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  • #37587
    DJ Vintage
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    There a quite a few tools for that, both free and paid. I use the paid version of dBpoweramp which has great batch conversion, but you could use stuff like Audacity which I think is free. The LAME MP3 encoder is probably what you’ll want to use it with. Make sure you pick 320kbps with full stereo when converting.

    Audacity not only converts, but you can edit your wav file before converting it. Which is handy if you have some quiet at the beginning or end of the file or if you want to make a nice fade in fade out.

    Pretty much load the wav file into Audacity, edit anything if you want/need to, then export as MP3 with the correct options is how it works, I believe. So nothing too difficult.

    Greetinx,
    C.

    #37653
    henley
    Participant

    audacity all the way. been using it for years, never had an issue

    #37677
    Mitch Hambling
    Participant

    sweeet, alright thanks, because ive been using this crappy online one and it claims to convert it to 320kbps mp3 but I checked in itunes and its at 256 D:

    #37690
    NewportDJ Drew
    Participant

    If you don’t want or need to edit your wav file then cdex is also a good free option. ( I use audacity 98% of the time tho)

    #37712
    Daryl Northrop
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    Audacity has been very very good to me.

    #37773
    Milos Djordjevic
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    Literally just drag it to iTunes, right click and convert to mp3. Just make sure your settings are set to 320kbs or whatever your heart may desire.

    #37786
    Chris Carruthers
    Participant

    iTunes.

    #38173
    Dead_Poet
    Member

    I have a related question. When purchasing music for gigs, is it best to buy it in FLAC or WAV and then convert it to MP3 320 to play it or just buy it in mp3 format?

    #38183
    henley
    Participant

    you won’t gain any quality, you may as well just buy mp3s to begin with.

    #38193
    Mitch Hambling
    Participant

    Dead_Poet, post: 38329, member: 3924 wrote: I have a related question. When purchasing music for gigs, is it best to buy it in FLAC or WAV and then convert it to MP3 320 to play it or just buy it in mp3 format?

    buy AIFF!!! best quality

    #38609
    Dub C East 49
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    i use aa cs6 for my conversions and have no issues but audacity is alright too

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