I have just finished recording (in digital) the one-hour Anne Lamott interview on City Arts and Lectures. I downloaded Audio Hijack for the Mac and it worked perfectly. Great app for 16 bucks.
Anyhow, the source file is AIFF (604MB in size), and I had it automatically converted to AAC for iTunes (that file is only 55MB). Would love to post it, but need to do so in MP3 or some other small, usable format.
Anyone know of any freeware apps for Mac OS X that would allow me to convert an AIFF file to MP3? Can an AAC file (.m4a format) be uploaded on its own? Can it be converted to an MP3 file itself?
If someone can let me know the answers to these questions, I'll convert the sucker and make it available to everyone on the list tomorrow.
> I have just finished recording (in digital) the one-hour Anne Lamott
> interview on City Arts and Lectures. I downloaded Audio Hijack for the
> Mac and it worked perfectly. Great app for 16 bucks.
> Anyhow, the source file is AIFF (604MB in size), and I had it
> automatically converted to AAC for iTunes (that file is only 55MB).
> Would love to post it, but need to do so in MP3 or some other small,
> usable format.
> Anyone know of any freeware apps for Mac OS X that would allow me to
> convert an AIFF file to MP3? Can an AAC file (.m4a format) be uploaded
> on its own? Can it be converted to an MP3 file itself?
> If someone can let me know the answers to these questions, I'll convert
> the sucker and make it available to everyone on the list tomorrow.
Anthony Baker wrote:
> Anyhow, the source file is AIFF (604MB in size), and I had it > automatically converted to AAC for iTunes (that file is only 55MB). > Would love to post it, but need to do so in MP3 or some other small, > usable format.
AAC files are actually smaller than MP3 in the default settings in iTunes. You’ll have to go into Preferences > Importing and select a lower bit rate in the Custom settings.
Myself, I prefer AAC and rip my audio using Audio Hijack Pro as 48 kbps mono, bookmarkable.
But MP3 is probably accessible to more people on the list, so I suggest you use the following custom settings for MP3:
Stereo Bit Rate: 96 kbps
Use Variable Bit Rate Encoding (VBR)
Quality: Low
Channels: Mono
Then do an Advanced > Convert Selection to MP3 again on the AIFF file.
Hope this helps,
/P.
-- Peter Lindberg
Software designer & developer
Sodermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
http://tesugen.com (my weblog/blog)
> I have just finished recording (in digital) the one-hour Anne Lamott > interview on City Arts and Lectures. I downloaded Audio Hijack for the > Mac and it worked perfectly. Great app for 16 bucks.
> Anyhow, the source file is AIFF (604MB in size), and I had it > automatically converted to AAC for iTunes (that file is only 55MB). > Would love to post it, but need to do so in MP3 or some other small, > usable format.
> Anyone know of any freeware apps for Mac OS X that would allow me to > convert an AIFF file to MP3? Can an AAC file (.m4a format) be uploaded > on its own? Can it be converted to an MP3 file itself?
> If someone can let me know the answers to these questions, I'll convert > the sucker and make it available to everyone on the list tomorrow.
> is the interview available for download somewhere?
> Cheers,
> Tom
> Anthony Baker wrote:
> > Hey Folks,
> > I have just finished recording (in digital) the one-hour Anne Lamott
> > interview on City Arts and Lectures. I downloaded Audio Hijack for
> the
> > Mac and it worked perfectly. Great app for 16 bucks.
> > Anyhow, the source file is AIFF (604MB in size), and I had it
> > automatically converted to AAC for iTunes (that file is only 55MB).
> > Would love to post it, but need to do so in MP3 or some other small,
> > usable format.
> > Anyone know of any freeware apps for Mac OS X that would allow me to
> > convert an AIFF file to MP3? Can an AAC file (.m4a format) be
> uploaded
> > on its own? Can it be converted to an MP3 file itself?
> > If someone can let me know the answers to these questions, I'll
> convert
> > the sucker and make it available to everyone on the list tomorrow.
