CDex AlternativesCD Rippers & Audio Converters like CDex

CDex has been discontinued. Similar apps include fre:ac, which is free and open source. Other options are Exact Audio Copy, X Lossless Decoder, EZ CD Audio Converter and dBpoweramp. You're spoiled for choice with CD Rippers like CDex: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac and Android.

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  1. fre:ac icon

    fre:ac

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    fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various formats and codecs. It will convert between MP3, MP4/M4A, FLAC, Vorbis, Opus, AAC, WAV, WMA and other formats.

    117 fre:ac alternatives

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    • Haiku
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    Main window converting FLAC files to MP3
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  2. Exact Audio Copy icon

    Exact Audio Copy

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    EAC is used to convert the tracks on standard audio CDs to wav files, which can then be transcoded into formats such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WavPack, and FLAC using external encoders.

    52 Exact Audio Copy alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  4. X Lossless Decoder icon

    X Lossless Decoder

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    X Lossless Decoder (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.3 and later. Supports: (Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.

    35 X Lossless Decoder alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    Switch

    Switch Audio and Mp3 Converter can convert mp3, wav, wma or 40 other audio file formats to the format of your choice in just 3 easy, simple steps. Just add the files you want to convert, select the format you want, and then click...

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    dBpoweramp

     65 likes

    dBpoweramp contains a multitude of audio tools in one: CD Ripper, Music Converter, ID Tag Editor and Windows audio shell enhancements. Preloaded with mp3 & Wave codecs, practically every audio codec can be installed from Codec Central, as well as Utility Codecs (perform...

    80 dBpoweramp alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  9. CUERipper icon

    CUERipper

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    CUERipper is a utility for extracting digital audio from CDs, an open-source alternative to EAC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    CUERipper screenshot 1
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  10. Audiograbber icon

    Audiograbber

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    Audiograbber grabs digital audio from CDs, it can automatically normalize the music, delete silence from the start and/or end of tracks, and encode them to a variety of formats including MP3. It can also access freedb, an Internet compact disc database.

    40 Audiograbber alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    soundKonverter

     19 likes

    soundKonverter is a frontend to various audio converters. The key features are: Audio conversion. En-/decoding. Replay Gain. CD ripping. It is extendable by plugins and supports many backends. It supports reading and writing tags for many formats, so the tags are preserved when c.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    soundKonverter screenshot 1
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  12. abcde icon

    abcde

     3 likes

    Grab an entire CD and compress it to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, AAC, Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    abcde ripping and encoding a CD
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  13. Express Rip icon

    Express Rip

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    Express Rip CD ripper can convert CD audio to mp3 or wav file formats. Express Rip lets you rip, convert, encode, and decode music and other audio tracks directly to files on your hard drive.

    34 Express Rip alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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    Express Rip CD Ripper - Main Screen
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  14. Switch icon

    Switch

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    Switch Audio and Mp3 Converter can convert mp3, wav, wma or 40 other audio file formats to the format of your choice in just 3 easy, simple steps. Just add the files you want to convert, select the format you want, and then click 'Convert'.

    66 Switch alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Kindle Fire
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    Switch Audio and Mp3 Converter - Main Screen
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