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Review: Radiotracker |
Introduction:
Radiotracker is a program designed to search Internet radio stations and not only allow you to listen to them but to rip the songs from the station onto your hard drive. The bonus in all of this seems to be that it is perfectly legal to do so.
Company Information:
RapidSolution Software AG with its participations and affiliates at home and abroad, is an international and technologically leading producer of Software. RapidSolution Software develops and distributes worldwide end user solutions, as well as development tools and services for companies.
Private users are already profiting from award-winning solutions from RapidSolution Software AG from Internet telephony applications, and free recording and legal copying of music tracks to the recording of TV broadcasts without advertisements as future components of complete home entertainment systems.
RapidSolution Software AG’s development tools are used worldwide by industrial companies. Our customers for tailored solutions appreciate RapidSolution Software AG’s competencies in consulting, development and quality of service. As regards the FDA Title 21 CFR Part 11, we are a member of the VDMA research group and provide consulting to renowned companies.
RapidSolution Software was founded in 1998 and has its head office in Karlsruhe. The company went public in 2002. In 2003, the second development site was founded in Temesch- burg, Romania. RapidSolution Software AG is entirely financed by its own equity capital and is growing steadily, currently employing 60 people. The company holds shares in Equero AG, air2mp3 GmbH and nachtausgabe.de GmbH.
Program Features:
The program features differ slightly depending on the version you are using, with the Platinum edition offering more features than the demo version. The highlights of the program are:
- Built-in directory of over 14,000 internet radio stations
- 77 music genres
- Multiple, parallel streaming of an unlimited number of broadcasters
- Automatic cut, volume normalization and transition fading functions
- ID3 tag search engine and editor
- Download of album cover artwork and lyrics
- Player that lets you listen while recording, playback MP3s and burn CDs
- Synchronization with MP3 players, Apple iPods and other mobile devices
On the Radiotracker website there is also a table of the features compared to other major similar programs. It has been included below for comparisons sake:
Without trying all of the other programs in the table I can’t comment on specifics but it certainly seems to stack up well against the competition.
In Radiotracker’s Own Words:
Imagine: Christmas and your birthday—together on the same day! With Radiotracker, you get the gift of unlimited MP3 music everyday, free and legal. Two unbelievably easy-to-use versions of Radiotracker stand ready to provide you around the clock with free, state-of-the-art music recordings boasting quality levels of up to 320kBit/s per MP3 track. Radiotracker Premium automatically downloads thousands of free MP3 music tracks in 24 hours by recording the music you want from Internet radio stations. Anyone can do it! Just select your desired music genre and click on the Start button! Radiotracker Platinum can do even more.
Now let us take a look at the Test Machine and Software Requirements…
