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Posted by Tangil on Apr-20-2006 04:15:

Wav to Mp3 Converter

I use "MP3 WAV CONVERTER 3.05", but when i go to convert my mix in wav file to Mp3 i end up getting issues with quality. The wav mix has nice clean breakdowns but in Mp3 they are filled with tiny 'pops' here and there.

Can anyone recommend a better converter or a way to get around this,
thanks

Posted by bamski on Apr-20-2006 04:31:

MP3 can't beat a wave file, if you save it at 320kbps it might sound ok ok, but especially matching the beats, and compressing them to mp3 they react differently and "break" very easily. I always save only as .wav
because it can still be burned on a cd no matter the size..

ps.. i use sound forge 6.0 and if i save at (least) 192kbps it works rather well, allthough if you miss a beat and save it as mp3 it sounds a lot worse than it might be..

hope that was some help

Posted by Spacey Orange on Apr-20-2006 05:07:

use winamp and a plug in. it works fine for me.

Posted by Tangil on Apr-20-2006 05:57:

thanks, I think I'll just try initially creating a lower quality wav that will fit on a cd. Because how can a 3gig 78min mix fit onto a standard 700 meg CD?

Posted by sr126 on Apr-20-2006 06:28:

lame encoder

this is what i use. works great for me.

Posted by Tangil on Apr-20-2006 06:36:

thanks heaps, would love to try it but how do I download it?!

Posted by Ghost Raver on Apr-20-2006 08:10:

quote:
Originally posted by JuB jUb
thanks, I think I'll just try initially creating a lower quality wav that will fit on a cd. Because how can a 3gig 78min mix fit onto a standard 700 meg CD?

It depends on do you want to burn it as an audio CD or just plain data CD. Audio burning just uses the amount of minutes fitting on a CD. I don't remember how many minutes of audio can you burn on a CD though, so I don't know does it help you at all :/

Anyway, Audio CDs can be played on CD players while some of the players won't even notice CD with only a .wav file on it. But then of course, I don't know how much you knew about this so I don't know did I just waste the space of this post or did I really help.

Format Converters
There's some converters in the link, just choose what operating system do you have and then find a one you're looking for.

Posted by tvmann on Apr-20-2006 18:21:

The LAME encoder is one of the best. A couple of programs that can use it (and other encoders if you want) are Exact Audio Copy and CDEX.

Lots of people use Exact Audio Copy (EAC) although it's a bit complex, the default settings work well until you figure it out. It is very good at reliably reading scratched CDs, and can encode a mix too.

The CDEX program I haven't used but I have the impression it's simpler to use, with less options than EAC, but it does the job.

Google those program names and you'll see where to download them.

Posted by RJT on Apr-20-2006 19:00:

iTunes

Posted by alefort on Apr-20-2006 19:35:

Download Audacity....then download LAME to encode to MP3.

Posted by Rinster on Apr-20-2006 20:38:

dB poweramp music converter, <-- is da best!

Posted by Tangil on Apr-21-2006 01:28:

I got this one from 4Musics and it seems to be doing the trick, thanks for all the help guys

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Apr-21-2006 04:17:

quote:
Originally posted by tvmann
The LAME encoder is the best.

Fixed

Posted by Keith Chambers on Apr-21-2006 16:50:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ RJT
iTunes

I think most everybody agrees that the iTunes mp3 encoder is the wrost one out there. LAME is the way to go, I haven't heard anything better...