Power MP3 Recorder (MP3 Sound Recorder)

Power MP3 Recorder is a sound recording application that can work with multiple sources and save the output file in various formats.

The first thing you shall notice about Power MP3 Recorder after launching it for the first time is the overall simplicity of the design.

The minimal main window is only a proof that the program was developed to be easy to use from the very beginning. A simple right click allows you to jump into settings and play with much more advanced parameters.

Power MP3 Recorder can export recordings to MP3, WMA and WAV, with dedicated options to configure channels, sampling per second and compress bitrate.

Obviously, you're allowed to choose the recording device too, but the app can work with absolutely any connected device, be it a microphone or the audio card. In other words, it can record the music you're listening to, movies and games with minimum effort.

Power MP3 Recorder has an auto-naming tool as well, but also a separate feature to skip silence. What's more, the program can auto-restart recordings when the sound level is lower than a defined value, but also to stop after a configured time.

One of the setbacks is that Power MP3 Recorder doesn't come with hotkey support, so you can't start and stop recordings by pressing keyboard shortcuts. A System Tray icon is missing too, but instead Power MP3 Recorder provides an MP3 ID3 tag editor and a recording list to manage your previous recordings.

All things considered, Power MP3 Recorder is one of the effective tools in this particular software category and, with a few improvements, it could easily become a top product.