Exact Audio Copy

As the technology develops more and more regarding the world of digital audio, audio CDs tend tto become more and more popular. Maybe it's because they are fragile and a single scratch on the disc's surface could ruin a really good music abum. Or because the number of tracks that can be stored on an audio CD is very limited. Still, there are numerous media players that can play audio CDs, but these tend to be replaced by MP3 devices or even flash memory players. Let's suppose you have a huge audio CD collection you gathered over time and you want to convert it to a universal recognized format, like WAV or MP3. In this case, you could use Exact Audio Copy. It's a software that can rip any audio CD into WAV or IMG format. Thus, you can rest easy knowing that your music is safely stored on the hard disk.

The installation shouldn't pose any problems to any user, as it's a straightforward process. The program directory takes up around 16 MB, so installing the Exact Audio Copy on smaller hard disks won't be a problem. System requirements are lower than average, all you need is an optical drive.

The interface features the well known drop-down menu but also a graphical toolbar, from which the user can complete most of the program's tasks. Speaking about these, Exact Audio Copy is able to rip any audio CD into the WAV format and can also create a IMG file of the entire hard disk, for easy burning on another disc.

Once the desired audio CD is inserted, the list of tracks will be immediately displayed on the interface and the user can search for the artists names and titles in an online database in case this information is not available on the CD. But the program's functionality doesn't stop here.

Exact Audio Copy can also burn audio CDs using CUE sheets and can also compress WAV files to various formats, for making them compatible with most audio players. The program features a simple wizard for configuring the ripping process, in order to get the best results possible.