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Max is an application for creating high-quality audio files in various formats, from compact discs or files.
When extracting audio from compact discs, Max offers the maximum in flexibility to ensure the true sound of your CD is faithfully extracted. For pristine discs, Max offers a high-speed ripper with no error correction. For damaged discs, Max can either use its built-in comparison ripper (for drives that cache audio) or the error-correcting power of cdparanoia.
Once the audio is extracted, Max can generate audio in over 20 compressed and uncompressed
When extracting audio from compact discs, Max offers the maximum in flexibility to ensure the true sound of your CD is faithfully extracted. For pristine discs, Max offers a high-speed ripper with no error correction. For damaged discs, Max can either use its built-in comparison ripper (for drives that cache audio) or the error-correcting power of cdparanoia.
Once the audio is extracted, Max can generate audio in over 20 compressed and uncompressed
What's New
Version 0.9.1:
- Formats preference pane works correctly on Snow Leopard.
- Note: Automatic updates may not be working correctly.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| Version Downloads:78,668 |
| Type:Multimedia & Design : Audio |
| License:Free |
| Date:30 Aug 2009 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price:Free |
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Max is an application for creating high-quality audio files in various formats, from compact discs or files.
When extracting audio from compact discs, Max offers the maximum in flexibility to ensure the true sound of your CD is faithfully extracted. For pristine discs, Max offers a high-speed ripper with no error correction. For damaged discs, Max can either use its built-in comparison ripper (for drives that cache audio) or the error-correcting power of cdparanoia.
Once the audio is extracted, Max can generate audio in over 20 compressed and uncompressed formats including MP3, Ogg (Vorbis), FLAC, AAC, Apple Lossless, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, Speex, AIFF, and WAVE.
If you would like to convert your audio from one format to another, Max can read and write audio files in over 20 compressed and uncompressed formats at almost all sample rates and and in most sample sizes. For many popular formats the artist and album metadata is transferred seamlessly between the old and new files. Max can even split a single audio file into multiple tracks using a cue sheet.
Max leverages open source components and the resources of Mac OS X to provide extremely high-quality output. For example, MP3 encoding is accomplished with LAME, Ogg Vorbis encoding with aoTuV, FLAC encoding with libFLAC, and AAC and Apple Lossless encoding with Core Audio. Many PCM conversions are also possible using Core Audio and libsndfile.
Max is integrated with MusicBrainz to permit automatic retrieval of compact disc information. For MP3, FLAC, Ogg (FLAC), Ogg (Vorbis), Monkey's Audio, WavPack, AAC and Apple Lossless files Max will write this metadata to the output.
Max allows full control over where output files are placed and what they are named. If desired, Max will even add the encoded files to your iTunes library in a playlist of your choice.
For advanced users, Max allows control over how many threads are used for encoding, what type of error correction is used for audio extraction, and what parameters are used for each of the various encoders.
Max is free software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
When extracting audio from compact discs, Max offers the maximum in flexibility to ensure the true sound of your CD is faithfully extracted. For pristine discs, Max offers a high-speed ripper with no error correction. For damaged discs, Max can either use its built-in comparison ripper (for drives that cache audio) or the error-correcting power of cdparanoia.
Once the audio is extracted, Max can generate audio in over 20 compressed and uncompressed formats including MP3, Ogg (Vorbis), FLAC, AAC, Apple Lossless, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, Speex, AIFF, and WAVE.
If you would like to convert your audio from one format to another, Max can read and write audio files in over 20 compressed and uncompressed formats at almost all sample rates and and in most sample sizes. For many popular formats the artist and album metadata is transferred seamlessly between the old and new files. Max can even split a single audio file into multiple tracks using a cue sheet.
Max leverages open source components and the resources of Mac OS X to provide extremely high-quality output. For example, MP3 encoding is accomplished with LAME, Ogg Vorbis encoding with aoTuV, FLAC encoding with libFLAC, and AAC and Apple Lossless encoding with Core Audio. Many PCM conversions are also possible using Core Audio and libsndfile.
Max is integrated with MusicBrainz to permit automatic retrieval of compact disc information. For MP3, FLAC, Ogg (FLAC), Ogg (Vorbis), Monkey's Audio, WavPack, AAC and Apple Lossless files Max will write this metadata to the output.
