I need a rec on a good free wav file to mp3 app?

[Sugarcoated]

I went through the trouble of downloading one, and as it was starting to convert it a message popped up that I need to buy the full version to convert all of it. I've been researching...thought I'd ask here

[walkingman]

1. I would use "Audacity" open the .wav and then export as .mp3

[Sugarcoated]

2. Have you used it?

[csziggy]

10. I've used Audacity and it is great.

Welcome to Audacity

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http://www.audacityteam.org/

[malthaussen]

11. Seconded.

"Audacity" works very well.

-- Mal

[PoliticAverse]

3. When asking such a question, please specify the operating system you are using. n/t

[Sugarcoated]

5. Windows 10

[tymorial]

4. I use mediacoder

For everything. Video and audio.

[OriginalGeek]

6. I use Exact Audio Copy still (Since the early 90s)

It's for ripping CDs and converting wav to whatever. get the LAME.enc plug-in for EAC to convert to mp3. IF you want to compress without any loss you can also do SHN (shorten) or Flac.

It's not HARD hard but it does take a little reading and searching but it's worth the effort.

http://exactaudiocopy.de/

[Kaleva]

7. Rec'd

[Tom_Foolery]

8. Online converter...

http://www.zamzar.com/

It's free and fast. I use it all the time.

[longship]

9. LAME!

It does everything. Not sure if it is Windows, but it is free, open source, and extremely configurable. I used it in Linux for years.

My favorite was always to use MP3 variable bit rate, which LAME did so well that the resulting MP3 would have surprising fidelity given the size.