Alon Audio Extractor

Given the right set of computer applications, anyone can try their luck at a whole variety of activities. One of them is multimedia, and the market is already saturated with editing and management tools. Among others, Alon Audio Extractor comes with the means to let you grab sound out of different video file types.

On the visual side of things, the application wraps all of its features in a custom-made interface that looks appealing, but may trigger a few glitches in newer Windows iterations. Smooth animations follow almost all operations you perform, giving it an overall pleasant feel.

The structure is pretty organized, with a special area that shows all the files you want to process along with info like start and end time, title, source and output formats. There’s a small preview area to snoop through content, while all format-related settings are close by, so you don’t wander off through other menus and windows.

As the name suggests, the application’s core function is to let you extract the audio layer of video files. You can load them either by dragging them over the main window, or through the open dialog. Supported formats are AVI, MPG, DAT, ASF, WMV, MOV, QT, FLV, MP4, and 3GP.

As for the output, the selection is easily done with a mouse click, and the formats at your disposal count as MP3, WAV, as well as AC3. Apart from grabbing the entire audio layer, the application comes with a crop tool that lets you select a specific region for each clip you want to process.

Before pressing start, you might want to go through quality settings. The destination is set from a dedicated field, while other management options include audio bit and sample rate, as well as the number of channels. The process runs smooth and doesn’t take too long to finish.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Alon Audio Extractor lives up to expectations and provides a proper workspace in which to extract audio layers from movies and clips. File formats aren’t abundant, but cover popular ones. Quality can easily be configured, while the task is done quickly, making this program worth a try overall.