MP3 Links (External)

andromeda (PHP and ASP) Dynamically presents collections of mp3s as streaming web sites.
cd2mp3 : (Pearl) Script which runs daGrab and LAME.
rip (Pearl) Script for ripping and encoding.

avifile AVI/DIVX encoder and decoder for Linux.
Grip : (Linux) gtk-based cd-player, ripper and encoder. Supports cddb, cdparanoia and LAME.
jbm2 (Linux) A KDE Jukebox style application for public places (bars, pubs,...)
Krabber (Linux) A KDE ripper & encoder, can use LAME.
Mp3Maker (Linux) A WindowMaker enhanced front end to cdda2wav/cdparanoia and lame/bladeenc.
dekagenc (Linux) Bourne shell script for ripping, encoding and CDDB naming.
ripperX (Linux) GTK frontend for rippers and several encoders featuring CDDB support.
T.E.A.R. (Linux) frontend to LAME, cdparanoia and CDDB.
xtunes. (Linux) GTK frontend for LAME, MAD, cdparanoia, cdrecord and more.

CDex: (Windows) Ripper & encoder, includes LAME binaries (the Blade compatible dll)
Lamedrop (Windows) OggDrop style encoder.
LAMEX (Windows) An activex control for LAME, and a GUI. Source code only, includes LAME.
m3w (Windows) A live mp3 streamer for the WWW. Works with LAME, icecast, soundcard input
out_lame (Windows) Winamp output plug-in. Create MP3 files directly from Winamp!
RazorLame (Windows) The RazorBlade front end now supports LAME.
WinLama (Windows) Small frontend for LAME.EXE
winLAME (Windows) The only *nice* windows UI for LAME, according to the author :-)

1CoolButtonTool Flash and Java button editor
Amadeus II (Mac) Manipulate, create and analyze sounds.
AudioEdit Deluxe Windows sound editor
AudioStation , Windows Jukebox software by Turtle Beach
Audiograbber Windows ripper/encoder
Audion Mac Jukebox software
CDcopy Windows ripper/encoder
eJay DJ Mix Station / MP3 Easy / MP3 Station / Music Cleaning Studio / MP3 Pro Various Windows music tools, using Gogo
Easy CD-DA Extractor Windows ripper/encoder, includes LAME binaries.
Easy CD MP3 Workshop Windows ripper/encoder
MP3 Observer MP3 file-manager, ID3 tag editor, playlist creator and CD-archiving tool.
MPAction MP3 Tools Windows jukebox software
MyMP3 Windows jukebox software from Steinberg
N2MP3 Pro Macintosh jukebox software
Text Aloud MP3 Converts text into audio.
TotalRecorder. Universal sound recoder.
UltraTagger. ID3 tag management, encoding and decoding.
UMG protected audio CDs UMG is using Lame for the PC part of protected audio CDs. ("Fast and Furious")
Tunespark This commercial software uses the LAME encoding engine in violation of our copyrights and without any acknowlegement. Stay away from it!
WaveLab 4 Digital Audio editing software.

Binaries/DLL's of the LAME command line encoder:

Linux:

Windows:

The original Russian site, and one of the most reliable for beta and bleeding edge (alpha) versions (updated almost daily): mirror 1 mirror 2
Windows and OS/2 : LAME.EXE for Windows and OS/2 available from: (Not)LAME for OS/2 and DOS
From the Encoder/Windows section of www.mp3-tech.org
Beta versions from this site in the in the .ee domain.
Beta versions and MSVC6 project files and source code available here
From the ZLURP ftp site
In the encoders section of MAZ Sound

BeOS:

Amiga:

For those of you that just wont give up on your Amiga, check The Amiga Alternative Audio Page

Nathan D. Blomquist's site has binaries for the Windows version of the LAME MP3 frame analzyer. Note that it requires downloading an additional 800K of GTK dlls, unless you have already installed other GTK software for windows like the gimp

Takehiro Tominaga has done some amazing work on LAME recently (see history ). His versions are available here (source code only) Fortunately for us, Takehiro takes the time to fold many of his improvements back into LAME.
GOGO-no-coda MP3 encoder. A forked version of LAME with many key routines rewritten in assembly. Uses the NASM assembler.

mp3enc3.1 from FhG. The gold standard of encoders. All other encoders strive to sound this good. Demo version only encodes up to 30 seconds.
BladeEnc One of the first free encoders for Linux.

r3mix.net Up-to-date ripper and encoder information, and the truth about MP3 quality.
MP3Encoders Encoder speed comparisons, and soon will have encoder quality comparisons.
Mpeg Audio News. Mac-centric, encoder reviews and quality comparisons.
MAZ Sound Encoders and other audio software.

My favorite Linux ripper: cdparanoia
Figure out which codec was used to make that mp3? EncSpot
Open source embedded mp3? Cantante
The MAD decoder Bug free, 24bit and GPL!
PCAVtech sound card benchmarks
Maate looks like a very sophisticated MP3 analysis package. They also have a good description of MP3 frames.
A nice .wav file viewer and editor: sweep
MPxUtil: convert to MP3s to free format, adjust volume, edit Xing VBR headers and other stuff.
mp3trim . Trim silence and adjust volume of mp3 files.
mp3check A program to check integrity of mp3 files.
Mpcut X11 mp3 frame editor.
mp3asm A program to cut and paste mp3 frames.
MP3Splitter Win32 MP3 splitter and frame statistics.
jchopwave Source code to a utility to split up .wav files.
The future of the command line interface!