Open source sound editor, supporting WAV, AU, AIF, MP3 and OGG.

The "swiss army knife" of audio conversion. If you need one audio format converted to another, chances are dbPowerAmp can handle it. Also adds a shell extension, enabling editing of ID3 tags from explorer, as well as extra columns in details view.

For extra codecs, check the content\audio\dbPowerAmp 11 Music Convertor 11\codecs folder on the CD.

ExactAudioCopy - still the top Audio CD ripper, with support for external encoders, freedb, secure ripping, cd burning and more.

Kristal Audio Engine is a free 16 track multitracking software package featuring volume envelopes, effects, ASIO audio driver support and a 3 band parametric EQ. It is able to import WAV, FLAC, OGG and AIF, but curiously MP3 decoding support is missing.

Still the top dog in MP3 encoders, LAME is based in the command line, and can also be plugged in to several programs through the supplied dll.

Downloads, edits and displays lyrics for songs played in WinAmp, Foobar, Itunes, Media Player, RealOne, QCD Player and MusicMatch Jukebox.

MP3Gain adjusts MP3 files to a specified volume. It edits the file directly so there is no loss in quality, and rather than using peak normalisation it analyses the file to find out how loud it sounds to the human ear.

The Godfather is an organisation tool for mp3, ogg, mpc, ape, flac, aac, apl, wv, mp4, ofr and spx files. With batch rename and tag operations, internet based renaming, cataloging and a ridiculous set of features, you'll never need another renamer again.