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I need to convert a cd song to wav format or a mp3 to wav. Any suggestions on a software (easy to use)

Winamp, Itunes or Windows media player can do that

merritt
I have tried all three and still cant get a wma or MP3 to save as a wav file.

Musicmatch Jukebox. Makes converting CD & MP3 to wav easy.

Yeah,.............Musicmatch is good. I also use it to burn music cd's.

freerip @ https://www.mgshareware.com/frmmain.shtml

will rip a cd to mp3, wav or ogg

freeware

I use Winamp the most you select Options / Preferences then set encoding format to wav

CD tracks use a Digital Audio Format which requires a "ripper" to extract. I've had very little luck ripping and encoding with Musicmatch, Windows Media Player. There are too many versions of these and too many flavors (free, pro --some rip slowly, some can't encode mp3, only wma etc). The best and easiest ripper I've found is Audiograbber which is fast and now freeware! Can download from: https://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

This will give you wav files which can be burned back to disk using Nero, Roxio Easy CD, Musicmatch, Media player. Have found Roxio (was adaptec, now bought out by Sonic Solutions) the best for burning CD's - no distortion, clicks or inter-track pauses (always use disk at once burning, not track at once). For encoding mp3, LAME is considered to be the best and is freeware.

Agree with Merritt that Winamp is the easiest way to convert mp3 to wav. I use an older version of Winamp v2.81 (it's faster and it doesn't keep calling home searching for updates and track names). The newer ones probably work the same way. If not then you can download old versions of winamp at:
www.oldversion.com

To output to wav:
1--start winamp
2--click on the sine wave symbol in the upper left corner to open menu
3--choose options then preferences
4--default is waveOut plugin, change this by clicking on Nullsoft Diskwriter
5--click on configure to choose where the wav file will be written
6--close menu
7--drag and drop your mp3 file(s) to playlist
8--click on play

Winamp should write the wave files. Since there is no audio playback at this time, the process will happen 5 to 15 times faster than real time.
Don't forget to set the Winamp's output plugin back to waveOut!

Good Luck! David

Thanks
I found Dell has MusicMatch loaded so I used it for right now. 66 you are correct it doesnt allow for changes to the encoding. I found directions for the winamp program but when downloaded the new 5.whatever doesnt work that way anymore. maybe the old ver will be much better.
If your wondering what this is for it is not for reburning to CDs. The Telrad emaGen voicemail can hold wav files that can be used for internal MOH on the system. You can load upto 10 recordings and use them instead of a radio or external source. But the recordings need to be mono and lower quailty for size of the file.

forgot to add if you use freerip be sure to UNCHECK at the EULA the install my search bar