Good .WAV to .MP3 Converter?
Hello guys
i’ve been looking for a good converter to change the bootlegs and mashups i make in ableton, but i have no idea what i’m looking for. I was using iTunes but i noticed a lot of sound lost, then i began using Switch converter, it was better, but you still lose quality. I’m wondering what you guys use to keep the sound as phat as possible?
http://www.wav-to-mp3.org/wav-to-mp3-converter.html
Use it all the time. Couldn’t be happier with it.
Convert at 320 CBR setting.
LAME is pretty much the standard codec you want to use. If on windows you can use LAME Frontend which is an all in one thing, on mac I have something that uses LAME and is standalone and forget the name of it.
Yeah i’m on a mac, i can’t use Lame?
LAME is just a codec. You can download the codec and use it in various programs but there are some standalone applications that have LAME built in I just forget the name.
I’ve been using adobe soundbooth for the last few years, and just using the highest settings. Does that take advantage of LAME?
i´m using this one right here and it works brilliant for me:
I don’t know how to make that LAME codec work, i don’t understand it, i’m using a mac but i’m really a windows user. Any other suggestions, or explanations on how to use it?
BTW ed, i’m already using Switch and that’s what i’m trying to leave behind.
I use Audition for the job simply because that is where I finalize my work. Did you check iTunes was converting to 320kbps? you can also run an automator script to do the job.
All2MP3 is drag and drop and works flawlessly. I use it on my Mac.
why don’t you just use itunes. if you go in your settings you can set up how you want your conversion feature to work. i convert my wav files to 320kbps mp3s all the time, and they sound pretty good for the most part.
i just use ffmpeg. it’s command line but simple once u get the hang of it. i tend to run it on a bunch of wavs, archive the wavs in case i need them and just store the mp3’s on my local hdd.
use lame on mac 
Wavelab FTW
Lame from Audiacity for a big batch of files, generally though I’d just iTunes to do it though at 320k - haven’t noticed any real difference between the two.
I’ve tried itunes on the best settings and i get songs with lower volume and lost in the brightness and richness ff the sound…I’m i doing anything wrong?
I use iTunes or Audacity.
I would normally process the file first in audacity, but you did say you are Making the mashups in Ableton first, in which case I’d probably stick a bit of compression or limiting on the track to allow for a volume increase, the volume should not be so low that a conversion makes that much of an audible difference.