CD Blaster 1.8

• License:

  Free to try; $24.95 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  2.5 stars (out of 22 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  131,830

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

• Limitations:

  14-day trial

• Date Added:

  April 27, 2004

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version CD Blaster 1.8 CD Blaster 1.7.0.57 CD Blaster 1.7 CD Blaster 1.4 CD Blaster 1.7 CD Blaster 1.6

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Publisher's description of CD Blaster

From ABF software, Inc.:

CD Blaster is a powerful and easy-to-use CD burner and ripper. You can create standard audio CDs that can be played in regular CD players, as well as MP3 data CDs that can be played in portable MP3 players and DVD players. The program supports popular audio formats (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV), can get CD disc information from FreeDB, and has a built-in audio player. If you use your CD-RW for the sole purpose of ripping and burning CDs, you have just found the right tool.

Version 1.8 fixes small bugs.

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Editor's review of CD Blaster

• 4.0 stars

• "CD Blaster"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: CD Blaster 1.8

This user-friendly program combines a ripper with a CD burner. Upon launch, CD Blaster will ask whether you want to extract tracks from a disc or make a music CD; which box you check determines what screen you'll see. Neither window boasts an attractive design, but both are simple to understand. The ripper encodes files in MP3, WMA, WAV, or OGG formats; allows you to select the bit rate; and retrieves track information from the Web. However, it can't rip files utilizing VBR compression. The burner is a mostly positive affair, demonstrating solid performance and write speeds up to 32X. However, in some instances during our testing, the program's meter that shows how much space is left on a blank disc failed to function. Nevertheless, CD Blaster seems like a good pick for less-experienced folks who don't want to download ripping and burning utilities separately.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 2.9 stars out of 22 votes
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• 5 stars

  5 out of 10 people found this review helpful

  Version: CD Blaster 1.8

  "Light,Quick and fast"

  by QuentinTarantino on September 25, 2006

  Pros: Its a little beauty this one.I Burned 12 tracks to CD in under 3 minutes.The ripper is quick too. Its basic, very easy to use and light on resources.I am very pleased with it.

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• 1 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: CD Blaster 1.8

  "not user-friendly"

  by icbeast on July 25, 2004

  Summary: I wanted to burn a cd full of mp3's, so after adding 168 songs to the playlist I clicked on Next and it said "error adding songs" or something. There was no help in the program or on the website. There was also no way to save the playlist. I wast... read more >>

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: CD Blaster 1.8

  "Good perfomance"

  by Dmitry Golovenko on May 12, 2004

  Summary: I'm happy, because my copy of CD Blaster works very well with my Samsung Combo drive.

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: CD Blaster 1.8

  "just a "must have""

  by SergiyK on May 12, 2004

  Summary: This tool contains everything to create mp3 bundle for my car audio player

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• 1 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: CD Blaster 1.8

  "Tis Program simply SUX!!!!"

  on May 2, 2004

  Summary: I downloaded this and it always had an error while I was trying to burn a cd. It always does this. Dont download. It is a waste of time. SERIOUSLY!

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