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Simple & Effective Conversion Software

To our computerphiles:

I am slowly but inexorably tiptoeing into computer audio waters. and need software to convert downloaded FLAC or other codec files into Apple Lossless,so I can play songs through iTunes and load my iPod. The only other use I might have for such software is ripping/burning, although as far as I can tell, iTunes works just fine.

Should I get dbPoweramp? MediaMonkey? JRiver? I do not want to be overwhelmed with unnecessary complexity nor pay for utilities I will not use.

Thank you for your help.

Neal
nglazer
tobias
1,534 posts
 
If you are going to be resampling the files in software, use any application with the iZotope 64-bit algorithm. I use Wave Editor, which is a Mac program.

If all you are going to be doing is changing the envelope (FLAC to Apple Lossless for example), Audacity is free and I believe it does that. I use Amadeus Pro, which costs $40.
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XLD or Max. I think XLD is the simpler of the two. Both are free.
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