AIMP

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AIMP
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AIMP 3 RC 1
Developer(s) AIMP DevTeam
Initial release 8 August 2006[1]
Stable release 3.00 (Build 981)  (February 16, 2012; 13 days ago (2012-02-16)) [±]
Development status Active
Operating system Microsoft Windows 2000 or later
Type Audio player
License Freeware
Website http://www.aimp.ru

AIMP (Artem Izmaylov Media Player) is a free audio player for Windows. It was written by Russian developer Artem Izmaylov and is now being developed by the AIMP development team.[1] It was aimed at being a lightweight, responsive audio player. It had been based on the BASS[2] audio library but since beta version 3.00, has its own audio engine.

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[edit] History

[edit] Version 1.5x-1.7x

Artem Izmaylov released the first version of AIMP as the name of AIMP Classic on August 8, 2006.

[edit] Version 2.0x - 2.1x

[edit] Version 2.5x

[edit] Version 2.6x

[edit] Version 3.xx

  • Own audio engine
  • Revamped music library
  • Full support for ReplayGain
  • Full support for translucent texture covers

[edit] Features

  • Supported audio formats
.CDA, .AAC, .AC3, .APE, .DTS, .FLAC, .IT, .MIDI, .MO3, .MOD, .M4A, .M4B, .MP1, .MP2, .MP3, .MPC, .MTM, .OFR, .OGG, .RMI, .S3M, .SPX, .TAK, .TTA, .UMX, .WAV, .WMA, .WV, .XM
  • Output support
DirectSound / ASIO / WASAPI
  • 18-band equalizer and built-in sound effects
Reverb, Flanger, Chorus, Pitch, Tempo, Echo, Speed, Bass, Enhancer, Voice Remover
  • 32-bit audio processing
  • Bookmark and playback queue creation
  • CUE Sheet support
  • LastFM Scrobbler
  • Multiuser mode support
  • Multilanguage interface
  • Hotkeys
Configurable local and global hotkeys
  • Playlist and Tag editor
  • Audio library fle organizer and search
  • Internet radio
Ability to capture Internet radio to OGG / WAV / MP3 / AAC / AAC+ formats
  • Online radio browser
Icecast or custom radio stations.
  • Alarm clock / Auto shutdown
  • Support for plugins

[edit] Reception

  • CNET editors' review of AIMP2
CNET editors rated it as 4 out of 5 stars on November 6, 2009.[3]
  • Softpedia editor's review of AIMP Classic 2.02 Beta
Softpedia editor Ionut Ilascu rated it as 4 out of 5 stars on September 6, 2007.[4]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b AIMP FAQs(Russian). Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  2. ^ BASS audio library
  3. ^ CNET editors' review, Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  4. ^ Winamp's Future Competitor, Retrieved September 24, 2011.

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