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HOW TO CONVERT MP3 TO .WAV
INTRODUCTION
Look around the net and you'll see that many people don't know you can
decode MP3 files and write them to CD as audio tracks. It seems to be the most
asked question on MP3 message boards and funny that very few people are able to
answer the question. It makes sense when you think about it that an MP3 file
began it's life as either a .wav file or an audio track so all we are going to
do is reverse that process. ~ This is so easy that it's crazy folks... do this:
1. CONVERT AN MP3 FILE WITH WINAMP
Winamp is the world's most popular player and has become even better since
(er) about version 2.09 when the 'decode to .wav' feature was added. First you
need to download the latest Winamp from | Winamp.com | - it's a small and fast
download (540kb) and install it.
1.Open Winamp and right-click near the top left corner. You may to click
in a couple of places until OPTIONS appears in the list. Now click Options ->
Preferences.
2.Now click the Audio I/O tab and in the Output put Plugins list select
NullSoft Disk Writer Plug-in v1.00 (x86).
3.Now click the Configure button and select the directory where you want
to save your .wav files to. Don't forget that the wave file is gonna be BIG so
make sure you have lots of space available. The best way to calculate is to
remember that the .wav file will be about 10 times the size of the MP3.
4.Winamp is now configured so just load the song(s) you want to decode.
You wont hear any sound but Winamp will be decoding the MP3 while it looks like
it's playing it. When it's finished (about 20 seconds later) you will have a
nice .wav file to write as an audio track on your blank CD.
5.DON'T FORGET - to go back and change the plugin back to NullSoft WaveOut
Plug-in v1.1 (x86) before you try to play any more MP3s!! If you don't you'll be
decoding each song you try to play and wonder why your hard drive is getting
full :).
6.Now go to my Audio tutorial and write the new .wav files to your CD as
audio tracks.
2. CONVERT AN MP3 FILE WITH MUSICMATCH JUKEBOX
An MP3 to .Wav feature has also been built into the latest couple of MMJB
layers. As a matter of interest, this program is also one of the easiest rograms
to use when encoding MP3s as well. Anyway, go and grab the latest version | here
| .
1.Open MMJB and make your way to the player.
2.Now click Options -> File -> Convert MP3 to WAV.
3.Locate and highlight the file(s) you want to convert in the left window,
and se the right window to select where you want to save the .wav file(s). Note
that if you want convert more than one MP3 at a time you can select multiple
files by holding down the CTRL key as you click them.
4.Click Start and that's it! Easy huh?
5.You can now go back to my audio page and learn how to write those .wav
files as audio tracks.
3. CONVERT AN MP3 FILE WITH HYCD SAMPLER( Part of HyCD Play & Record )
This is just the cutest little tool you have ever seen. It comes as part
of the HyCD Play & Record set of tools and uses the extremely efficient and
accurate Xing decoder. There is only a 3 button operation to convert an MP3 to
.Wav so it's also the simplest to use as well. What makes it a little more
interesting too is that it can also do a voice recording (microphone input). The
.Wav output of this tool is of very high quality and indistinguishable from the
original with the naked ear. Here's how it's done:
The 3 buttons in question are at the bottom
The left one to open the MP3 file
The middle one to save the .Wav
The right one to convert it
1.Make sure you have about 80 megabytes of free space - the .wav probably
won't be that big but that's just to be sure.
2.Open HyCD Sampler and click the bottom left icon to choose your MP3
file.
3.Now click the middle icon and choose a name and directory to save your
.wav file.
4.Click the red circle to convert the MP3 to .wav in a matter of seconds.
5.If you like you can open the HyCD Player and play the .wav to make sure
it's ok. Now you can burn your .wav file to CD using my Audio Burning tutorial.
6.Doesn't come much easier that that eh?