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Quickstart

OVERVIEW - BASICS - OPTIONS - PURCHASE - TROUBLESHOOTING

From within Windows, find the files that you want to convert. Select the file(s) with the mouse and

right click on a selected file. A menu will appear; Select "Convert to" and then choose the new sound

format and the software will start!

All your converted files will be stored in a folder called "Converted Audio Files" for easy access. When

the conversion is finished, it will play a train whistle sound.

ITS THAT EASY!!!

Note: This help file covers 2 products: Acoustica MP3 To Wave Converter PLUS and Acoustica Audio

Converter Pro.

(You will see this Pro icon next to features available in the pro version)

Many thanks to the LAME team for their work on the LAME encoder. See their website at mp3dev.org/mp3/

MPEG patent technology licensed by Thomson @ www.mp3licensing.com

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interruption) however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including negligence or

otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.

Summary of content (25 pages)

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Quickstart OVERVIEW - BASICS - OPTIONS - PURCHASE - TROUBLESHOOTING From within Windows, find the files that you want to convert. Select the file(s) with the mouse and right click on a selected file. A menu will appear; Select "Convert to" and then choose the new sound format and the software will start! All your converted files will be stored in a folder called "Converted Audio Files" for easy access. When the conversion is finished, it will play a train whistle sound.
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Overview QUICKSTART BASICS OPTIONS PURCHASE TROUBLESHOOTING This simple program will make it easy to convert MP3 files into Wave files or Wave files into MP3 files! How does it work? By simply right clicking a file, folder or a group of files, you can start the conversion process. You can change the conversion folder at any time via the options dialog . You can also convert files by dragging and dropping them onto the software’s desktop icon. More on conversion basics.
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• Convert your WMA files to MP3 or WAV. • Convert your MP3s to lower or higher quality format MP3 files • Convert your MP3s to WMA files. • Normalize your MP3, WMA or WAV files. • Batch convert entire folders to a specific format. • Rip audio CDs or convert CDA files. (Only available in Audio Converter Pr.o) • Convert or encode OGG files (Only available in Audio Converter Pro.) MP3 To Wave Converter PLUS © 2004 by Acoustica. All Rights Reserved. Audio Converter Pro © 2004 by Acoustica.
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Converting Basics There are several ways to convert your audio files. 1. Right click it. You can convert a file by right clicking on it within Windows! A menu will pop up and you simply need to select "Convert to WAV " or "Convert to MP3 " and others depending on what format you are converting to. (Note that this default will be different for each type of file that you right click on.) If you right click on a WAV file, it will default to "Convert to MP3".
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Ripping A CD (Available in Audio Converter Pro.) Ripping or converting a CD track into a WAV, MP3, WMA or OGG is incredibly easy with Acoustica Audio Converter Pro. 1. Insert an audio CD into your CD drive. 2. Double click "My Computer" 3. Right click on the CD drive that you just put the audio CD in and select "Explore" 4. Right click on the track that you’d like to rip and then select "Convert To…" followed by selecting the format you’d like to rip to! That’s it! No clunky interfaces to load.
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Creating WAV Files 1. MP3 to WAV You can create WAV files by simply right clicking on an MP3 file. A menu will pop up with various options. Make sure to select the menu item that says "Convert to WAV". 2. WAV, OGG or WMA to WAV If you are trying to convert a WAV, OGG or WMA to a new WAV, you can select the second menu item, which will pop up a submenu. Make sure to click on the "WAV" item on the submenu and the conversion will begin. (OGG is only available in Audio Converter Pro.) 3.
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Creating MP3 Files 1. WAV to MP3 You can create MP3 files by simply right clicking on a WAV file. A menu will pop up with various options. Make sure to select the menu item that says "Convert to MP3". 2. MP3, OGG or WMA to MP3 If you are trying to convert an MP3, OGG or WMA to a new MP3, you can select the second menu item, which will pop up a submenu. Make sure to click on the "MP3" item on the submenu and the conversion will begin. (OGG is only available in Audio Converter Pro.) 3.
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Creating WMA Files 1. WAV, OGG or MP3 to WMA You can create WMA files by simply right clicking on a WAV, OGG or MP3 file. A menu will pop up with various options. Make sure to select the menu item that says "Convert to… " and then select "WMA" on the popup menu. (OGG is only available in Audio Converter Pro.) 2. WMA to WMA If you are trying to convert a WMA to a new WMA, you can select the second menu item, which will pop up a submenu.
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Creating OGG Files (Available in Audio Converter Pro.) 1. WAV, WMA or MP3 to OGG You can create OGG files by simply right clicking on a WAV, WMA or MP3 file. A menu will pop up with various options. Make sure to select the menu item that says "Convert to… " and then select "OGG" on the popup menu. (OGG is only available in Audio Converter Pro.) 2. OGG to OGG If you are trying to convert a OGG to a new OGG, you can select the second menu item, which will pop up a submenu.
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Wave Files Wave files usually contain uncompressed PCM audio data. In some cases, it may be compressed PCM data in a format such as ADPCM, GSM or True-Speech. Wave files end in the 3 letter extension .wav. .
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MP3 Files MP3 files contain perceptually encoded sound data. The frequencies that humans cannot perceive are removed, although some audio purists say they can tell the difference between a high bit-rate MP3 and a Wave file. A typical MP3 is 10 times smaller than an equivalent WAV file. MP3 files usually end in .mp3. They are also used with .mp1, and .mp2 file extensions. .MP3 .MP2 .
