K-Jöfol - Here's a speedy new MP3 and VQF
player with a cool interface and loads of features. And
the best part about it is that unlike
Winamp, (the Web's
most popular MP3 player), K-Jöfol is freeware. Here's a screen shot. 1.4 megabytes. (For Windows
98/95/NT). Coming soon: MOD and WAV file support.
Sonique - A free MP3 and audio CD player,
Sonique offers a cool animated control panel and lots of
options and configurations, such as an equalizer balance
and the ability to change tempos, etc. (717 kilobytes).
For Windows 98/95 and NT.
FoxPlay - Have you
got a bunch of sound files scattered all over your hard
drive? Then check out FoxPlay, an excellent, free music
utility that'll let you easily organize all the sound
files you have into a single, manageable playlist.
FoxPlay uses the Windows Multimedia System to play MIDI
files, and it allows you to use your favorite MOD and MP3
players to play MOD and MP3 files, respectively. FoxPlay
also has built-in support for mIRC, the popular chat client. (For Windows: 245
kilobytes).
RealPlayer G2 - We've
been highly pleased with RealNetworks' free client for
viewing "streaming" (real-time) sound &
video content on the Web. This must-have program offers
much improved audio and better graphics than previous
versions. They claim you'll need a 28.8K modem to use it,
but in reality you'd better have a 56K modem to avoid
frustration. This program is for Window 95/98/NT only.
Users of Macs, Win 3.1 and Unix can download an earlier
client called RealPlayer 5.0 here. Free for individual use.
Winamp - (Not freeware). We've been having a number of
visitors asking why we don't list Winamp, the Web's most
popular MP3 sound file player. Winamp is an outstanding
program and it deserves the huge success it has enjoyed.
But it's a shareware program, not free, and if you use it
longer than 14 days, you're required to pay $10 to
continue to use it for noncommercial use (or $25 for
commercial use). The Free Site only lists freeware
programs. If you're looking for a free MP3 player, check
out Sonique or K-Jöfol, both reviewed elsewhere on this page.
Anvil Studio - This
is a free Windows program for recording, playing,
composing and editing MIDI music using and sampled
percussion sounds. Anvil features many effects, such as
delay, pitch change, volume and filtering. You can also
compose rhythm tracks with your own sampled percussion
sounds. An essential sound program if you want to work
with MIDI sound files. Here's a screen shot.
Maplay - Here's a
fully-featured free sound utility that offers a decoder
for MPEG and other types of sound files. Using MPEG Audio
Layer III, you can retain CD-quality sound at compression
ratios around 1:11 (112 kbit/s). Not the fastest player
around, but features many nice touches such as lyric and
image display for playlist items and embedded lists on
playlists. For Windows. Versions are available for
Linux, Mac, OS/2, BeOS, HP-UX, and FreeBSD, as well.
Yamp sound utility - If
you're downloading sound files off the Web, you're going
to need a good sound player utility to hear them. Yamp
fits the bill well. This free program from Germany plays
virtually every format out there, including WAV files
(all formats, also compressed ones), MIDs, RMIs, MODs,
S3Ms, XMs, ITs, AVIs, MPAs, MP1s, MP2s and MP3s, MPEG,
and AVI. It offers powerful playlists, Drag and Drop and
much more. For Windows. This file is 1,954K in size and
should take 10 minutes to download at 28.8 modem speed.
Clarion - This is an
outstanding free MIDI and audio CD player for Windows.
Has a number of cool features, such as CDDB suppport
(which will look up CD track titles via the Net). Also
lets you open multiple playlists at once and has a
built-in file browser, a "sleep" mode, supports
Drag `n Drop and much more. Here's a screen shot.
PureVoice Player/Recorder - This free application offers a player and
recorder for voice messages that you can use with your
E-mail software. PureVoice offers excellent sound quality
and its files are 10 times smaller than WAV files.
There's a plug-in specifically for Eudora software, and a
separate application for other E-mail products.
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