Sbooth Max for Mac

Name: Sbooth Max
Rating: 4 (21 reviews)
Author: sbooth

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Sbooth Max is a free CD burning application designed for Mac users, offering a straightforward interface and a range of essential features. This software allows users to create audio CDs, data CDs, and disc images with ease. Its compatibility with various audio formats ensures that users can burn their favorite music tracks without hassle, making it suitable for both casual users and more advanced needs.

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The program includes features such as the ability to create and manage playlists, import audio files from different sources, and support for various CD formats. Sbooth Max also provides options for customizing the burning process, allowing users to adjust settings such as burning speed and disc verification. Overall, it serves as a practical solution for anyone looking to burn CDs on their Mac.

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GENERAL

Release: August 30, 2009

Latest update: June 11, 2026

Version: 0.9.1

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Mac

Operating System

Mac OS X 10.6
Mac OS X 10.4
Mac OS X
Mac OS X 10.5

Additional Requirements: None

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Total Downloads: 9,551

Downloads Last Week: 0

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4/5

21 User Votes

Superior ripper/converter. Very recommended.
Geoffrey Dean JacksonOctober 11, 2010
Pros
Extremely high quality of CD to AAC conversions. With the right settings, 330+ Kb/sec rates possible. Cleanest error correction I've ever used.
Cons
Touchy at times. Can crash with corrupted files without warning. Albumcover downloads can be tedious to use. Manual input of song titles not as easy at it could be (use of the TAB on the keyboard not useable).
Summary
All-in-all, it's a damn good program. It will convert CD's to MP3, AAC, Apple lossless, etc and do a good job. Depending on the settings, you can remove nearly error possible from your CD's, and convert them with the highest bitrate possible (I have AAC files in my collection that nailed 380 kb/sec, and they are still compatible with my 5G iPod). If you're picky about sound quality, like the filesize of compressed or lossy filesystems, this program will make darn sure the copy you have is of the highest quality.
Didn't work very long for me.
850vineDecember 17, 2009
Pros
I liked the amount of file formats it would convert to and from.
Cons
It kept quitting.
Summary
It worked OK the first couple of times I tried it, then I fed it some probably corrupted wav files that caused it to freeze up. Ever since then when I try to open the program it quits.
Great variety of formats. Interface needs work.
adjwilliDecember 26, 2008
Pros
A huge variety of audio formats to choose from and very quick. Easy to do large batches.
Cons
Initially difficult to figure out how to convert to specific formats.
Summary
Doesn't work with Leopard 10.5
boringuserDecember 7, 2007
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. This thing does absolutely nothing. What a piece of junk. There are no "formats" available to convert a file into. How are you supposed to use this software? Does not even work with Mac OS X 10.5.
Excellent
sm235August 4, 2007
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. Needed to convert FLAC to MP3... there are various plugins for itune that don't seem to work. This converted without a hitch, sems to be able to do it for a wide array of formats, such as APE format.
Nice improvements
ddg.alextek_dotmacJanuary 24, 2007
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. Used Max for a few months now, starting with 0.6. This version is a noticeable improvement in many respects- in particular, this version is noticeably faster. My only feature request would be a way to select the output format when encoding rather than having to go into the app's Preferences to do it. This goes double now that the Custom Encoding option, which opened up the Encoder pane, is gone. A Select Encoder option when ripping (maybe with an Advanced button to tweak settings) would be handy. But otherwise, a very nice app you'll probably use a lot.
Nice improvements
ddg.alextek_dotmacJanuary 24, 2007
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. Used Max for a few months now, starting with 0.6. This version is a noticeable improvement in many respects- in particular, this version is noticeably faster. My only feature request would be a way to select the output format when encoding rather than having to go into the app's Preferences to do it. This goes double now that the Custom Encoding option, which opened up the Encoder pane, is gone. A Select Encoder option when ripping (maybe with an Advanced button to tweak settings) would be handy. But otherwise, a very nice app you'll probably use a lot.
Superb software!
rfrostJanuary 20, 2007
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. I'm an audiophile and after months, maybe years, of f*arting around with SoundGrinder, MusicMan, Switch, and myriad other audio codec handlers (including iTune's own dreadful internal mp3 ripper), I discovered Max and its pals, Tag and Cog. Look nowhere else to meet your needs in handling a wide range of codecs and other audio tools. Sbooth, the developer, is the leader of a community that cares deeply about high-quality audio on the Mac, and he has forums that are a key site for knowledge about Mac audio. What a generous and brilliant soul! Bravo!
Superb software!
rfrostJanuary 20, 2007
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Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. I'm an audiophile and after months, maybe years, of f*arting around with SoundGrinder, MusicMan, Switch, and myriad other audio codec handlers (including iTune's own dreadful internal mp3 ripper), I discovered Max and its pals, Tag and Cog. Look nowhere else to meet your needs in handling a wide range of codecs and other audio tools. Sbooth, the developer, is the leader of a community that cares deeply about high-quality audio on the Mac, and he has forums that are a key site for knowledge about Mac audio. What a generous and brilliant soul! Bravo!
Essential!
aoimediaJanuary 13, 2007
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. This little app/utility has saved my bacon (and that of some fellow students!) a good few times now. Great update too! Bonus! Kind regards aoi

Developer’s Description

By sbooth

Create high-quality audio files in various formats.

Max is an application for creating high-quality audio files in various formats, from compact discs or files.

When extracting audio from compact discs, Max offers the maximum in flexibility to ensure the true sound of your CD is faithfully extracted. For pristine discs, Max offers a high-speed ripper with no error correction. For damaged discs, Max can either use its built-in comparison ripper (for drives that cache audio) or the error-correcting power of cdparanoia.

Once the audio is extracted, Max can generate audio in over 20 compressed and uncompressed formats including MP3, Ogg (Vorbis), FLAC, AAC, Apple Lossless, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, Speex, AIFF, and WAVE.

If you would like to convert your audio from one format to another, Max can read and write audio files in over 20 compressed and uncompressed formats at almost all sample rates and and in most sample sizes. For many popular formats the artist and album metadata is transferred seamlessly between the old and new files. Max can even split a single audio file into multiple tracks using a cue sheet.

Max leverages open source components and the resources of Mac OS X to provide extremely high-quality output. For example, MP3 encoding is accomplished with LAME, Ogg Vorbis encoding with aoTuV, FLAC encoding with libFLAC, and AAC and Apple Lossless encoding with Core Audio. Many PCM conversions are also possible using Core Audio and libsndfile.

Max is integrated with MusicBrainz to permit automatic retrieval of compact disc information. For MP3, FLAC, Ogg (FLAC), Ogg (Vorbis), Monkey's Audio, WavPack, AAC and Apple Lossless files Max will write this metadata to the output.

Max allows full control over where output files are placed and what they are named. If desired, Max will even add the encoded files to your iTunes library in a playlist of your choice.

For advanced users, Max allows control over how many threads are used for encoding, what type of error correction is used for audio extraction, and what parameters are used for each of the various encoders.

Max is free software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

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User Reviews

Superior ripper/converter. Very recommended.

Didn't work very long for me.

Great variety of formats. Interface needs work.

Doesn't work with Leopard 10.5

Excellent

Nice improvements

Nice improvements

Superb software!

Superb software!

Essential!

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