Way OT - I need to convert an audio cd to an mp3. HELP!

johnkitchens

Ok guys I am sorry to ask for this help here, but we seem to talk about a lot of things here. I am working on a new website, and the client has an audio cd that he recorded. I need to be able to compress it and convert it over to an mp3 format. 

I would really like to be able to put tracks on it as well if this is possible. Of course I would like to be able to use free software if possible. I don't have a Mac if that makes a difference. I am using Windows 7.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

buzd504

itunes will do it, with some loss of quality.

If you want it perfect, use http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ which will extract to wav.  Then you can use LAME (http://lame.sourceforge.net/) to convert the wav files to mp3 at the quality level that works for you.

Dredger

@johnkitchens, this might help. http://http//windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/rip-music-from-cd#rip-music-from-cd=windows-7 We're still running Windows 7 too and really, really, really don't want to go to Windows10 until they get some of the bugs worked out. If that doesn't look like a good option for you, there is also Audacity, which is a free option. http://http//www.audacityteam.org/

johnkitchens

Thanks so much for the help! 

buzd504

Dredger said:

@johnkitchens, this might help. http://http//windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/rip-music-from-cd#rip-music-from-cd=windows-7 We're still running Windows 7 too and really, really, really don't want to go to Windows10 until they get some of the bugs worked out. If that doesn't look like a good option for you, there is also Audacity, which is a free option. http://http//www.audacityteam.org/

I've found Windows 10 to be quite nice.

Dredger

@buzd504, I'm glad it's working good for you. After the last two Windows 7 upgrades, we will probably look at again.

rmr62

there are other options, but it looks like they have you covered already

johnnyp

Personally, I like the user friendliness of iTunes.  You can also adjust the settings to save the audio file as lossless

BYS1981

What's a cd

DaveRichardson

Id do the iTunes route or the windows media center can do it. Audacity works fine, but can be glitchy if you do not know your PC well. 

Cookinbob

If you have iTunes, just import the CD to the library, Make a playlist of the tracks, then burn it to a new CD.  mp3 is one of the format options, and you can set the gap between the indiviual tracks

blind99

I used to use cdex, not sure if it's still around, but it was free and very good