Tunatic

Sometimes when listening to a radio station or to an unknown song from your music list, you would really want to know the artists and track name. Fortunately, there is a simple tool that can help you in this respect and it goes by the name of Tunatic.

Once you get this utility installed onto your system, you will have at your disposal a very easy to use program that is well suited for the less experienced users. The friendly GUI is somewhat minimalistic, but it does have a pleasant look nonetheless.

The tiny window that is displayed onto your screen has the appearance of a Windows gadget, but it doesn't require any special engine to run. The app itself is the engine that you can use to determine who sings the currently playing tune.

All that Tunatic needs in order to function properly is a working Internet connection and an input device, like a microphone, through which it can tap in to the audio stream that is playing from your speakers or headphones.

As soon as a valid device is selected from the 'Settings', the software is ready to start recognizing the songs. With just a single click you can put the program to work and after a few moments the results should be displayed inside the application's main window.

If this utility would be able to get it right every single time, the conclusion would be that is passed the tests with flying colors. Unfortunately, it will miss some songs, letting you know that it wasn't able to find that track, or the data it retrieves from its searches is inaccurate.

Despite this drawback, Tunatic has a pretty good success rate and it is bound to find some fans, especially since it is so easy to use.