RECORDNOW MAX- CD/DVD RECORDING

Product Details

• ASIN: B00005V259
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 29, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,960 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Ideally suited to those who burn more than an occasional audio disc or file backup, RecordNow handles virtually every form of PC recording and supports numerous operations not usually available in this price range. While newcomers to the world of CD burning may initially find its text-based instruction manual confusing, and hard-core audio enthusiasts might miss a few sophisticated tools, RecordNow MAX is otherwise a fine, all-purpose workhorse that should please most power users.

If you have something to record, chances are RecordNow MAX will help you do it. It supports a variety of data formats, including bootable and system backup CDs, mixed-mode discs, and CD Extra music/data discs, the latter of which automatically position audio tracks separately from data tracks and thus allows you to hear your tunes without enduring long periods of silence or static in between. Music fans will use its audio capabilities to burn MP3 collections, accumulate "best of" compilations from standard audio CDs, and convert WAV and MP3 files to standard audio tracks playable in any conventional CD player. Video buffs will take advantage of its Video CD support to create MPEG-1 home movie anthologies. The program also offers drag-and-drop operation, although users will often be forced to open Windows Explorer in a separate pane in order to gain access to their files.

RecordNow MAX is not, however, a complete audio CD solution. Although it allows you to modify pretrack gaps, identify retail CD tracks (through Gracenote's impressive online CDDB Music Recognition Service), and print disc menus, it skimps in other areas. It provides no control over volume and therefore produces uneven playback loudness when recording from multiple sources. It does not offer audio effects such as reverb or delay, nor does it provide a CD and jewel case label-creation utility. And rather than fashioning the program with an integrated CD player, developer Stomp opted instead to rely on already-installed software such as Microsoft's Windows Media Player. This makes the whole operation of monitoring your recordings slightly less convenient, particularly when using DJ Burn where you can't listen to your selections until you've completed each recording stint.

Despite its lack of audio CD refinement, RecordNow MAX is otherwise a powerful and multifaceted program that consistently performs as advertised. It integrates seamlessly with the external software it relies upon and becomes downright easy to use after you've spent an hour or two behind the controls. Computer users who expect to burn a variety of formats or a tremendous volume of a single recording would be well advised to give this one a look. --Gordon Goble

Amazon.com Product Description

RecordNow MAX is full-feature CD- and DVD-burning software for your PC. Create perfect audio, CD, DVD, video, data, and MP3 recording solutions fast and easily. Rip as many audio music CDs to MP3 files as you want using high-quality encoders. Automatically convert songs from MP3, WAV, and WMA to music CDs, saving time and hard disk space, while creating your own custom music collection. The burning wizards provide clear, easy-to-understand instructions on how to perform common CD burning tasks like CD copying and creating data and music CDs. The software also supports BURN-Proof and JustLink technologies to eliminate buffer underruns for error-free recording and conservation of media.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT EASY TO USE SOFTWARE THAT DOES IT ALL!, October 27, 2002

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Gary Robin (Bayside, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RECORDNOW MAX- CD/DVD RECORDING (CD-ROM)

Makes ripping and burning EASY and FUN! Best of all it comes with a 23 page quick start guide that was very easy to use. Eveything is fully explained. Very user friendly and fool proof. Zero learning curve. So far I have 1)made cd to cd copies 2)ripped to MP3 3)burned a cd in MP3(128kb)(Thats 11 hours of music!) 4)ripped a video cd(MPEG1)5)burned a video cd. GREAT software. It has many safeguards built in to burn perfect copies. In audio it has overburn/underburn protection. In video it makes an exact copy of the VCD(They call this Global Imaging)
I became familiar with this software in one day. I have not made a coaster yet. I also highly recommend my TDK burner with underburn/overburn protection! Have fun.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars average, then great., January 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: RECORDNOW MAX- CD/DVD RECORDING (CD-ROM)

I bought version 3.0.
It had a few problems.
For a time, Stomp offered a free upgrade of version 4.5.
Any and all problems encountered with version 3.0 were fixed in version 4.5 upgrade.

I give a 4 star and not 5, as it seems that stomp removed the 4.5 upgrade from it's website?!.

I have used EZCD (fair to OK software - with more than it's share of problems) and Nero.
Nero is a great burning program, perhaps not as user friendly
as EZCD.
For simplicity, RECORDNOWMAX "WITH" the version 4.5 upgrade.
For knowledgable users, Nero.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars very incovinence, June 5, 2002

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J. Yan (Rosemead, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RECORDNOW MAX- CD/DVD RECORDING (CD-ROM)

I had this software with my HP Pavillion xt938 computer, it cannot do the rewrite job as Direct CD or Easy CD creator does. It doesn't format a rw-cd as a floppy disk, everytime I do the write-on for a small file, takes at least 30 sec., At best, I only can use my cd rewrite as cd write. What a suffer, I don't have the freedom to transfer my files between computers even though all my computers are made by HP because my other computers don't read the cd created by RecordNow.