OS Compatibility: Win XP/7

What It Is

Akram Audio Converter supports the converting back and forth between a variety of file formats.  It can also convert Real video to audio.

The program has a basic interface that is easy to use and walks you through the conversion process.  Conversion is as easy as selecting the source audio file, what you want to convert it to, what quality settings you want, and where you want the converted file to go on your computer.  That’s about it but that’s really all you need to get the job done.

Supported File Formats

Akram Audio Converter can perform the following conversions:

• Convert Real Audio Files (ram, rmvb, ra, rm, rmj) to WAV, MP3, OGG or WMA
• Convert WMA, OGG, MP3, and WAV to RA (Real Audio)
• Convert WAV, MP3, MP2, MP1, MPEG, MP4, AAC, OGG, AVI, MPC, MOV, QT, WMA, AMR, AC3, AIFF, AU or 3GP files to WAV, MP3, MP2, ACM, AC3, MP4, AAC, VOX or AMR
• Rip CD audio to OGG, MP3, WAV, or AMR

Basically Akram is both a universal converter and CD ripper.  Turn your CD collection into digital audio music for play on a variety of devices.

Additional Features

Select the bitrate for your converted files to control quality and file size.  Has a basic Stereo/Mono option.  There aren’t a ton of extra features on this program but what it does do, it seems to do well.