| MP3 Studio Suite has one illustrious predecessor from Ashampoo: Ashampoo MP3 Studio Deluxe. There are actually too many changes and improvements in AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite to list here. This list only includes the major improvements: Ashampoo MP3 Studio Deluxe -Split screen with integrated Drives and Tracks Navigator: Managing your audio files and projects is now easier than ever before. The new Drives and Track Navigator on the left side of the screen is modeled on the Windows Explorer for intuitive operation. It enables you to navigate your hard disks to find your audio files and add them to your projects in record time, using Drag & Drop, double-click or the menu and toolbar commands. Or you can just drag files into the application from the Windows Explorer.Ashampoo MP3 Studio Deluxe -MP3 AutoChecking:There are many different sources for MP3 tracks and it's quite common to find tracks that are damaged, corrupt or produced with poor or outdated software or tools. The new MP3 AutoChecking feature in AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite automatically performs a thorough check on every MP3 track you add to your projects. If your tracks pass this test you can burn them to CD with confidence.Ashampoo MP3 Studio Deluxe - Local saving of your CDDB# track and album info:When you obtain online track and album info for your audio CDs from the Gracenote CDDB# database the data is now automatically stored on your hard disk. The next time you insert the same CD the data is displayed automatically; you don't need to go online again.Ashampoo MP3 Studio Deluxe -ID3 tag editing for MP3 tracks:The Title, Artist, Album and other track details in your MP3 files are all stored in a special data header at the beginning of the file in what are known as "ID3 tags". All the Properties functions of AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite now display and allow you to edit the ID3 tag information. This information is automatically stored with the MP3 tracks and displayed by all MP3 players that support this function. The track details you obtain with the CDDB function are also automatically written to the ID3 tags in the MP3 tracks.Ashampoo MP3 Studio Deluxe -ID3 tag information in WAV files:AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite doesn't only store the ID3 tag information in MP3 files. The new version now also stores the Title, Artist and Album details with WAV files and displays them automatically when you add these files to an Audsi playlist. (This function only works with WAV files generated with AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite. These files are fully compatible with all other audio applications.)Ashampoo MP3 Studio Deluxe -Even more intuitive user interface:AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite is probably one of the most intuitive programs you've ever seen. It's like riding a bicycle - once you've used it a couple of times you never forget how. We've put a great amount of effort into making everything this simple, and we think you're going to appreciate the results.What's cool:Integrated ASPI driver for Windows NT4, 2000 and XP: ASPI is a special software interface that many modern applications need to access CD-ROM drives and CD recorders efficiently. AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite includes our own integrated ASPI driver. This eliminates the need to install third-party ASPI drivers on Windows# NT4, 2000 and XP systems, which do not include the necessary drivers out of the box.Generate MP3 tracks directly from CDs and WAV files:AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite comes with a powerful MP3 encoder that can generate compact MP3 files directly from audio CDs and WAV files. You can convert an entire audio CD into MP3 tracks in one easy operation! Outstanding integrated audio CD and MP3 player:AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite can be used as a music jukebox, with all the familiar functions you expect from a computer CD and MP3 player.Support for WinAmp#-format .M3U playlists:AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite imports, plays and exports playlists in the standard WinAmp# .M3U format that is now used by most computer audio applications. You can turn your existing .M3U playlists into audio CDs with just a couple of mouse clicks, and export your AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite playlists to .M3U playlists and play them with any of the many leading audio applications that support this standard format. And since you can also import and edit .M3U playlists you can even use this format for storing all your MP3 Studio projects if you want.Copy audio CDs:Make perfect backup copies of your audio CDs in just a couple of easy steps. For maximum flexibility, the temporary files created during the copy process are stored as a project that you can use to make additional copies or as the basis for a new playlist. Or you can just delete them - it's up to you.Support for Disk-at-Once mode recording:AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite can record in DAO (disc-at-once) mode to eliminate the two-second gaps generated between tracks in the standard TAO (track-at-once) mode. Support for 700MB/80 minute CD media:Recordable CD media with space for 700MB of data or 80 minutes of music are now the CD recording standard. AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite makes full use of the additional capacity of these new CD media. Advanced Gracenote CDDB# support:The program includes the latest version of the Gracenote CDDB# online database system for obtaining album and track info for your audio CDs via the Internet. Accessing the database to read in track information of registered audio CDs is now easier and smoother than ever before.Error handling for corrupt and damaged MP3 files:In addition to the new MP3 AutoChecking feature function AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite also features advanced error handling for corrupt and damaged MP3 files. This makes it possible for you to produce usable audio CD tracks from many more MP3 files than with other applications, which is very useful for unique, irreplaceable files. (You may experience brief pauses in the resulting tracks if the MP3 files contain large blocks of corrupt data.)Automatic screen saver deactivation during recording:With AudioCD MP3 Studio Suite you never need to worry about recording being interrupted by your screen saver - the program automatically deactivates the screen saver during recording and reactivates it again afterwards. This is done dynamically, without writing any information to the Windows registry, so that your screen saver settings will remain unchanged even if another program causes Windows to crash or hang while you are recording. |
