoding technology and lack of intermediary files.