dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC), is one of those must have utilities, indispensable for converting audio files from one format to another. Part of dMC's formidable arsenal, is it's ability to rip music straight from Audio CDs! [optional install], or LPs. Formally known as Shuffler Music Converter, dMC continues where Shuffler left off.

Straight out of the box dMC can convert [from & to] WAV and MP3 files. Download options bring Windows Media Audio (WMA V7), CD Audio (CDA), Ogg Vorbis and many more file types to the table. Volume Normalization, ID Tag preservation, scriptable and the simplest way of converting (right click on a file and select Convert To), round of a perfect package. What's more dMC is free.

Features of dBpowerAMP Music Converter:

dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC), often called the Swiss army knife of Audio dMC can:
- Rip digitally sound from Audio CDs and store in a multitude of formats, dMC is the Fastest CD Ripper and now AccurateRip Compatible .
- Convert from one format to another, just about every audio type is supported: mp3, mp4, Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Monkeys Audio, FLAC and many others [Codec downloads], whilst preserving ID Tags,
- Volume Normalize audio files,
- Windows Explorer Integration - right click Convert To & popup useful information on audio files (such as bitrate, length).
- ID tag editing [Power Pack Option],
- Record from LPs or anything [optional Auxiliary Input install],
- Fully compatible with Windows 95/98/ME NT4/2000, Windows XP and Linux (using Wine).
- 100% Free, No nags, popups, hidden spyware or bundleware.

Changes in dBpowerAMP Music Converter R 13 :

• Major Improvements:
CD Ripper is enhanced by the addition of 3 new meta data providers (GD3, MusicBrainz & TrackType), GD3 offers album art up to 500x500 pixels. These new providers allowed for the creation of PerfectMeta.
• PerfectMeta:
- PerfectMeta uses 4 Internet meta data providers simultaneously, this allows any inevitable errors, such as spelling mistakes to be self corrected. In addition, there are 100's of internal rule sets to ensure that the metadata returned is consistent across discs & providers. Last year Illustrate were proud and confident R12 issued in a new era of secure-rippers (securest of the secure), R13 offers the best metadata solution obtainable today.
- Reference R13 also includes: CD Writer and Batch Ripper. CD Writer allows for burning of audio CDs, whilst Batch Ripper is designed for those with large collections to rip (and commercial Ripping houses).
• CD Ripper:
- PerfectMeta data added - uses commercial AMG and GD3 as well as MusicBrainz and freedb simultaneously to correct meta data errors, up to 500x500 album art
- Rip as One makes a return!
- New reference feature: Defective by Design Ripping mode
- Support for ripping Hidden First Track (HTOA)
- Album Art: Load (from File), Paste (from Clipboard), Acquire (from Scanner)
- Added SCSI Read(D8) mode for Plextor PX-40
- Improved CD Eject
- Improved album art display
- Compatible with Batch Ripper
- Should fix the issue of disappearing CD drives
- Added new options to write cover.jpg, [filename].jpg or user choice
- Using Multi-Encoder R2 it is possible for CD Ripper to write Album Art + - AccurateRip ID Tags to multiple encoded files
- New AccurateRip - no limit to submission size, no email submission, no messages if disc not in database
- Genre list uses %appdata%\dbpoweramp\genres.txt
- Album Art: Click to show full size
- Options > Meta >> added option to resize album art down if above pixel size (AMG album art sizes removed, maximum always read)
- Meta Data - Added new meta data providers: GD3 (requires AMG license), - MusicBrainz (requires AMG license), TrackType
- Meta Data - Album Artist is always set (except for Various Artists).
- Meta Data - Disallow Multi xxx split into individual options
- Added 'Profile' id tag / naming option
- Shows AccurateRip Disc ID on secure info page
- Added shortcut keys ALT+M (perfect meta review), ALT+R (rip), ALT+E (eject)
- Added Filename Column (filename shown red if exists)
- Makes sure filenames are unique (ie not same as another tracks filename)
- Added 'Track Technical' column will show if CD is HDCD (install DSP Effects to rip as 24 bit), or has Pre-Emphasis set
- Added secure options 'Abort if over Maximum Frames to Re-Rip' and 'Maximum time to spend Ripping a Track'
- Saves meta data to cache if only album or artist edited
- Detects new CD drives added to system
- Naming - option to use the current disc meta data
- AMG expiry, also say GD3 and MusicBrainz on the window
- Default naming, added \album\ folder to default
- Any setting which is drive specific (not profile specific) is shown in light yellow
- Write album art to path can use [album].jpg, etc
• Batch Converter:
- 'List' button added to show files converting
- Much faster at opening folders / showing files
- Many new columns to add (right click on column to select)
- Detects new drives (USB) on insert
- Network drives added
- Hides hidden folders
- Music Converter: can drag drop files to converting page
- Music Converter: if there is a converter waiting to convert then RC >> Convert To will add to that one which is waiting
- All Programs: Better Vista aware pathnames (ie Music Public Music)
- All Programs: new button style
- CoreConverter: Has the ability to read filenames when encoded with Multi-Encoder
- CoreConverter: can pass ReplayGain tags to encoders which need them (such as [audio info])
- CoreConverter: updates the 'Source' 'Encoder' 'Encoded By' and 'Encoder Settings' tags when converting
- CoreConverter: Tries for 2 seconds to write IDTags after encoding (in case another program has the file locked, such as virus checker)
- Compatible with DSP Effects: Multi-CPU Force & Audio CD - Silence Track Deletion
- mp3 (Lame) Encoder: Changed to an optimized lame encoder, upto 150% the speed of the old one (R13 alpha)
- mp3 Tagging: Rating more compatible with Windows
- mp3 Tagging: URL tags can be saved
- mp3 Tagging: iTunes Compilation (TCMP) supported
- mp3 Tagging: Style tag mapped to 'Content Group Descriptor'
- mp3 Tagging: Subtitle tag added
- mp3 Tagging: idv2.3 Unicode used by default
- Wave: Compatible with 'id3 ' ID Tags (including MusicMatch-out-of-RIFF-Chunk-- Wave-Breaking ID3 chunk)
- Wave: List tags more compatible with WMP11, also stores CD TOC
- Popup Info & Audio Properties: Shows Compression as % compressed, not of original
- Configuration has ability to check program versions (update check) for CD Writer, Sveta, dAP, Batch Ripper, DSP Effects
- Configuration will offer AMG Activation if installed registered version
- Configuration option not to drop ReplayGain Tags or update 'Encoder', etc Tags when encoding
- DSP Effects in DMC + CD Ripper: can move selected up or down by dragging
- Scripting: Added new ReadIDTagElementValue property (needed for BV scripting) returns "Element: Value"
• Bug Fixes:
- freedb meta data for multisession (where DATA is before audio) will not have DATA as track2
- [length_mmss] if used in naming was wrong length from CD Ripper
- CD Ripper giving out CD Extra Adjusted CD TOC for ID Tags
- mp3 tagging - certain fields could not be deleted if stored as COMMENT
- CD Ripper - CD Text reading could crash CD Ripper
- CD Ripper: AMG works with Kaspersky Internet Security