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I've got a whole bunch of mp3's that i want to convert to wav. Does anyone know of an app for mac that will convert them all in one go? Preferably a free app?

This is the one that I have been using for years. Converts nearly everything into everything, can save presets, do batch processing and it is free:

http://sbooth.org/Max/

Cheers, that's done it a treat!

im afraid max may have been killed by lion. at least it hasnt worked for me since upgrading.. any others?

I use this one: http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html

converts all audio files into all other audio-file-formats

swishniak wrote:im afraid max may have been killed by lion. at least it hasnt worked for me since upgrading.. any others?

0.9.1 works here with 10.7.3

Works fine for me too

Max is a great program, using it on Lion too

No problems here with max on Lion.

However, out of curiosity, why would someone want to convert mp3 to wav? Have too much hard drive space and need to fill it?

A lot of Live djs do it after realizing that they bought mp3s but live converts to wav anyway. Saves caching space, and a lot of times fixes some stability issues.

tempus3r wrote:...why would someone want to convert mp3 to wav? Have too much hard drive space and need to fill it?

To use them at all in Reason or Pro Tools for instance.

Most DAWs can't read compressed files in realtime. Ableton included from what I can gather!

Audacity will also convert MP3 to WAV

Also consider using AIF also if you're on OSX.

TheHypnoToad wrote:
Also consider using AIF also if you're on OSX.

Why?

AIF files on osx keep the megatags of the mp3 file after conversion.

I use to rip my CD to AIFF for that unique reason.

The WAV files loose the attributes of the original mp3 files.

iTunes. :p