What do you use for Wav -> Mp3 conversion?

[The Unavoidable]

Seriosly, every program fucking sucks, or doesn't work.


HALP

 

[ParsonsMatt]

Reaper?

 

[The Unavoidable]

Cool, but I was actually looking for more suggestion-ish types of answers.

 

[nwright]

What programs do you use? I either render them as mp3's from the mix (Nuendo), or I use Sound Forge to convert. Super simple process?

 

[The Unavoidable]

Cubase LE, so I can't render as mp3s.

 

[James Murphy]

iTunes is perfect for this, works flawlessly, and is free. this is what every one i know uses, including Andy.

 

[The Unavoidable]

Huh

I'll check it out, thanks!

 

[FIXXXER]

CDEX (lame encoder)

cheers
S.

 

[ZPDRUMMER]

+1 to The Murphanator...Itunes is the perfect for it.... especially if you have a Mac

 

[The Unavoidable]

Okay, either I'm really damn stupid or something, but I can't find anyway to convert anything in Itunes. I can't even import the Wav originals.

 

[Torniojaws]

LAME 3.98.2 with -vbr-new -V2

 

[AStudio]

Big old +1 for iTunes!!! Works great.

Very quick and does exactly what you need it to. Make sure you change the import settings to 320Kbits. Great converter, not found one bad conversion in many years of using it.

Drag and drop the 16Bit wavs/aiffs into iTunes, then just right click the song in iTunes and choose convert to MP3. Done

Its FREE!!!

 

[Erkan]

Cool, but I was actually looking for more suggestion-ish types of answers.

The guy just suggested Reaper to you... what more do you want?

 

[The Unavoidable]

Seriously, Itunes does not work. Or it does, but I don't get it. I can't import the wavs. I can't drag them in, I can't import them, and I can't add them to the library.

Maybe I just have an ancient version. I'm upgrading atm.

 

[Gelatin]

Razorlame frontend + Lame 3.98.2

The quality by far surpasses itunes and is very customizable.

 

[Metaltastic]

LAME 3.98.2 with -vbr-new -V2

I've always wondered about VBR (Variable Bit Rate) - is it the best option, and are there any disadvantages? (not being able to be played back by all codecs, perhaps?)

 

[The Unavoidable]

Finally got my old copy of Xilisoft Mp3-Wav working again, so all is now well. Thanks everyone who tried to help!

For the record, I tried everything in this thread and either it wouldn't accept the files, or it would chrash during coding. And I never even got close to getting it to work in itunes.

 

[Zack Uidl]

Did you export something like wav64. note sure if iTunes supports that and it should just be wav anyway


you just have to go to preferences -> General -> Import Settings -> MP3 Encoder

Then you can just right click it and convert to mp3

 

[guitarguru777]

+1 iTunes

 

[Harry Hughes]

I use something called Switch Sound File Converter.
Works perfectly, and it's free to download.