still no mp3

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Here I go again. I finally got some content on my VF80 (my own "Bulgarian Bumblebees," sung in 3-part harmony to the tune of "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" -- pretty funny.) But I STILL don't know how to get it on the #*!@$#% computer in mp3 format so that I can e-mail the thing to friends.

I have worn everyone out with my inquiries about S/PIDF. I got no S/PIDF input on my sound card so that's not an option.

Can I just go out of my Fostex from the stereo outs and into the line in on my soundcard, and record the product on sound recorder? Then what? Assuming that works (it won't), how do you transmogrify the file into an mp3? I know there are "mp3 to WAV" and vice versa downloads out there. What do you do to make them work? Do you record onto them?

If I absolutely have to, I'll TRY to make a CD on the Fostex (internal burner), but that still leaves the question of how you get the audio file from the CD and into mp3 format.

I'll post this on the Fostex forum and see if I get bites there.
 
two options:

1) fostex to the PC's line-in like you said, except good luck using Windows Sound recorder. You'll need an audio editing program - most of them allow you to save/export in multiple formats ...one of them being MP3. There are a bunch of shareware/freeware programs available to download.

2) Burn a CD with the Fostex. From there, you'll need to "rip" it from the CD to an MP3. Again, zillions of free or cheap programs around that'll do this - one of them being Music Match.
 
Sean's #2 option will most likely give you the best quality.
 
agreed, because it is an all digital process. Doing the line-out to soundcard required an digital-analog-digital conversion. Plus you get a nice digital backup and it will be a piece of cake to rip at several different sample rates to match the particular need.
 
I use CDEX as a ripper- it will translate wavs to mp3s, mp3s to wavs and cd to either- very easy to use, its a free download and it uses the "Lame" encoder which is supposed to be pretty nice

http://www.cdex.n3.net/

ive never used the sound recorder (i assume thats built into windows?) but it will probably save as a wav file- then you can convert it with cdex- best bet though is probably the cd-r route

good luck- enjoy
 
the standard Windows mini-app digital recorder sucks. It's limited in time and hard to use and slow, forget it.

I use CDEX also, very easy and free. I think it's still free.

i don't know your DAW, mine has usb, so i just xfer to pc.
 
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