What’s an audio ripper you ask? Well, it’s a software which converts CD Audio to mp3 or whatever audio compression format, you know like MP3 or WMA or OGG. That kind of software. It’s the same like DVD Ripper, just that it rips audio from your audio cds/dvds. Actually MusikCube is not just an Audio Ripper, it’s a fully pledged audio/multimedia center.  Yes, just like your Microsoft Media Player, but it’s open source, has tons of features not found in Microsoft Media Playyer and you don’t need to validate your Windows to use it. That is if you using illegal copies of Windows, which you shouldn’t because we all know that piracy is not good and it’s linked to terrorists and mafias.

Anyway, back to MusikCube. One of it’s interesting features is that it learns from what you like to listen and can generate a personalized playlist based on your preferences. So if listen to Spice Girls a lot, then it will help create your very own playlist which may be illegal in some countries. It also has enhanced support for portable storage devices. If you plug in an audio device or a thumb drive, MusikCube will ensure each audio device has a seperate database/playlist. So you don’t need to fumble around to check which playlist is for which device. Cool right? You can use this software to listen to the various Internet radio stations out there as well.

MusikCube allows you to add plugins, just like my previous favourite WinAMP. Hey, in the past, WinAMP is one of the best media players out there. Too bad it became bloatware and I guess nowadays we are looking for lean and mean programs to power our system.

MusikCube is for Windows 2000, XP and 2003 only. Not too sure whether it will work for Windows Vista. If only it can directly burn and create audio cds!