AIMP 5.40.2727 / 6.00.3090 Beta 7

AIMP is a free music player for Windows that sounds great, looks good and quietly does far more than play songs.

It also converts audio, rips CDs, edits tags, records internet radio and runs a sleep timer, all in one small program.

The stable version is 5.40, and a beta of AIMP 6 is on the way with native ARM and Linux builds.

What AIMP Plays

Almost any audio file you own: MP3, AAC, WMA and WAV, lossless FLAC, Monkey's Audio (APE) and TTA, plus DSD files and old tracker music such as MOD and XM.

It also plays Ogg Vorbis and Opus.

CUE sheets work too, so a whole-album image file shows up as separate tracks.

Sound runs through a 32-bit audio engine, and you can send it out through WASAPI Exclusive or ASIO to bypass the Windows mixer on a good DAC or sound card.

Shaping the Sound

• Equalizer. A 20-band equalizer, with a separate preset for each output device, so headphones and speakers keep their own settings.
• Effects. Reverb, echo, bass boost, pitch, tempo and a voice remover for karaoke.
• Even volume. ReplayGain and peak normalisation so quiet and loud albums play at a similar level.
• Smooth playback. Fade in and out, crossfading between tracks and automatic silence removal.

Organising Your Music

The Music Library sorts your collection by artist, album and genre and keeps play statistics. Smart Playlists build themselves from rules or folders, and you can keep several playlists open, editing one while another plays.

The tag editor handles ID3v1, ID3v2, APE, Vorbis, WMA and M4A tags, edits many files at once, and can fill tags from file names. It also renames files by template and calculates ReplayGain and BPM.

For heavier tag clean-ups, Mp3tag offers more scripting, and MusicBrainz Picard identifies untagged songs by their sound.

Converting, Ripping and Recording

The built-in converter turns files into MP3, FLAC, Opus, Ogg, APE, WavPack, WMA and more, using several processor cores at once. It can also call an external encoder such as LAME from the command line.

The CD grabber copies audio CDs straight into your library. For error-checked rips of a valuable collection, Exact Audio Copy is the specialist tool.

AIMP plays internet radio and podcasts, and can record a stream to MP3, FLAC or other formats while you listen.

Scheduler and Alarm Clock

The scheduler runs tasks on a timer or when something happens, such as at the end of a playlist or a conversion. It can fade the volume, stop recording, close AIMP, or put the PC to sleep or shut it down.

There is also an alarm clock that can wake the computer from sleep and start playing. If you only want a shutdown timer, X-Shutdown Timer does just that.

Which Download to Take

The AIMP download page carries the stable release and the AIMP 6 beta.

AIMP runs on Windows Vista and later, including Windows 11. On phones, AIMP for Android brings the same player to your pocket.

What Is Coming in AIMP 6

AIMP 6 is the first version built to run on more than Windows. Its beta adds native builds for Windows 11 on ARM and runs on Linux without Wine.

Beta 7 arrived on 13 October 2026, and the developers say plainly that test builds may contain many bugs. Keep 5.40 for everyday listening until AIMP 6 is final.

Who Might Prefer Something Else

The tell is how much you want to tinker. AIMP gives you a polished player with most tools built in, while others trade looks for flexibility or library power.

• foobar2000 is lighter and endlessly customisable, if you do not mind building the interface yourself.
• MusicBee is stronger at managing very large libraries and syncing to devices.
• Winamp is the classic, for anyone who misses the original look.

For system-wide sound tweaks that apply to every app, not just AIMP, try Equalizer APO. The Media Players category has more players.

Quick questions

Download AIMP 5.40.2727 and give your music library a new home, or tell us how you got on if you have used it before.