Express Rip AlternativesCD Rippers and other similar apps like Express Rip

Express Rip is described as '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' and is a CD Ripper in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Express Rip for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best Express Rip alternative is fre:ac, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Express Rip are Exact Audio Copy, CDex, dBpoweramp and abcde.

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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.

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  1. fre:ac icon
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    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.

    113 fre:ac alternatives
    Main window converting FLAC files to MP3

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    Dark mode is supported since fre:ac 1.1
    The integrated tag editor
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    fre:ac's configuration dialog

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Audio Conversion
    2.  Media Transcoding
    3.  Multiple tracks at once
    4.  CDDB access
    5.  Batch processing
    6.  Lossless Audio
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  AAC
    9.  ALAC support
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Portable
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    • fre:ac is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Express Rip.

    • fre:ac is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Express Rip.

    • fre:ac is Free and Open SourceExpress Rip is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • fre:ac is LightweightExpress Rip is not according to our users
  2. Exact Audio Copy icon
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    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.

    48 Exact Audio Copy alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Exact Audio Copy Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    Audio CD in drive
    Extracting Audio Data
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    Encoder Selection
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  4. CDex icon
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    CDex

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    CDex is a CD-Ripper, extracting digital audio data from an Audio CD. The application supports many Audio encoders, including WAV, MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, VQF, Musepack, APE, and many others.

    34 CDex alternatives
    The main CDex window

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    CDex Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Portable
    4.  Multiple languages
    Extraction interface with Audio CD information
    The setup screen for your CD-ROM
    +1
    Several languages are supported
    Bundleware

    The installer contains adwares. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

    Discontinued

    The latest version (2.24) is from 2020.

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    dBpoweramp

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    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...

    87 dBpoweramp alternatives
    CD Ripper

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    dBpoweramp Features

    1.  CD Burner
    2.  Artwork
    3.  Normalize Volume
    Music Converter
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    • dBpoweramp is the most popular commercial alternative to Express Rip.

    • dBpoweramp is Paid and ProprietaryExpress Rip is Free Personal and Proprietary
  6. abcde icon
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    abcde

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

    31 abcde alternatives
    abcde ripping and encoding a CD

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Lossless Audio
    3.  OGG
    Discontinued

    The last version (2.9.3) is from February 2019.

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  7. EZ CD Audio Converter icon
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    EZ CD Audio Converter

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    EZ CD Audio Converter is the most comprehensive multi format audio converter and is extremely easy to use.

    76 EZ CD Audio Converter alternatives
    EZ CD Audio Converter screenshot 1

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    • Windows
    EZ CD Audio Converter screenshot 1
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    EZ CD Audio Converter Features

    1.  Batch Editing
    2.  Lossless Audio
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Audio Analysis
    6.  DVD Burner
    7.  CD Burner
    EZ CD Audio Converter iconExpress Rip Icon

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  9. Roon icon
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    Roon

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    Roon identifies your music files and streams, and then overlays a ton of rich metadata to add context to what you're listening to. That information drives Roon's unique experience of browsing, discovering, and organizing music.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Synology C2

    Roon Features

    1.  AirPlay Support
    2.  Artwork
    3.  Radio Player
    4.  Music Library
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    • Roon is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad, Android Tablet & Self-Hosted alternative to Express Rip.

    • Roon is Paid and ProprietaryExpress Rip is Free Personal and Proprietary
  10. XRECODE icon
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    XRECODE

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    XRECODE can convert multiple audio files in parallel by taking full advantage of multi-core CPU. Can also extract audio from video files.

    82 XRECODE alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    XRECODE Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiple languages
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  11. Asunder icon
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    Asunder

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    Asunder is a graphical Audio CD ripper and encoder for Linux. You can use it to save tracks from an Audio CD as any of WAV, MP3, OGG, FLAC, Opus, WavPack, Musepack, AAC, and Monkey's Audio files.

    44 Asunder alternatives
    Ripping progress

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Encoding settings
    Filename formats
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  12. soundKonverter icon
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    soundKonverter

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    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.

    68 soundKonverter alternatives
    soundKonverter screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    soundKonverter screenshot 1
    soundKonverter screenshot 2

    soundKonverter Features

    1.  Export to WAV
    2.  OGG
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Replay Gain
    5.  Normalize Volume
    Discontinued

    Development has stopped, and the GitHub repository has been archived.

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  13. Swinsian icon
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    Swinsian

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    Swinsian is a sophisticated music player for macOS with wide format support, folder watching, advanced tag editing and designed to be responsive even with the largest libraries.

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    • Mac
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    Swinsian screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Vast format support
    2.  Smartlists
    3.  Lossless Audio
    4.  File Tagging
    5.  Artwork
    6.  Find and Delete Duplicate Songs
    7. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    8.  Built-In ID3 Tag Editor
    9.  Sync iTunes Libraries
    10.  ITunes-like user interface
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  14. Sound Juicer icon
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    Sound Juicer

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    Sound Juicer is a CD ripping tool using GTK+ and GStreamer.

    47 Sound Juicer alternatives
    Sound Juicer screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Sound Juicer Features

    1.  CD Player
    2.  GNOME3 integration
    3.  Audio Extraction
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