Fakin' The Funk?

Buying music is much easier nowadays since you can just download them directly on your computer or mobile device. However, this makes fraud easier as well. The worst part is that you can't spot a fake just by listening to the song. Fortunately, Fakin' The Funk? can tell you if an audio file is a legitimate copy or just a bootleg, by checking its bitrate and comparing it to what it should be. It lets you know if a song is as good as it sounds or if it's a cheap MP3 file that's been upscaled from 128kbps to 320kbps.

Downloading and installing Fakin' The Funk? takes only a few seconds, even on older machines. It works on Windows 7 and all later editions, and it doesn't ask for any special tools or services. Also, you won't feel any major impact on your system's performance once you launch the application.

Fakin' The Funk? has a Windows Explorer-like layout, so you should feel right at home with it. You can import entire audio folders by dragging and dropping, but if you import them through the browsing option, you will also be able to set up filters, if you want to work only with files in a certain format. Imported audio folders appear in a tree structure, which shows their full path, and their contents can be found in the larger area, on the right side of the interface.

Once you import your audio files, the program will automatically analyze their bitrates and mark them with different icons to point out good, fake, unreadable and corrupted files. It only takes a few seconds to import your music and see if there are any fakes in your selection. If you see a green thumbs-up icon, the file is good, while red thumbs-down icons indicate altered audio tracks. The best part is that Fakin' The Funk? is capable of detecting this even if the tracks have been optimized with specialized software like Platinum Notes. Additionally, the software can also show you their frequency spectrum, along with some useful observations.

The simple functionality of Fakin' The Funk? can help you figure out if your songs are actually high-quality or if they've been artificially enhanced.