# I need an audio file converter! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-audio-file-converter/482816 "2009-01-24T19:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-audio-file-converter/482816/1 "2009-01-24T19:04:10Z")
Specifically MP3 to WAV. I bought my first MP3 album (MC Lars’ The Digital Gangster), but I want to turn it into WAV files that I can burn onto a CD I can listen to in my car. I went to [download.com](http://download.com) and got their highest rated free one (oh yeah, it has to be free), FreeRip. It does the job, but it’s slow as piss and I can only convert five songs at a time. Does anyone out there in Doperland know of a good converter that is free, fast and good? I miss the old the MusicMatch player. That converted files in a snap, but it sadly does not work in Vista. ---
**Author:** ![QuercusMax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/8baadc/32.png) [@QuercusMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuercusMax)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-audio-file-converter/482816/2 "2009-01-24T19:10:45Z")
You should be able to do this very easily with iTunes. I’m not sure it necessarily has the ability to convert to WAV, but you can certainly select MP3s and burn them directly to a normal audio (red book) CD. Another option would be to use amp - it’s a command line tool that’s been around forever. I’m sure there’s a windows version. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-audio-file-converter/482816/3 "2009-01-24T19:13:02Z")
I’ve had good luck with the Free Mp3 Wma Converter 1.8: [http://www.download.com/Free-Mp3-Wma-Converter/3000-2140\_4-10442362.html](http://www.download.com/Free-Mp3-Wma-Converter/3000-2140_4-10442362.html) ---
**Author:** ![Words\_on\_the\_Interweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Words\_on\_the\_Interweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Words_on_the_Interweb)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-audio-file-converter/482816/4 "2009-01-24T19:16:38Z")
Windows Media Player can burn audio CD’s for standard CD players (see [here](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/howto/burn_how_to.aspx) for details). WMP 11 should come standard with the Vista installation. ---
**Author:** ![chromaticity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@chromaticity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chromaticity)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-audio-file-converter/482816/5 "2009-01-25T12:29:15Z")
I love SoX [http://sox.sourceforge.net/](http://sox.sourceforge.net/) No Gui, but very lightweight and highly configurable. ---
**Author:** ![hobscrk777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-audio-file-converter/482816/6 "2009-01-25T15:45:10Z")
I’ve had great results with [Switch Sound Converter.](http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Audio/Audio-Convertors/Switch.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-audio-file-converter/482816/7 "2009-01-25T15:54:24Z")
In my experience, most CD burner programmes can burn audio CD’s straight from MP3’2. They do the conversion on-line and the result can be played on any CD player.