Converting an MP3 to WAV --> How can I convert an MP3 to wav format, 16 bit

You can do the conversion in Logic (just Export the file & select the format options you want), but of course having a WAV (or AIFF — essentially the same thing but compatible with older Audio CD players) will not improve the quality. Once a file is compressed — as all MP3s are — you cannot recover the lost information. I expect you knew that, but just in case…!

Any particular reason why you want it in AIFF (or WAV) format?

Just import into a logic session. Then bounce at the specs you require. Logic or Waveburner, iTunes and even Quicktime I think can each do this easily.

A question though. I am assuming you are converting an MP3 to 44.1/16 bit just so you can play the file in a consumer quality CD player?? IF so - that makes sense.

But if you are doing this because you think it will improve the sound quality of your MP3, I will save you some time here. It won't improve the sound quality at all. It will just turn the MP3 into a larger audio file.

44.1/16 bit resolution enables you to have a much better sounding file than MP3 formats, but not by going at it this way.

No offense to you if you know all of this already. I am assuming that you may not know this - because if you did you would also likely know how to convert an audio file.

Cheers

Darrell

If I'm not late, For Mac users:I can advise you to look this audio converter for Mac tutorial

For Windows users: you can take a look at the AVS Audio Converter,I haven't any problem with converting my various audio files including MP3, WAV, WMA, M4A, FLAC, PCM, OGG, AAC,

rolesh79 wrote:
How can I convert an MP3 to wav format, 16 bit, 44,1 khz? I like the program Switch which I know can convert MP3s, but how to I set it up for the specific settings that I need?

You can't choose the bits in Switch. However I doubt the mp3s you have are other than 16bit so you can safely choose 'encoder options', settings 'custom', format 'pcm', samplerate 44100Hz. After the conversion just launch the resulting file in quicktime then choose window menu and 'movie inspector'. it will be stated what bitrate is the file and for 99% it will be 16bit

Most audio programs do not edit native mp3, when loading the mp3 it's automatically converted to standard PCM audio.

So, using a free program like Audacity, simply load the mp3 and save to an format you choose.

Don't all mp3's decode to 16-bit, 44.1kHz?

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Mike Connelly wrote:
It will generally decode to 16 bit, but sample rate can be whatever - things like podcasts and audiobooks often use 32k or 22k.

Right, but when it's loaded into a program that doesn't directly deal with the mp3 format (there aren't many) isn't it converted into 16-bit, 44.1 PCM data?

I just saved a 48kHz, 24 bit file to mp3, then converted it to 22,050kHz, 16-bit and saved under a different name. Both files opened in Amadeus Pro (mac) and SoundForge (PC) as 16-bit, 44.1kHz.


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Pancenter wrote:
Right, but when it's loaded into a program that doesn't directly deal with the mp3 format (there aren't many) isn't it converted into 16-bit, 44.1 PCM data?
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It will convert to the session conditions. So if you have a ProTools session set to 24bit/96kHz/aiff then the mp3 will be converted to those values.

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Pancenter wrote:
Right, but when it's loaded into a program that doesn't directly deal with the mp3 format (there aren't many) isn't it converted into 16-bit, 44.1 PCM data?

Depends on the app. The batch converter MAX requires a setting for bit depth of wavs but preserves the sample rate of the MP3.

As well as the above, you can also convert files in iTunes using +"Convert Selection to".+

Hey, Darrell — I just said all that!

😉

Ah!
So you did. My apologies.
I responded to OP and didn't read what follows.
The OP can see your response came first.
Cheers
Darrell

im searching for the same solution
http://www.roomp3.com/

Sometimes my clients ask me for mp3/48kHz :roll:

It will generally decode to 16 bit, but sample rate can be whatever - things like podcasts and audiobooks often use 32k or 22k.

Mike, Samplaire,

Thanks, learned something new today.

I still have to do a bit of experimenting as these were encoded with Soundforge.

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