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WMA Files WMA stands for Windows Media Audio. WMA files contain perceptually encoded sound data. The frequencies that humans cannot perceive are removed, although some audio purists say they can tell the difference between a high bit-rate WMA and a Wave file. A WMA file can be as much as 20 times smaller than an equivalent WAV file. .
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Play Lists A play list is simply a list of several MP3, OGG, WMA and/or WAV files in a specific order. Here are the most common types of play lists. .M3U WinAmp play list. (Supported by many programs.) .PLS, .PL Sonique play list .CBS Acoustica MP3 CD Burner play lists .RXP, .CL3, .CL4, .CL5, .RCL Roxio Easy CD Creator or Adaptec Easy CD Creator play lists .NRA Ahead Nero play lists .PYA Cakewalk Pyro play lists .RMP Real Jukebox play lists .XML iTunes play lists.
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Options Overview How do I get to the options? (3 methods) 1. Double click the program icon and select "Options" 2. Select the Start button, followed by "Programs", followed by "Acoustica MP3 To Wave Converter" or "Acoustica Audio Converter Pro", followed by "Options" 3. Right click on a supported file format, select the second menu item with the icon next to it and select "Options…" on the submenu popup. There are 3 main tabs in the options window.
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General Options Converted Audio Files Directory Processing Power Usage Play Sound When Done? Prompt Before Overwriting Files? Display errors on exit if errors occur? Always convert all files in play lists (.m3u, .pls). Do not prompt me. Open the Converted Audio Files directory when all conversions are finished. Preserve folder hierarchy with converted files Temporary Files Directory These general options dialog allows you to configure the software more to your liking.
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Ever wonder where your converted files are being stored? This convenient feature will open the directory where they are being stored when the converter finishes. Uncheck this if you don’t want to open the decode directory after the conversions are finished.. Preserve folder hierarchy with converted files When converting a folder by selecting "Convert this folder’s audio files to", the converter will create folders and subfolders under the "Converter Audio Files" directory.
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CD Quality WAV files This is the most popular setting. If you are creating WAV files so that you can burn them on custom CD compilations, choose this option. It will ensure that any non-CD quality format WAVs and MP3 files are converted to CD quality compatible WAV files. CD quality format WAV files are 44,100 Hz, 16 bits, stereo. Align To CD Block Boundaries Option When burning audio CDs, it is important that the WAV files being used fit into CD Block Boundaries.
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Specific Format WAV files The last alternative can be used for special situations where you need all your resultant WAV files to be in a specific format. For example, you can use this if you need all your WAV files to be mono. Sample Rate The sample rate is the number of sound points per second. For example, 22,050 Hz means that there will be 22,050 samples of sound data every second. You can also type in the sample rate if its not in the list.
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OGG File Options (Available in Audio Converter Pro.) These options allow you to set the Bit Rate and quality of OGG files. Preset Quality Specify Settings Preset Quality This convenient slider allows you to quickly choose from a list of various configurations.
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CDA/CD Ripping Options (Available in Audio Converter Pro.) Ripping or extracting a track off a CD is as easy as right clicking on the track and converting. These settings are used for ripping audio CDs. Store songs in folder with artist’s name This setting will create an artist folder under the "Converted Audio Files" directory. The freshly ripped track/converted file will be located in this new sub-folder.
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Error Handling During Rips It is possible to have a rip error if a track especially if the CD is dirty or scratched. By default, the software will attempt to re-read the erroneous track info 10 times. The other options are: Ignore Them – Ignore errors and rip as if nothing happened. J Retry – This will retry reading the erroneous area for the given # of times. Abort – This option will halt the rip if an error occurs. FreeDB The remote database is freedb.org .
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Audio Processing These audio processing options allow you to do additional audio processing on the files you are converting. Normalize all converted audio files to X% Warn About Incomplete Songs Automatically Remove Silence Normalize all converted files to X% This is a great option that will make sure that all your converted files have a similar and consistent volume or amplitude level. You can change the percentage at which it is normalized to. 100% would be maximum volume. 80% is the minimum setting.
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Troubleshooting Ok, what am I doing wrong? How do I use this? I do not see an option to convert to or from WMA files! How do I convert more than one file at a time? Does this program burn audio CDs? Are the original files replaced by the converted files? Right clicking fails to display the right click menu item! Converted WAV files are sounding bad. Conversions are taking a long time.
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The software needs to be re-associated with WAV and MP3 files. You can do this by running the "Re-associate" item in the MP3 To Wave Converter program group. Click the Window’s Start button and select Programs, then find the "MP3 To Wave Converter" folder and click the "Re-associate" option. Converted WAV files are sounding bad. The converted WAV files are sounding grainy. Go to the Wave options and set it to use the "best suited format." Conversions are taking a long time.
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My problem isn’t in here! Registered users receive technical support. Please visit the Acoustica website @ http://www.acoustica.com/support.htm for more technical support.