Audio conversion Software

Audio Conversion Software
The following are some very useful programs for audio conversion. SoX has a horrible interface but can convert many formats to many others and can apply filters, rate conversions, etc. These are scriptable and very useful when processing large groups of audio files.


 * SoX is the Swiss Army knife of sound editors. It can convert from just about any file to any other.


 * LAME MP3 Encoder able to encode from wave and other formats into MP3.


 * MPG321 which may be used to decode from MP3 to wave.


 * LIBMAD MP3 decoder software.


 * Gnac An audio converter for Gnome.


 * sneetchalizer a CLI script which converts between several different formats and preserves meta-tags.


 * VLC VLC has an audio converter. Look under Media->Convert/Save to begin converting audio or video.