Hey guys, I did a search but came up with nothing on this subject.

I'm looking for a program which allows you to convert music files, in this case wav. files into various bitrate mp3 files.

I've been recording my mixes using an external soundcard and audacity, and exporting the projects as wav. But I want to downsize some files to 320kbps etc.

I use cd-da extractor to convert some files, but its wav to mp3 option is 128kbps.

Any other good free, or reasonably cheap programs which can do this?

have a mac now so i just use itunes...

when i had a pc i used dbpoweramp (http://www.dbpoweramp.com)

edit: just noticed dbpoweramp may no longer be free....but basically all you want to do is find an mp3 encoder that uses LAME (mp3 coding algorithm). google and you'll come up with a bunch.

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If you use Audacity, you can save directly to MP3. Just download the MP3 LAME encoder and you're set. Instead of saving as WAV, save as MP3.

Here's the link.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/hel...l&item=lame-mp3

If you wanna do double the work, save as WAV, than encode to MP3, use iTunes.

If you've already got Audacity, might aswell use that.

Just open up the WAV file, export as MP3. Doesn't really get much simpler...

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Originally posted by b i n k u n have a mac now so i just use itunes... when i had a pc i used dbpoweramp (http://www.dbpoweramp.com) edit: just noticed dbpoweramp may no longer be free....but basically all you want to do is find an mp3 encoder that uses LAME (mp3 coding algorithm). google and you'll come up with a bunch.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I just found CD-DA Extractor does have this function

I'll delete this thread

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Originally posted by Rebel Brown If you've already got Audacity, might aswell use that. Just open up the WAV file, export as MP3. Doesn't really get much simpler...

I exported as mp3 in Audacity, but it was 128kbps. Is there somewhere you can choose the bitrate of the exported file?

Like I say every time this gets asked...

If it doesn't use LAME it's lame. Just find yourself the latest version of the LAME codec and a front-end (RazorLame for example) for it and that's all you need.

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Originally posted by MagikMan_643 I exported as mp3 in Audacity, but it was 128kbps. Is there somewhere you can choose the bitrate of the exported file?

Its under preferences, I forget which drop down menu it is but you can find it in Audacity. I'm not at my home computer right now.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Like I say every time this gets asked... If it doesn't use LAME it's lame. Just find yourself the latest version of the LAME codec and a front-end (RazorLame for example) for it and that's all you need.

Well thanks for saying it one more time

If you go to Edit > Preferences > File Formats, there should be a drop down menu in the bit that says 'MP3 Export Setup'

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Originally posted by Rebel Brown If you go to Edit > Preferences > File Formats, there should be a drop down menu in the bit that says 'MP3 Export Setup'

Just had a look and found, thanks mate

And thanks for everyone else's responses

I thought I'd use this thread to make another inquiry about Audacity. I can't find any info on whether or not its possible to track/cut up your mixes?