Max allows full control over where output files are placed and what they are named. If desired, Max will even add the encoded files to your iTunes library in a playlist of your choice.
For advanced users, Max allows control over how many threads are used for encoding, what type of error correction is used for audio extraction, and what parameters are used for each of the various encoders.
Max is free software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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This review is based on our Audio Platform Macintosh, a G5 DP 2.5 PPC, running OS X 10.5.8, 8 GB RAM, 4 auxiliary SATA platters.
I'm surprised the Author doesn't fill out this Application similarly to another fine program - MPEG2 Works 4 Advanced:
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/17019/mpeg2-works-4-advanced
... and charge a modest fee. This is one of the best written (I know - OSS) packages for Audio conversion out there for the Mac and Apple in general.
I have great hope for the forthcoming update (here's the BETA):
http://files.sbooth.org/Max-r1438.tar.bz2
And now there's this at Slashdot today ...
Apple's Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) Now Open Source
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/28/0115247/apples-lossless-audio-codec-alac-now-open-source
http://alac.macosforge.org/
Thanks Stephen
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http://files.sbooth.org/Max-r1438.tar.bz2
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Agmaster reviewed on 15 Mar 2011
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To answer those asking about comparisons with iTunes in lossless mode - there's no difference if your CDs are pristine. It's when they're not that you'll notice the difference.
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reason is, i think xld is the best for cd rips, cuesheet support and it's lossless oriented by tmkk's own words. it just supports a few formats but it excels in what it does. it has some trouble in keeping metadata in transcoded audio.
max, on the other hand, excels in audio converting capabilities for the average user. it supports m4a and mpc, among many others and really doesn't care if you're encoding from lossy to lossy and not following the audiophile commandments (i may have to encode from ogg to mp3 just because my fellow windows user friend doesn't have a clue what ogg is and can't play it anyway).
i want to use just one of them but i can't.
it's ok. they're both the best.
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XLD gave me the most recognised tracklists for the rough ones, so I mostly used it to rip. Max is invaluable for re-encoding for a player. iTunes seems to get worse every time I use it, but it's where I keep things arranged while I wait for something like Songbird to mature.
I'm using 10.6.8 and have to tiptoe around Max a bit, I crash him sometimes, mostly if any other windows are open while messing in the Prefs. But I'm also very happy with the AAC224 files I'm getting from Max for my Zip Plus.
So I hope Max gets an update so he's more stable, and meanwhile, he's usable if you're careful about editing prefs with all windows closed. He's never crashed while encoding, so if I get that far I'm good if let him work is magic.
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Franz reviewed on 28 Dec 2010
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Agmaster reviewed on 19 Aug 2010
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When I tried such a file duo (flac + cue) Max made one big aiff file. How do you do it?
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I've gotten some folders with the music in .flac files for each song and a .cue file which seems to have to do with drawing some tracks closely together but maintaining a 'normal' track to track time for others.
I've scoured the web looking for how to utilize the .cue file in burning audio CDs with their timing intact. Surely there is some Mac way of doing this or am I to face the wrath of my Windows friends for having to get them to do it for me?
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(Same problem as stated below...)
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01/11/07 04:33:29 Max[1758] *** Assertion failure in getCoreAudioFileDataFormats(), /tmp/Max-0.7.1/Utilities/CoreAudioUtilities.m:206
01/11/07 04:33:29 Max[1758] The call to AudioConverterSetProperty failed (!dat).
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There are some performance issues here which while atypical are nevertheless serious.
The obvious workaround is to simply convert files in smaller batches, and that's what I'm doing, but I hope this issue receives some attention in future releases. Max is an amazingly useful tool and is something I've come to rely on. I want it to be the best, most useful tool it can be, and I expect that I'm not alone in that sentiment. Fixing this will elevate Max.
As I typed this, Max gagged and crashed when I tried to go beyond 1,277 tracks. Because of its extreme slowness, I have to add one album at a time, and it takes a LOOOOONG time to reach that count. *sigh*
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Waveform output shows the main reason -- at very rapid frequency, the waveform zeros out, then returns.
Hope this gets ironed out soon... It's a nice little app.
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