It amazes me, on a daily basis, how so many 'votes' for giveaway programs can come in before anyone can really have had time to evaluate the programs.

It also amazes me how 'karl' seems to be able to review EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM which appears on this site. He has only ONE particular set-up. There are many individual system configurations. What works on one particular set-up may not work on another - too many variables make it impossible for any one program to operate correctly on every possible hardware combination.
Personally, I could not care whether or not a company's program displays a name and address or not. What matters to me is whether or not the program works for me - not for 'karl', and that it is free of any form of 'malware'.

GOTD provides the daily program, therefore there must be a way to contact the company issuing the program - if not, how can GOTD provide it?

It is also not possible for any one person to have an interest in every single program, no matter the subject, provided by GOTD. No one person can have a need/use for every single program, yet 'karl' provides an opinion on every single one. I am sorry, but he cannot be an 'expert user' of every single type of program, and cannot possibly determine if every single program performs as advertised.

This latest offer of the AShampoo Music Studio 5.0.7. program is, as far as I am concerned, an excellent choice. It does what I want, and does so in a simple manner.

The programs provided by GOTD are there to be used or otherwise. If you have a need/use for a program, try it. If it does not perform as you might wish, delete it and look for something else. Don't negatively review a program just because you personally don't like it, or need it.

Keep up the good work, GOTD, as you help many people on a daily basis.

Derek Clark  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (-77)

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The daily reviews from Karl are a very useful service to the GAOD community. I do appreciate the time he devotes to this every day, even when he is not personally interested in the software. And many people do as well, as you can see from the score. And the information about name and address is interesting and can be useful, especially when privacy and security are involved. A few people criticize him every now and then, like you do, and would probably like him to stop. But the community as a whole does support him and hope he will continue his much appreciated work.

The daily reviews from Karl are a very useful service to the GAOD community. I do appreciate the time he devotes to this every day, even when he is not personally interested in the software. And many people do as well, as you can see from the score. And the information about name and address is interesting and can be useful, especially when privacy and security are involved. A few people criticize him every now and then, like you do, and would probably like him to stop. But the community as a whole does support him and hope he will continue his much appreciated work.
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DigitalGuy  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+104)

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I find Karl's comments much more useful than yours. He is doing a great service for users of GOTD. Thanks Karl, and keep it up!

I find Karl's comments much more useful than yours. He is doing a great service for users of GOTD. Thanks Karl, and keep it up!
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Don S  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+66)

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Hi, Karl provides a decent, honest and welcome Service here, so 3 cheers for that!! He is our 'Software testing Connoisseur' and in this sense resembles indeed a wine tester having his taste buds and nose highly tuned, but naturally 'spitting' these samples out ('uninstalled via reboot'..) - otherwise he would be one big 'alkie maister':), not up to the job, not a fine Software Steward that he is. In my opinion Stewards are as important as Experts in any field! Occasionally he might want to keep or buy what he 'tastes' like any of us here. Occasionally also he might get something incorrectly (to err is human!?) but usually puts his hands up when that's the case and arguments proof him wrong. Highly commendable, not many step down from high horses.. I like and value Karl's opinions and vast computer knowledge. To test Giveaways almost daily, or bother to dig up older materials and present many, many Software cases - is time consuming, but otherwise (for us) educating and interesting. Keep it going Mate!

Hi, Karl provides a decent, honest and welcome Service here, so 3 cheers for that!! He is our 'Software testing Connoisseur' and in this sense resembles indeed a wine tester having his taste buds and nose highly tuned, but naturally 'spitting' these samples out ('uninstalled via reboot'..) - otherwise he would be one big 'alkie maister':), not up to the job, not a fine Software Steward that he is. In my opinion Stewards are as important as Experts in any field! Occasionally he might want to keep or buy what he 'tastes' like any of us here. Occasionally also he might get something incorrectly (to err is human!?) but usually puts his hands up when that's the case and arguments proof him wrong. Highly commendable, not many step down from high horses.. I like and value Karl's opinions and vast computer knowledge. To test Giveaways almost daily, or bother to dig up older materials and present many, many Software cases - is time consuming, but otherwise (for us) educating and interesting. Keep it going Mate!
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fran  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+33)

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Installed and registered the Ashampoo way without problems on a Win 8.1.3 Pro 64 bit system. This time the installer from Ashampoo, no wrapper.

A German company, well known due to their professional marketing, with all legal information, required by the European law.
A previous version Ashampoo Music Studio 4.1.2 was GOTD on July 9, 2014. Here are the old reviews:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ashampoo-music-studio-4-1-2/

A well structured interface opens with a terrible background. Do they think of a party room? This is really a swiss knife of music. From the common manipulations about creating covers to the mix tape "party mix". Here we are with the stylish interface. Due to the clear program structure it is easy to handle. The "analyze files" looks for files with missing or incomplete tags.

In my short test, it does what it claims. I didn't expect another result.

Don't know whether I should keep it. I'll decide later after.

Karl  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+99)

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@Ashampoo + GOTD

Windows XP is still in use on many computers at least offline. (E.g. we are using our old XP computer offline for private aims and with a lot of hardware - good or any drivers are no longer available - and with (professional) software we can't afford to buy again very costly needlessly. Our Win 8.1 laptop contacts internet and has no content worth of spying. You could ask: why aren't we using a virtual computer? Our variant really is safer, isn't it! And we let work one computer alone and are working independantly on the other one. Multitasking is o.k. but if one software needs all ressources for running fastest.)

Therefore could you please mention further on wether a program is still apt for XP?!! And for those readers using XP offline it is important to know whether you can transfer the licence somehow at giveaway day to their XP computers. For portable versions no problem anyhow but for others like this one?

FrancisBorne  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+3)

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@ FrancisBorne

As there is no official reply yet, I'll try to answer you.

Firstly, you are right that there are still many users of XP, I even use it online.
Therefore, developers should state whether their software supports XP.

As the present software does not mention XP, we should assume that it doesn't support it. You can, however, get a previous version, e.g. 4.0.7 supporting XP for free, without apparent restrictions in its use. See e.g. here:
http://ashampoo-music-studio-2013.en.softonic.com/
or here, if you are German:
http://www.computerbild.de/download/Ashampoo-Music-Studio-4-Kostenlose-Vollversion-4254703.html

@ FrancisBorne As there is no official reply yet, I'll try to answer you. Firstly, you are right that there are still many users of XP, I even use it online. Therefore, developers should state whether their software supports XP. As the present software does not mention XP, we should assume that it doesn't support it. You can, however, get a previous version, e.g. 4.0.7 supporting XP for free, without apparent restrictions in its use. See e.g. here: http://ashampoo-music-studio-2013.en.softonic.com/ or here, if you are German: http://www.computerbild.de/download/Ashampoo-Music-Studio-4-Kostenlose-Vollversion-4254703.html
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tomcat  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+66)

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