MP3 - WAV convertor

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:53

Does anyone know of a free, simple programme that will convert MP3s into WAVs. I want something simple that will do it with minimal fuss and clicks.

I know media player 11 will rip into WAV, but most of my music on my PC is MP3 so I'd like to convert that.

Any ideas? And experience?

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

Audacity

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:57

Indeed it does but I was kind of looking for something that would do a whole load in one go, rather than one at a time.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

Hmm, not sure about a batch converter. My usual destination would be download.com.

Converting mp3 to wav won't bring back any of the missing quality though.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 13:15

The quality isn't a problem.. I should explain, the reason I'm doing it is because my new electronic drum kit has a USB input that'll play WAVS off a memory stick. I'm using the WAVs to play along with and since my drumming will be quite loud in the mix, the quality shouldn't be an issue.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

Ah, then just rename them all?

Or does iTunes or Winamp not do this if you try and convert a batch all at once?

metalangel · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 13:21

.WAV? Pah. .VOC or .AU are where it's at.

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

TheVision wrote:

Does anyone know of a free, simple programme that will convert MP3s into WAVs. I want something simple that will do it with minimal fuss and clicks.

Winamp definitely does this. Right-click > Options > Preferences, then go to the Plug-ins section, select Output, then Nullsoft Disk Writer, then click Configure to set the options. After that, anything you play in Winamp will be dumped to disk as a WAV.

Tippy · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25

dbPowerAmp was my tool of choice for this sort of thing in my dark days of using Windows. Gives a right-click option to convert any file into a vast range of other stuff.

Da5e · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 15:30

CDex does exactly what you want, drag a batch of mp3s into it and select 'Re-encode'.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

Davydd Grimm wrote:

CDex does exactly what you want, drag a batch of mp3s into it and select 'Re-encode'.

Ooh, yes, forgot about CDex. Seconded there.

Also does a lovely line in ripping CDs and querying the CDDb for you.

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

Winamp will usually do the same job too.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 16:24

CDex seems like the one for me! Good job! Cheers guys!

MarzSyndrome · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 426

Of course, a simple batch command can help with a folder of MP3s too....

Code:

@echo off
for %%m in (*.mp3) do lame --decode "%%m" "%%~nm.wav"
cd ..
echo Conversion process finished.
echo.
pause

As an example. You can change bits and bobs if you like.

Daniel · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 139

iTunes also does it, in a most pleasing way.

I like iTunes.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

When I used to work in radio I used to have a bit of software called DBPoweramp on my PC that let me convert large amounts of files between various formats (specifically I used it for mp2 to wav and vice versa).

From memory their site links to another site that holds all the plug-ins for virtually every audio file format ever.

Not used it for about 4 years mind! Google will be your friend. Good luck!

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