Converting tracks to MP3

Allen Garrow · #1 07-23-2004, 12:08 PM

In the vein of being a cheap bastard ( perhaps not by choice, more by virtue ) and getting something for nothing. Where can I get a MP3 conversion soft ware for free that works well? I have music I want to convert to MP3 so I can post it on my website and email tasteless mumbo jumbo to friends. Which is sort of funny,,, It makes me think how we have progressed ( or in the following example degressed ). I thought it would be fun to send whacky poorly produced joke music to friends via email. Which made me think.... That would be the modern day version of setting a bag of "dog Poop" on fire on someones porch....

Has anyone downloaded any of the "free MP3 conversion software"? What do you recommend. It doesn't have to be fancy with a bunch of bells and whistles,, I just want to make conversions.

~A

Ferrous Lepidoptera · #2 07-23-2004, 01:18 PM

http://bladeenc.mp3.no/

The Euphor · #3 07-23-2004, 01:20 PM

http://www.audiograbber.com/

Two hands31 · #4 07-23-2004, 02:37 PM

http://www.goldwave.com (and it'll explain how to add the MP3 encoding feature).

Drew · #5 07-23-2004, 04:00 PM

Yeah, for hi-fidelity work, Goldwave's the best I've used. the lame.dll codec at 256kbs is, apparently, the most accurate reproduction you're going to get, even outperforming itself at 300-something.

I also have the Rob Fantastic encoder- when doing lo-fi mixes for www.guitarwar.com (although, much less of an issue now that they bumped the file size limit up to 2 megs), a lot of the time I'd do a conversion in each, as both emphasize/reproduce different frequency ranges better or worse than the other- sometimes a sonh will sound better with one codec, sometimes with another. So, options are nice.

There's a ton of different free encoders out threre, though, and some of then are quite good.

-D

Allen Garrow · #6 07-23-2004, 08:29 PM

Hey guys thanks for sites. I'm reading them now. Hey, I see that Goldwave has "try it" and "buy it". Is the try it version going to shut down after so many uses or so many days?

~A

Artist · #7 07-23-2004, 08:49 PM

iTunes.

Two hands31 · #8 07-23-2004, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allen Garrow

Hey guys thanks for sites. I'm reading them now. Hey, I see that Goldwave has "try it" and "buy it". Is the try it version going to shut down after so many uses or so many days?

~A

Nope. I'm still on the free version.

JESTER700 · #9 07-24-2004, 11:17 AM

There are lots of free tools that do this. I use CDEX and EAC.

BTW - a great setting is LAME's "-ALT STANDARD". It's a vbr setting with some sound quality tweaks. The frame-by-frame bitrate varies between 32k & 320k, but it averages out it the low 200's. The point is, it sounds as good as 256k cbr but at less storage space.

the.godfather · #10 07-24-2004, 12:41 PM

Thanks for the link to GoldWave guys. I have been looking for a decent one of these for ages, I just tried this and its ace! The ones I have used in the past have either had expiry dates or are just plain rubbish!

Gary - The.Godfather

tonluvara · #11 07-24-2004, 01:12 PM

use the winamp pro!

fast ripping, great quality! or find this little program called audio recorder deluxe or something like that..

Allen Garrow · #12 07-25-2004, 10:58 AM

Wow! downloaded goldwave! Man that thing has a ton of cool features. Probably more than I care to use. Will it compress songs, good quality less space sort of thing. I'm thinking for email reason,, is there a way to reduce the MB's but still have a good representation of the song?

~A

Societysucks · #13 08-08-2004, 05:19 PM

I found CDEX to be excellent, I've using it for about 2 years