Technology Wand: Ashampoo Burning Studio 10 Disc burning as easy as ever

Version reviewed: Ashampoo Burning Studio 10.0 Beta

The new Ashampoo Burning Studio will keep all the advantages of its predecessor and adds multi-disc file backup, an integrated audio CD ripper and further improved support for the exciting new Blu-Ray format.

Features:

Burn files and folders to CD/DVD/Blu-Ray
Multi-disc file backup and restore on CD/DVD/Blu-Ray
Create VideoCDs and Super VideoCDs
Rip music from audio CDs to MP3, WMA and WAV files
Create audio CDs from WAV, MP3, FLAC, WMA and Ogg Vorbis files
Copy CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs
Create and burn disc images for CD, DVD and Blu-Ray
Quickly erase any rewritable media
Save project files so that you can burn the same discs again later

The Good

The application offers an intuitive interface that requires no guiding, regardless of the computer experience you have. Upon selecting the options, you’ll benefit from tooltips explaining their actions.

Ashampoo Burning Studio incorporates all the tools you need to burn data on a CD, DVD or Blu-ray discs, as well as those for ripping Audio CDs to several audio formats, creating them from a set of five different file types. Additionally, it comes with data backup functionality so that you can store information in a safe archive.

Print and design capabilities of the software are easy to handle and offer a wide range of customization options as well as large variety of presets. LightScribe support is included in the pack.

The Bad
Being in beta stage, this section will not emphasize on any of the bugs discovered during our tests.

The Truth
Ashampoo started to make a name for itself when it released a lighter, more practical and easier to use alternative for burning discs: Burning Studio. The first release we analyzed at Softpedia showed a real talent to make things easy for users, providing a bit more than the essential functions of a disc burner, thus creating a bloat-free product. This edition of the application preserves the user-friendliness and ease of use despite the fact that it has grown in features, it has not become bloated with hard to access useless instruments.