Overview

Online Radio Tuner from Basic Technologies allows you to listen to and record radio stations from around the world.  You can listen to and record several different file formats including OGG and AAC.

Review

Installation – 8

Installation is quick and easy following the install wizard.  During set up you can have it check for program, playlist, and album art updates automatically.

Features – 8

The user interface allows you to easily control the stations playing, easily switch between station presets, and record radio with the push of a button.

The presets allow you to find they types of music and programming you want to dial in for quick access.

Listen to and record different types of audio file broadcasts based on your preferences.  Recordings will be saved as MP3 by default and also allows OGG and AAC by installing free components.

There is a handy search system which allows you to filter results based on the quality of the broadcast.

The ability to change color schemes of the interface to match the look and feel of your computer.

Ease of Use – 8

The user interface is intuitive and nicely laid out making use easy for the user.

Click the record button to begin recording the station.  You can also decide how you want it to record between songs.

Click on the album art to shop for the music at Amazon Music.

There are also a lot of different options you can change including scheduling recordings, appearance, and setting up hotkeys.

Performance – 8

This app runs very smoothly and doesn’t take up too many system resources.  You can listen to and record in the background while still running your favorite more intense applications.  The recordings are great quality and sound as good as when listening to the original stream.

Conclusion

Online Radio Tuner is a nice application for finding and recording thousands of radio stations from around the world.  It supports unlimited presets and the album art feature is definitely cool.  The user interface is nicely laid out making use easy for the user.  Playlist support includes PLS, M3U, ASX, WPL, WAX, WMX formats.  They offer a 30 day trial and is $39.95 after that for a full license.  It officially supports Windows 2000, XP, Vista and we had no problem running it on Windows 7 RC1.

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Rating

• Installation: 8
• Ease of Use: 8
• Features: 8
• Performance: 8
• Product Support: 8