This full-featured music manager was once known as Songs-DB back when it first hit the scene in 2001.
Since then, MediaMonkey has seen a number of evolutions that have transformed it into a powerful program.
If youre looking for a lightweight, down-to-the-basics bang out of music player, MediaMonkey is not your solution.
MediaMonkey 4, in both Free andGold versions, is excellent at what it proposes to do.
Keep reading to see what you will get out of it.
Upon opening MediaMonkey for the first time, youll be presented with a startup wizard.
This wizard does its best to get your music library up and running in as little time as possible.
At the very least, there wasnt a sour taste left in my mouth.
If you dont want any of that, MediaMonkey lets you skip it all without a second thought.
Thumbs up for a program that doesnt attempt to force its own relevance.
I was never too big of a fan of this layout structure because Im a minimalist.
However, the interface does look clean and theres nothing particularly jarring about it.
Everything is presented in a logical way and I didnt find much trouble in navigating the various features.
I got used to it pretty quickly.
In that respect, it does a fine job living up to its claims.
But what happens when youdohave that many songs?
How do you ever find anything?
options up playlists and song rotations can be a giant pain.
However, the auto-playlist feature is another one that can be extremely helpful for massive libraries.
The auto-playlist feature allows you to create dynamic playlists by entering and setting certain parameters.
MediaMonkey comes in both Free andGold versions.
Yes, if you use the Free version, MediaMonkey will still be a fully operational music manager.
