AudioStation 5.0

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Summary: I do not recommend this product.
Review: AudioStation 5.0 by Voyetra Turtle Beach is a waste of money because it offers little more than what the free Microsoft media player has. To me it just seems like a cheep copy of MS media player.

Also, I had problems with it crashing under Windows ME. However, it is more stable under Windows XP.

One more thing to add is that the tech support took something like 8 business days to respond to very simple questions.

Rating:
Summary: A great product, If you're not retarded!!!
Review: I own a copy of Audiostation 5,(actually the version I have is 5.2), and it works as advertised. I can't speak for the other people who reviewed this software, perhaps they have a different version, but I have never experienced a single problem with Audiostation 5 (ver.5.2). Loading the software was a breeze and using it was just as easy. It rips tracks from my cd player to my harddrive flawlessly and I've never had the software crash either during a download or during the software installation process. I'll lay 10 to 1 odds that the other people that reviewed this product either have hardware that conflicts with Audiostation software or they are, how shall I say...RETARDED!!! This software does everything it advertises and it has performed without a hitch for me. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because the software does NOT allow you to transfer your downloaded mp3 tracks to a portable device ie. a portable mp3 player. That being said, it's still a great piece of software, one of the best I've ever used for what it claims to be able to do. As far as the tranferring of mp3 files to a portable mp3 player, that's more of a wish on my part since the software doesn't claim to be able to do that, however I think that Audiostation 6 will transfer mp3's to portable devices. I highly endorse Audiostation (version 5.2)

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Summary: I'm doing you guys a service by telling you to...
Review: Stay A-WAY from this!!

Take it from me, a person that's had to put up with this for the last year, you will be sorry if you buy this unstable POS. Pardon my French. Well, now that I have XP and I've updated it with the latest updates from Windows Update, so I have the latest XP, here is what I've experienced:

1.) Long launch times. When you click or double click on the AudioStation icon to open/launch it it sits there for about 5-7 minutes with the busy cursor spinning. You can't do anything with it until it wakes up.

2.)Installing it was an adventure. A bad one. It will crash on you just before the end of the installation process. I found that you have to install the rest or repair it by using the Add or Remove Programs control panel under the Change or Remove Programs pane.

3.) Don't let the "upgrade" from the Voyetra website fool you. It's even more unstable than the previous version. Crashing when you attempt to copy some MP3s off a CD. And this version's hang time is even longer.

Until I can find a better MP3/CD-DA player/ripper/burner, I'll have to use the 5.0 version for copying MP3s at a reasonable bit rate. Windows Media Player doesn't even let you rip MP3s unless you buy a seperate MP3 codec. Whatever! So iTunes (which is free) can rip MP3s out of the installer (analogous to out-of-the-box) on a Mac, yet Windows Media Player requires you to buy that feature? Why?

Just stay away from this software. Stay away. You'll be sorry you bought it. I sure am.

Rating:
Summary: Sometimes "Bad" is bad.
Review: This is one bad product. Backed up by bad support.

It comes in the box with the Turtlebeach AudioTron (which is a GREAT product) and I've tried using it in each of four different incarnations. The latest version adds a bunch of flashy things, but the basic problem remains the same.

The reason I give only 1 start is that the product crashes while playing songs and makes a LOUD screaching noise repetitively until you manage to kill the program. It does this on every machine I have tried it on (about 10 different types of hardware). Other programs, and the AudioTron, play the songs fine.

It has done this in each and every PAID upgrade I have tried. Customer support has either told me it is my hardware or they ignore me completely.

If they would fix it and give updates to their current customers I would re-consider my rating. I like the User Interface (much better than MediaPlayer and/or iTunes), but if it doesn't work it DOESN'T WORK.

Rating:
Summary: Sometimes "Bad" is bad.
Review: UPDATE: Use iTunes instead for ripping CDs to the hard drive. As for audio editing, go pro or download Audacity.

OLD REVIEW: Stay A-WAY from this!!

Take it from me, a person that's had to put up with this for the last year, you will be sorry if you buy this unstable POS. Pardon my French. Well, now that I have XP and I've updated it with the latest updates from Windows Update, so I have the latest XP, here is what I've experienced:

1.) Long launch times. When you click or double click on the AudioStation icon to open/launch it it sits there for about 5-7 minutes with the busy cursor spinning. You can't do anything with it until it wakes up.

2.)Installing it was an adventure. A bad one. It will crash on you just before the end of the installation process. I found that you have to install the rest or repair it by using the Add or Remove Programs control panel under the Change or Remove Programs pane.

3.) Don't let the "upgrade" from the Voyetra website fool you. It's even more unstable than the previous version. Crashing when you attempt to copy some MP3s off a CD. And this version's hang time is even longer.

Until I can find a better MP3/CD-DA player/ripper/burner, I'll have to use the 5.0 version for copying MP3s at a reasonable bit rate. Windows Media Player doesn't even let you rip MP3s unless you buy a seperate MP3 codec. Whatever! So iTunes (which is free) can rip MP3s out of the installer (analogous to out-of-the-box) on a Mac, yet Windows Media Player requires you to buy that feature? Why?

Just stay away from this software. Stay away. You'll be sorry you bought it. I sure am.