FreewareFiles Editor's Review
AIMP
is a sophisticated but free music player that you can use to perform
other functions that you would otherwise accomplish using separate
programs. For example, you can use it as an audio recorder, converter, a
tag editor and even scheduler.
Installing AIMP
The process of installing AIMP was straightforward. It gave us the
option to install it to our Windows system or use it as a portable
program from our chosen drive and folder. The easy-to-follow
instructions allowed us to integrate the MP3 player to Windows context
menu even when we chose the portable option.
Using AIMP
The player displayed a relatively simple user interface featuring a
dark theme, which we could change. Immediately to the top right side of
the main program window was an equalizer window.
Equalizer
The equalizer included 22 presets that we could select from or adjust
the bars manually to make our own preferred setting. We could also let
the player auto-adjust equalizer preset for a track. The window included
a preamp level adjuster and speaker balance slide bar. We could choose
to display the equalizer window on the left side of the main player
window or turn it off.
The equalizer was not activated by default, but we activated it under
DSP Manager from where we could make several other adjustments. For
example, we could add and adjust the levels of such sound effects as
echo, reverb, flanger, chorus, bass, enhancer, speed, tempo and pitch.
The player also allowed us to choose different mixing options, including
manual and automatic track switching.
Playback
When AIMP started playing a track, the track’s name and other details
displayed on the top section of the computer screen for about five
seconds irrespective of the program we were using. It also kept rolling
the name on the upper part of its interface, including other details
like size, bitrate and samplerate.
Whenever we selected a new track or folder, we had to either type a
name for our playlist or choose the one entered by default. The player
displayed buttons with the names of the last three folders, which we
could click on to start playing tracks. The search bar on the lower part
of the interface allowed us to jump to a specific track on the selected
folder, and pressing Enter launched the track.
In addition to common features like shuffle and repeat, the program’s
interface let us choose different visualizations, which included
graphic equalizer and analog meters that changed in tune with the
playing track.
Utilities
The Tag Editor feature enabled us to either add or remove tags to or
from selected tracks. The audio converter allowed us to convert files to
several formats, including APE, FLAC, MusePack SV8, OGG Vorbis, Opus,
WAVE, WavePack and WMA. However, MP3 format was not included for patent
reasons, but the player gave instructions on what to do.
Conclusion
Although AIMP is a free music player, it is a versatile program that gives you more functions in one small package.
Software Product Description
An advanced multimedia player that includes an audio converter,
recorder, and tag editor. Includes an easy to use interface, small size
and minimal use of system resources.
Features:
- Multiformat Playback: MP1, MP2, MP3, MPC, MP+, AAC, AC3, OGG, FLAC,
APE, WavPack, Speex, WAV, CDA, WMA, S3M, XM, MOD, IT, MO3, MTM, UMX
- Crystal-clear sound, technology of reproduction essentially differs from Winamp and WMP;
- Internet radio - Listen and capture internet-radio stations to OGG / WAV / MP3 formats
- Online Radio Browser - View catalogs of Shoutcast and Icecast services
- CoverArt Downloader - Search and download album covers from the Internet
- Tag Editor - You can easily edit tags of audio files and rename
group of files, sort files by template or apply tags to a group of
files
- Audio Library - Represents the music files organizer, which
allows you easily organize your music, set marks for listened Tracks,
keeping playback statistics.
- Great functionality and user-friendly interface
- Creating bookmarks and playback queue
- 18-band equalizer and built-in sound effects - Reverb, Flanger, Chorus, Pitch, Tempo, Echo, Speed
- 32-bit audio processing - For the best quality!
- Work with multiple playlists - While one plays - you work with another
- Support for plugins - You can add new utils or extend already existing
- Multi-user mode support - Are several users working with one computer? This is no problem!
- Multilanguage interface
- Hotkeys - Configure local and global hotkeys as you wish!
- Files search - Search files on all opened playlists
- Flexible programm options
- Alarm Clock
- Auto shutdown the computer - You can sleep while listening
favorite music, just set the timer to shutdown the computer at given
time or on playback finis
System Requirements:
- Sound Card
- DirectX 8.1 or above
