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Version 3 added a new audio engine and full support for ReplayGain, and revamped the music library interface transparency effects.ĪIMP supports audio codecs, including MP3, AAC, Dolby AC-3, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, Speex, Windows Media Audio, Apple Lossless, FLAC, WAV, Audio CDs, APE, True Audio DTS audio, MP1, MP2, Musepack, OptimFROG, WavPack, MIDI, Impulse Tracker, MO3, MOD, MultiTracker Module, S3M, Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor (TAK), and Fasttracker 2 Extended Module.ĪIMP supports the DirectSound, ASIO and WASAPI audio interfaces, and it uses 32-bit audio processing for its 18-band equalizer and built-in sound effects (Reverb, Flanger, Chorus, Pitch, Tempo, Echo, Speed, Bass, Enhancer, Voice Remover).ĪIMP can cache, in RAM, the currently played media file, up to 250MB, during playback.ĪIMP is also able to cache up to 60 seconds of internet radio streams into RAM. AIMP was initially based on the BASS audio library.
The first version of AIMP was released on August 8, 2006.