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Converting mp3's
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:41 pm
by geniusworkin
hi,
im looking for software(s) that convert from mp3 ==> .wav, or lossless (sp).
free or cracked only please, im a cheap bastard.
cheers guys.
gw
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:56 am
by mission
get a downloder down lod fruity loops and put the tune in that then export
Re: Converting mp3's
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:54 am
by the mighty spanner
geniusworkin wrote:hi,
im looking for software(s) that convert from mp3 ==> .wav, or lossless (sp).
free or cracked only please, im a cheap bastard.
cheers guys.
gw
Audacity has various encoders -
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:43 pm
by marsyas
why would u want to convert mp3 to wav?
i guess for certain programs...but yeah audacity is good.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:45 pm
by thinking
CDex will do this for you, it's also a wicked program for ripping CDs/.wavs to mp3.
Why you'd want to convert mp3s to .wavs is beyond me tho.
free to download from here:
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
Re: Converting mp3's
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:59 pm
by unempty
geniusworkin wrote:im looking for software(s) that convert from mp3 ==> .wav, or lossless (sp).
foobar2000converts all formats known to man, quite wonderfully too. And for free.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:49 pm
by jahtao
iTunes
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:53 pm
by deadly_habit
most sound editors will do it
audacity will with right plugins
i prefer wavelab
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:24 pm
by jas nasty
jahtao wrote:iTunes
itunes can only convert wav to mp3
i use Audacity to convert mp3 to wav
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:52 pm
by jahtao
jas nasty wrote:i use Audacity to convert mp3 to wav
I use iTunes bruv
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:02 am
by the mighty spanner
jahtao wrote:jas nasty wrote:i use Audacity to convert mp3 to wav
I use iTunes bruv
you sure dude? I didn't think iTunes had a .wav encoder.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:16 pm
by jahtao
The Mighty Spanner wrote:jahtao wrote:jas nasty wrote:i use Audacity to convert mp3 to wav
I use iTunes bruv
you sure dude? I didn't think iTunes had a .wav encoder.
Positive. Just done one now. It converts all its known formats into each other, the 'convert selection to' menu item under the 'advanced' tab at the top is dependent on iTunes' preferences' 'import format'. Try setting that to wav and then look at 'convert selection to'.
Hope that makes sense?
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:01 pm
by pk-
mp3 ==> .wav, or lossless (sp).
i think if it's mp3 the loss has already occurred
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:45 am
by the mighty spanner
jahtao wrote:The Mighty Spanner wrote:jahtao wrote:jas nasty wrote:i use Audacity to convert mp3 to wav
I use iTunes bruv
you sure dude? I didn't think iTunes had a .wav encoder.
Positive. Just done one now. It converts all its known formats into each other, the 'convert selection to' menu item under the 'advanced' tab at the top is dependent on iTunes' preferences' 'import format'. Try setting that to wav and then look at 'convert selection to'.
Hope that makes sense?
it does, and I know which settings box you're referring to. To be honest, I didn't notice .wav but then I wasn't looking for it...
Also:
pk- wrote:mp3 ==> .wav, or lossless (sp).
i think if it's mp3 the loss has already occurred
I believe you're right - in mp3 format, a track is already compressed so some quality would have already been lost; surely sticking it from mp3 to wav is just gonna cause further loss of quality?
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:09 pm
by j_j
itunes does it all.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:20 pm
by victorxray
The Mighty Spanner wrote:
pk- wrote:mp3 ==> .wav, or lossless (sp).
i think if it's mp3 the loss has already occurred
I believe you're right - in mp3 format, a track is already compressed so some quality would have already been lost; surely sticking it from mp3 to wav is just gonna cause further loss of quality?
Ahh no, unless the converter is some really shitty quality. The 'loss' is all about the frequencies thrown away when converted to the MP3 in the first place. That's how mp3 compresses the data - throws away data that the encoder determines you won't hear (hence encoding takes more processor power than decoding).
Converting this back into WAV format will take your lossy-compression 16Mb MP3 and expand that back quite accurately into an totally uncompressed full-bandwidth 50Mb WAV file. However the WAV file will faithfully contain the 'distortion' introduced by the MP3 encoding. I.e. the missing frequencies will still be missing.
Why would you do this? Maybe some software or hardware you've got doesn't like MP3 and has to have WAV format. For example, Ableton Live back at version 3.0 (later versions support MP3), or most hardware samplers.