Hi, just to add my opinions to this thread, I have used Switch basic and 
Switch plus, both extremely accessible and in my opinion, much better than 
GoldWave at converting, but then i suppose that switch would be slightly 
better as its main feature is file conversion, however goldwave will convert 
your files on the fly if you want to do it that way, just think switch is 
better.




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From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 1:04 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Gold Wave versus Switch

> The programs page has it included in the winamp plugins zip file.
> David Ferrin
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> From: "Lois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Gold Wave versus Switch
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>
>> Where would I get the lame.enc,  from?
>>
>>
>> Lois----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Paul Shallbetter
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 1:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Gold Wave versus Switch
>>
>>
>> Al,
>>
>> GoldWave is super-simple.
>>
>> Select File menu, then arrow down to "Batch Processing"  A dialog box
>> opens.
>>
>> Select the Add Files button.  You can pull files from numerous
>> directories.
>>
>> Once you've selected the files you want to convert (and they can be
>> from numerous formats), you tab down to ...Save files as..." and
>> select mp3 (or whatever file type you want).
>>
>> Tab again to get to "attributes" and arrow up or down through the
>> various bitrates and whether you want the files saved as stereo or
>> monaural.
>>
>>
>> The converted files are saved in the same directories from whence
>> they came, although I believe that you can specify a "save" directory
>> in the Options menu.
>>
>> The only slightly inconvenient thing with Gold Wave is that the
>> encoder is not included with the software.  You need to download
>> lame.enc, widely available for free download from the Internet and
>> unzip it into your Gold Wave parent directory.  Once this is done
>> however, the conversion to mp3 is very easy.
>>
>> Gold Wave is "crippleware," but I really hate that term.  The
>> software is fully functional for a generous number of "processes,"
>> and batch conversion is considered a single process (i.e. each file
>> in the batch is not considered a separate process).
>>
>> At under forty dollars, I think it's a good deal.
>>
>> Furthermore, Gold Wave does much more than convert files.  It is a
>> complete audio file editing package, which permits recording and
>> manipulation of sounds.   If all you're trying to do is to convert
>> between file formats, it may be more than you want or need.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Paul Shallbetter
>> Secret Studio of Minnesota LLC
>> Faribault MN
>> -----
>> At 07:57 AM 1/13/2008, you wrote:
>>>I read about the Switch program on here yesterday and am wondering how it
>>>compares to Gold Wave for converting music type formats?  I am in need of
>>>a
>>>program to convert many different type music extensions to MP3.  Which is
>>>the most JAWS friendly and which works the best and/or is easiest to use?
>>>
>>>thanks
>>>Al
>>>
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