Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About
June 23, 2009 – 8:52 am | 57 Comments

There is an impressive range of excellent freeware Windows enhancements and tweaks. This posting will present forty three excellent additions to Windows that you will like.

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Xrecode: a powerful audio converter with innovative features
July 16, 2008 – 10:22 pm | 12 Comments

Xrecode Screenshot3Xrecode is a free audio file conversion program that supports a wide range of formats. It can also perform CUE splitting of audio files as well as an experimental feature that detects automatically silences to split a large audio file. Xrecode is optimized for converting multiple files in parallel in systems with muli-core CPUs.

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ATunes: get a sophisticated mp3 player with Last.fm integration
June 18, 2008 – 6:21 am | 7 Comments

ATunes ScreenshotATunes is an open source program that combines a powerful, full-featured music player with a Last.fm-powered recommendation engine. Available features include CD ripping, internet radio, audio podcasts, smart playlists, support for portable audio devices, and others.

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Album Art Downloader XUI: batch-download missing album art
June 12, 2008 – 6:15 am | 9 Comments

Album Art Downloader ScreenshotAlbum Art Downloader XUI is a free program that can download and save album art into your music folders. It is designed to scan your albums for missing album art and perform simultaneous multiple searches in batch. It also offers shell integration for quick album art lookups on the folder level.

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OpenPandora: put Pandora on your desktop
June 9, 2008 – 11:28 pm | 6 Comments

openpandora screenshot3OpenPandora is an open source local client the delivers the Pandora online music service right to your desktop. It allows you to interact with Pandora from the main program dialog or from the tray icon.

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VolumeTouch: control system volume with the mouse (or hotkeys)
June 6, 2008 – 1:43 am | 15 Comments

VolumeTouch screenshotVolumeTouch gives quick control over your PC’s volume by using a combination of hotkeys and the mouse or arrow keys.

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RipShout: rip Shoutcast internet radio stations to your hard drive with RipShout
April 22, 2008 – 7:27 pm | 14 Comments

Ripshout ScreenshotRipShout saves the audio from “shoutcast” internet radio stations directly to your hard drive. It will preserve the song’s IDv3 tag info and organize recorded audio by creating a folder for each artist and saving the individual tracks within it.

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Convert across many audio formats and create audio CDs with Pepsky Free Audio Converter
April 19, 2008 – 6:38 pm | 11 Comments

Pepski Free Audio Converter ScreenshotPepsky Free Audio Converter is a free program that can convert audio files across a wide range of formats, burn audio CDs playable with any CD player, burn audio-file CDs in many formats, and rip CD’s into MP3 or other formats.

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BBoxV2: get a powerful yet lightweight audio player and manager
April 18, 2008 – 8:31 am | 34 Comments

BBox V2 ScreenshotBBox Audio Player (BBoxV2) is a free lightweight audio player/manager that offers a good range of features including CD ripping, audio file tagging management, internet radio, automatic volume normalization, audio library management functions, and others.

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Moby Gratis: find free music for your independent, student, or non-profit film, courtesy of Moby
April 15, 2008 – 7:49 pm | 11 Comments

MobyheadMoby Gratis is an archive of instrumental music clips created by the alternative rock/electronic music maestro Moby. These are available to anyone to download and legally use in their film projects, provided that these are independent, student, non-commercial, or non-profit films.

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Create ringtones from your favorite MP3s with ToneShop
March 29, 2008 – 6:29 am | 22 Comments

ToneShop ScreenshotToneShop is a small, free program that can create ringtones out of your audio files for any phone that supports a true audio ringtone, including the Apple IPhone. It provides the ability to quickly and easily select a snippet of sound from within your audio files to be used as a ringtone.

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Mp3ListShellEx: create audio playlists on the fly, in the context menu
March 17, 2008 – 8:47 pm | 7 Comments

Mp3ListShellEx ScreenshotMp3ListShellEx is Windows Explorer shell extension that allows you to create playlists or text lists of your MP3s simply by highlighting a folder and selecting an option from the right click context menu.

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