December 2007, PC World, quotes and excerpts from
the review:
"Compress, convert, and control your music and movies
for playback on any device.
Internet radio stations easily trump terrestrial radio
broadcasts, with virtually limitless listening choices and (depending on your
broadband connection) perfect, antenna-free quality. With the right tools, you
can record those broadcasts, too, slurping songs into a folder on your hard
drive as easily as people used to record FM signals to tape in the 1980s.
... Radiotracker Premium ($25) gives you an impressive number
of ways to record and cut songs from multiple stations automatically and
simultaneously. (The $37 Platinum version even searches for specific artists and
song titles.)
Launch Radiotracker, and click the Stations button. Browse
the vast list of genres, or start typing the name of a favorite broadcaster. (To
quickly find SOMA FM stations, for example, enter SOMA in the text box.) Click a
station you like, and then click the Favor star. Repeat this, favoring a few
stations you like; then close the window by clicking the red X in the
upper-right corner of the window.
In the main interface, uncheck the Genre button, and click
the Favorites box, leaving only that option selected. Your stations should be
listed in the window below. Click Start Autorip to begin recording from all of
them at once, assuming that your bandwidth can handle the load. Radiotracker
will tally the captured songs in the right side of the program, complete with
tags for artist and title.
Radiotracker divides songs based on tags from the stations,
which may differ from the actual beginnings and endings of songs by several
seconds. This discrepancy can cause Radiotracker to pick up part of the
neighboring tune by accident. If necessary, trim the beginning and ending
manually by clicking a song and using the Cut button..."
