Don’t just take your friends’ music advice. Magix’s (www.magix.com) MP3 Maker 14 Deluxe (PC, mobile players, cell phones, PSP, iPods, etc.; $29.99) features a built-in MUFIN integrated music-recommendation technology developed with the Fraunhofer Institute, creators of the MP3 format. Based on a computerized algorithmic sound analysis of music, the software “listens” to a song and then finds and recommends something similar; these “if you like this, you’ll like this” tracks can be automatically compiled into your playlist.
