soundKonverter is a frontend to various audio converters.

The key features are:
- Audio file conversion
- Replay Gain calculation
- CD ripping

soundKonverter supports reading and writing tags and covers for many formats, so they are preserved when converting files.

It is extendable by plugins and supports many backends including:

- Audio file conversion
Backends: faac, faad, ffmpeg, flac, lame, mplayer, neroaac, timidity, fluidsynth, vorbistools, opustools, sox, twolame,
flake, mac, shorten, wavpack and speex
Formats: ogg vorbis, mp3, flac, wma, aac, ac3, opus, alac, mp2, als, amr nb, amr wb, ape, speex, m4a, mp1, musepack shorten,
tta, wavpack, ra, midi, mod, 3gp, rm, avi, mkv, ogv, mpeg, mov, mp4, flv, wmv and rv

- Replay Gain calculation
Backends: aacgain, metaflac, mp3gain, vorbisgain, wvgain, mpcgain
Formats: aac, mp3, flac, ogg vorbis, wavpack, musepack

- CD ripping
Backends: cdparanoia

If you try to convert a file that is not supported, soundKonverter will tell you which backend you need to install.