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Excellentpluginsupportmeansyou
canaddtoMusicBee’s extensive list of
features,andthere’s a portableversion
that you caninstallona USBflashdrive
whenyou wanttotake yourmusicwith
you.If you useWindows 10 and
downloadMusicBeefromtheMicrosoft
Store (bit.ly/mbee4 79 ), you’llalsobenefit
fromautomaticupdates.
WeexplainhowtouseMusicBeeto
manageyourmusiccollectioninour
MiniWorkshopbelow.

AIMP
http://www.aimp.ru
Availablefor WindowsandAndroid,
AIMPis anaudioplayer that supportsall
themainmusicformats,includingAAC,
APE,FLAC,MIDI,MP3,OGG,WAV and
WMA.You canuseit toconverttracks
fromoneformat toanother, ripCDsand
auto-filloredittrackinformation.Toadd
filesandfolders,simplydraganddrop
themontotheinterface.If you havea

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When you first open MusicBee, it

gives you the option to import your

music and artwork. You can add

content from Windows Media Library

or iTunes,^1 or point the program in

the direction of your music collection.

Click ChooseFolders^2 to add more

locations. Click the Scan Now button^3

to import your music.

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MusicBeeadds your tracks to its

database. Use the menu bar at the

top^1 to switch between Music, Now

Playing, Playlists, Music Explorer and

Podcasts. Click the plus button^2 to

create a new tab – Radio, Audiobooksor

History, for example. Click a track to play

it. Track information and artwork appear

in their own panel.^3

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You can fix any missing or incorrect

tags by clickingthe MusicBee

arrow and selectingTools, then

Tagging Tools. Try either ‘Auto-Tag by

Album’or ‘Auto-Tag by Track’. To use

the former, fill in any missing details,

then click the Find button,^1 select a

result^2 and click Apply Tags.^3

organisemusic,edittags,transferyour

musictoiPhoneorotherUSBmusic

players,streamTidalandscrobbletracks

toLast.fm.It canalsofetch tagsfrom

MusicBrainz,lyricsfromAudDand

ChartLyrics,andalbumartfromLast.fm,

Musicbrainz,Discogs,TidalandDeezer.

Groove Music

bit.ly/groove479

OriginallybundledwithWindows 10 as

Microsoft’s answer toSpotify, Groove

Musicis nowoptionalandnolonger

offersa streamingservice orappsfor iOS

andAndroid.You canstilluseit to

manageandplay musicsaved onyour

PCorstoredinOneDrive,Microsoft’s

cloudstorageservice,however. It sorts

yourmusicbySong,Artist, Albumand

dateadded,andyou canviewrecently

played contentandbuildplaylists.

There’s alsoanequalizerthat you can

usetocustomize thesounddepending

onthetypeofmusicyou’re listeningto,

AIMPis an excellentmusicplayer that canhandleany audioformat,
andcaneven shutyour PC down whena playlist ends

Strawberryis a musicplayer andorganiserbasedaround

the now-discontinuedClementinesoftware

MINIWORKSHOP|Manage your musiccollectionwith MusicBee

largemusiclibrary, you canholddown

theCtrlkeytoscrollthroughit faster.

AIMPincludesa usefultimerthat

canshutdownyourPCwhenthemusic

finishes(or ata giventime). It alsoworks

asanalarmclocktowakeyou upinthe

morning.Setthetimeandchoosethe

musicyou wanttowakeupto.

The software supportsplugins,too,

andcomeswitha handfulpreinstalled.

Strawberry

http://www.strawbs.org

Clementine(www.clementine-player.org)

is anexcellentiTunesalternative that’s

basedonAmaroK,a musicorganiserfor

Linux.Althoughyou canstilldownload

andinstallClementine, thesoftware has

beendiscontinued,andhasn’tbeen

updated for threeyears.Strawberryis a

forkofClementinethat was first released

in 2018 andhasbeenupdated regularly

eversince.It’s availablefor Windows,

LinuxandmacOS,andcanplay and

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