MP3 Rippers

*MP3 rippers read and extract raw audio files from a music CD. The files that MP3 rippers create are large wav format files or MP3 if the sofware includes an encoder.

Free Trial Download (4.05MB)
[Win 98/NT/2000/ME/XP]

Easy CD Ripper  

Pros:  Fast & easy to use, rips to WAV or MP3, includes high quality LAME MP3 encoder, skinnable interface, CDDB online database for fast and easy track naming. Will also convert MP3 to WAV, WAV to WMA. Good trial length and inexpensive registration costs.

Cons:  Some Win 2000 & NT machines will need to download and install extra cdreader.dll file to read CD data.

Trial Limits: 20 Conversions         Registration Cost: $22.95

Free Trial Download (11.68MB)
[Win 98/NT/2000/ME/XP]

Virtuosa Gold Phoenix Edition  

Pros:  Does everything you want in one software packages. Performs all conversions between MP3, WMA, WAV, and CD. Fast ripping and great encoding quality.

Cons:  May be a bit harder to get going with for new users.

Trial Limits: 30 days free         Registration Cost: $39.99

Free Trial Download (2.48MB)
[Win 98/NT/2000/ME/XP]

MP3 CD Burner

Pros:  Does a decent job ripping and includes burning function for easy custom CD creation. Automatically names tracks via FreeDb online lookup.

Cons:  Does not encode to MP3 or make MP3 CDs.

Trial Limits: 3 CD burns         Registration Cost: $29.95

Free Trial Download (3.4MB)
[Win 98/NT/2000/ME/XP]

Advanced Audio CD Ripper

Pros:  Quality MP3 encoder and FreeDB online lookup for track naming. Supports WMA 9 technology. Rip to WAV, MP3, WMA or Ogg formats.

Cons:  No decoding or burning.

Trial Limits: Rips 2 tracks at a time         Registration Cost: $21.95

Free Trial Download (3.2MB)
[Win 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP]

Alto MP3 Maker

Pros:  Multi-functional tool to rip, encode, decode, play music, and make Winamp playlists. Good price.

Cons:  Doesn't burn CDs

Trial Limits: 12 uses.         Registration Cost: $19.95

Free Trial Download (6MB)
[Win 98/NT/2000/ME/XP]

Advanced Encode Decode Tools

Pros:  Lots of conversion possibilities between MP3, WAV, WMA, and Ogg formats. CD ripping with FreeDB support and batch processing to do multiple files at once.

Cons:  A little more expensive than average.

Trial Limits: Converts 50% of the file         Registration Cost: $29.95