Convert To Any Audio Format With Freemake Audio Converter [Tutorial]

Use the Freemake Audio Converter to convert audio files into a variety of formats.

Freemake Home Page
http://www.freemake.com/

Convert from over 100 different input formats.

Converts to the most popular audio formats like "MP3", "WMA", "WAV", "FLAC", "AAC", "M4A", and "OGG".

Convert to "M4A" for use on your "iPod", "iPhone", and "iPad".

Merge or join multiple audio files into a single file.

The "Freemake Audio Converter" is better than most paid for products, but is available as freeware. Just as with the "Freemake Video Converter", this product is of the highest quality, and extremely easy to use.

If you like the Freemake Video Converter and want to help them keep the product available for free, you can help support them by buying merchandise from their online store
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What is the “Freemake Audio Converter”.
Convert from over 100 different input formats.
Converts to the most popular audio formats
like “MP3”, “WMA”, “WAV”, “FLAC”,
“AAC”, “M4A”, and “OGG”. Convert
to “M4A” for use on your “iPod”, “iPhone”,
and “iPad”. Merge or join multiple audio
files into a single file. The “Freemake
Audio Converter” is better than most paid
for products, but is available as freeware.
Just as with the “Freemake Video Converter”,
this product is of the highest quality, and
extremely easy to use. Let’s download and
install the “Freemake Audio Converter”.
Open a web browser like “Internet Explorer”.
In the address bar enter “freemake.com”,
and press enter. On the “Freemake Home Page”,
click the “Download Now” link under the
“Freemake Audio Converter”. On the “Download
Information Bar”, click the “Run” button.
This will download the file, and then automatically
start the installer. On the “Select Setup
Language” windows, click the “OK” button.
On the “Setup - Freemake Audio Converter”
window, on the welcome screen, click the “Next”
button. On the “Select Components” screen,
leave “Full Installation” selected, an
click the “Next” button. Setup will download
some additional files totaling about 10MB,
and then install the “Freemake Audio Converter”.
On the “Completing the Freemake Audio Converter
Setup Wizard” screen, deselect the “Launch
Freemake Audio Converter” option, and click
the “Finish” button. You can start the
“Freemake Audio Converter” in one of two
ways. Option one. Double-click the “Freemake
Audio Converter” icon on the desktop. Option
two. Click the Windows “Start” button,
“All Programs”, “Freemake”, and then
select the “Freemake Audio Converter”.
In the “Freemake Audio Converter” window,
you willl see a very clean intuitive interface.
If you want to change the location it uses
for temporary files, or the language, you
can click the “File” menu, then options.
To add an audio file to work with, click the
“Audio” button. On the “Open” window
that opens, browse for and select the file
you want to use. In the “Conversions”
directory on my “X:” drive, I have the
LMFAO song “Party Rock Anthem”. Either
double-click the file or select it and click
the “Open” button. The file will open,
showing you the file type which in this case
is MP3, the Title which is “LMFAO - Party
Rock Anthem”, the length of the track which
in this case is 4:23 seconds, It also provides
some more detailed file information such as
the bitrate, and finally the file size which
in this case is 10.19 MB. Now if you want
you could add additional tracks to the list,
and then click the “Join files” button
to change it to “ON”. This will combine
all of the files into one fille. “Freemake
Audio Converter” supports outputting the
files as “MP3”, “WMA”, “WAV”,
“FLAC”, “ACC”, “M4A”, and “OGG”.
Let’s convert this file to a “WMA”,
or “Windows Media Audio”, file. We’ll
click the “To WMA” button. The “WMA
output parameters” window will open. By
default it will have “Optimal quality”
with “WMA Original”. This means it will
use the same bitrate and other settings as
the source file, while outputting the file
in the new format. Clicking the listed quality
will give you a drop down menu, with additional
presets. You can click the “Add your preset”
button. With this you can set whatever “Audio
Codec”, “Channels”, “Sample Rate”,
or “Bitrate” you want. By default it will
try to save the files to the “My Music”
folder. If you want to change this to a new
location, click the “Save As” button.
In the “Save As” window will open, select
the save location. I will select “X:\Conversions”,
and click the “Save” button. Once everything
is set the way you want, click the “Convert”
button. The “Conversion to WMA” window
will open. The conversion should be very fast.
Once the conversion is complete click the
“OK” button, and then the “Close”
button. You should now have the “Freemake
Audio Converter” installed, have a good
understanding of the available options, and
be able to export audio to the available formats.