AIMP (Artem Izmaylov Media Player) is a freeware audio player for

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and Android, originally developed by Russian developer Artem Izmaylov ( rus, Артём Измайлов, Artyom Izmajlov).AIMP FAQs
Retrieved September 24, 2011.

Development

The first version of AIMP was released on August 8, 2006. AIMP was initially based on the BASS audio library. Version 3 added a new audio engine and full support for

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, and revamped the music library interface transparency effects.

Features

AIMP supports audio codecs, including

MP3 MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany, with support from other digital scientists in the United States and elsewhere. Origin ...

, AAC,

Dolby AC-3 Dolby Digital, originally synonymous with Dolby AC-3, is the name for what has now become a family of audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. Formerly named Dolby Stereo Digital until 1995, the audio compression is lossy ...

Ogg Vorbis Vorbis is a free and open-source software project headed by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The project produces an audio coding format and software reference encoder/decoder (codec) for lossy audio compression. Vorbis is most commonly used in conjun ...

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Speex Speex is an audio compression codec specifically tuned for the reproduction of human speech and also a free software speech codec that may be used on VoIP applications and podcasts. It is based on the CELP speech coding algorithm.Xiph.OrIntro ...

Windows Media Audio Windows Media Audio (WMA) is a series of audio codecs and their corresponding audio coding formats developed by Microsoft. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs. The ...

Apple Lossless The Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC), also known as Apple Lossless, or Apple Lossless Encoder (ALE), is an audio coding format, and its reference audio codec implementation, developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music ...

, FLAC,

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, Audio CDs,

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, True Audio; DTS audio,

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, MP2,

Musepack Musepack or MPC is an open source lossy audio codec, specifically optimized for transparent compression of stereo audio at bitrates of 160–180 (manual set allows bitrates up to 320) kbit/s. It was formerly known as MPEGplus, MPEG+ or MP+ ...

OptimFROG OptimFROG is a proprietary lossless audio data compression codec developed by Florin Ghido. OptimFROG is optimized for very high compression (small file sizes) at the expense of encoding and decoding speed, and consistently measures among the hi ...

WavPack WavPack is a free and open-source lossless audio compression format and application implementing the format. It is unique in the way that it supports hybrid audio compression alongside normal compression which is similar to how FLAC works. It ...

MIDI MIDI (; Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and ...

Impulse Tracker Impulse Tracker is a multi-track music tracker ( music sequencer). Originally released in 1995 by Jeffrey Lim as freeware with commercial extensions, it was one of the last tracker programs for the DOS platform. In 2014, on its 20th anniversary, ...

, MO3, MOD, MultiTracker Module,

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, Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor (TAK), and

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Extended Module. AIMP supports the

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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

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, 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: *

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scrobbler * Bookmark and playback queue creation * Multiple playlists, one per tab * CUE sheet support * Playing media files of up to 250 MB directly from

* Internet radio stream capturing * Multi-user mode support * Multi-language interface *

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s (configurable local and global hotkeys) * Playlist and tag editor * Audio library file organizer and search * Alarm clock / Auto shutdown * Support for plug-ins and skins

Awards

*''On September 6, 2007,

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editor Ionut Ilascu gave AIMP Classic 2.02 Beta a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.Winamp's Future Competitor
Retrieved September 24, 2011.'' *''On November 6, 2009, CNET editors also gave AIMP2 a 4 out of 5 star rating.CNET editors' review
Retrieved September 24, 2011.'' *''On September 23, 2016,

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editor Cat Ellis ranked AIMP4 at the 2nd place of the best free music players of 2016.TechRadar editor Cat Ellis' review
Retrieved December 11, 2016.''

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. AIMP is a freeware program and as such brought to the users free of charge.

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