AIMP

AIMP (Artem Izmaylov Media Player) is a freeware audio player for Windows, Android and Linux (through Wine), originally developed by Russian developer Artem Izmaylov (Russian: Артём Измайлов, tr. Artyom Izmajlov).[1] It includes powerful tools to operate with audio files and a great variety of Skins and Plugins.

AIMP
Developer(s)Artem Izmaylov And Mike Green
Initial releaseAugust 8, 2006 (2006-08-08)[1]
Stable releaseWindows: 5.11, build 2429 (April 7, 2023 (2023-04-07)[2]) [±]
Android: 3.30, build 1250 (March 27, 2023 (2023-03-27)[3]) [±]
Operating systemWindows XP or later,[4] Android
TypeAudio player
LicenseFreeware
Websiteaimp.ru Edit this on Wikidata

Development

The first version of AIMP was released on August 8, 2006.[5] AIMP was initially based on the BASS audio library.[6] Version 3 added a new audio engine and full support for ReplayGain, and revamped the music library interface transparency effects.

Features

The player supports audio codecs, including MP3, AAC, Dolby AC-3, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, Speex, Windows Media Audio, Apple Lossless, FLAC, WAV, Audio CDs, APE, True Audio; DTS audio, MP1, MP2, Musepack, OptimFROG, WavPack, MIDI, Impulse Tracker, MO3, MOD, MultiTracker Module, S3M, Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor (TAK), and FastTracker 2 Extended Module.

It supports the DirectSound, ASIO and WASAPI audio interfaces, and it uses 32-bit audio processing for its 18-band equalizer and built-in sound effects (Reverb, Flanger, Chorus, Pitch, Tempo, Echo, Speed, Bass, Enhancer, Voice Remover).

AIMP can cache, in RAM, the currently played media file, up to 250 MB, during playback.

AIMP is also able to cache up to 60 seconds of internet radio streams into RAM. One drawback of this function is that channel switching is slowed as the buffer is first filled up to at least 25% before the playback starts (i.e. with 60 seconds of cache selected, the music will take up to 15 seconds to start playing).

Other features
  • LastFM scrobbler
  • Bookmark and playback queue creation
  • Multiple playlists, one per tab
  • CUE sheet support
  • Playing media files of up to 250 MB directly from RAM
  • Internet radio stream capturing
  • Cloud support
  • Native sound Effects and 20-band equalizer
  • Multi-user mode support
  • Multi-language interface
  • Hotkeys (configurable local and global hotkeys)
  • Playlist and tag editor
  • Audio library file organizer and search (highly customizable grouping schemas)
  • CD Grabber with Audio Encoder
  • Alarm clock / Auto shutdown / Scheduler
  • Support for plug-ins and skins
  • Rating, auto-marks and listening statistics
  • Advanced Tag Editor interface

Awards
  • On September 6, 2007, Softpedia editor Ionut Ilascu gave AIMP Classic 2.02 Beta a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.[7]
  • On November 6, 2009, CNET editors also gave AIMP2 a 4 out of 5 star rating.[8]
  • In 2023, TechRadar ranked AIMP as the 2nd best one of the best free music players of 2023.[9]

Third-party scam warning

The developers of AIMP warn on their official website that there is an ongoing scam by the unknown fraudsters behind the website aimp2.us, which has no connection whatsoever to the AIMP development team, and call upon its users not to donate any money to this fake site.[10] AIMP is a freeware program and as such brought to the users free of charge.

See also

References
  1. AIMP FAQs(in Russian). Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  2. Latest AIMP for Windows changelog
  3. Latest AIMP for Android changelog
  4. "AIMP for Windows". Artem Izmaylov. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. ".:AIMP:". AIMP.ru. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  6. BASS audio library
  7. Winamp's Future Competitor, Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  8. CNET editors' review, Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  9. TechRadar - The best free music players in 2023, Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  10. Artem (2013-12-04). "aimp2.us is a fake!". Aimp.ru. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
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