Help. WAV to MP3

dreamlandscheme · Post by **dreamlandscheme** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:47 pm

Hey guys,

I got a quick question. I am on a Mac, and I want to convert my Ableton exported Wavs to Mp3. I had been using Itunes, but this hasn't served me all that well. So do you guys know of any nice programs that would let me do this so that I retain most of my the quality? Thanks in advance

-Levan

dallas! · Post by **dallas!** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:55 pm

Cooledit, Cooledit Pro, a package I have called 'Easy CD-DA Converter', Razorlame might do it....can't remember.

dallas!

Nogi · Post by **Nogi** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:24 pm

What you've said about iTunes surprises me. 128 is, admittedly, crap sounding (with any encoder that I've tried) but you've tried some of the higher fixed and variable bit rates?

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:29 pm

The program CDEX with the latest LAME encoder.
All free, easy to find.

Stay away from iTunes.

compositeone · Post by **compositeone** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:48 pm

Any host as long as you are using LAME.

laurence · Post by **laurence** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:49 am

a lil program called soundtaxi does the job for about $18

you can convert mp3's from 68 to 320, which is nice

dreamlandscheme · Post by **dreamlandscheme** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:49 am

thank you, appreciate the help guys. I'll try Itunes at a higher bitrate and then also the LAME encoder. Appreciate it.

leedsquietman · Post by **leedsquietman** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:53 am

CD-EX gets my vote for free (windows only though)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/

CD-Tag is a great shareware ripper that can rip mp3, ogg vorbis, FLAC, wavpack etc. but costs a little cash to maintain it past 30 days
http://www.cdtag.com/