How to convert MP3 files to surround ? COMMERCIAL SOLUTION

If you have a multichannel audio card on your computer, it could be a very good idea to convert your audio so that it were multichannel too. To do that you should complete the following sequence of actions:







STEP 1:   Getting started

After clicking the AVS Audio Converter icon in AVS Audio Tools Manager AVS Audio Converter wizard starts with the Step 1 window.

 


You can create a list of files you want to convert using the following buttons:


Button Shortcut Description

Ins Adds one or several files selected from the specific folder to the file list.

Shift+Ins Adds all of the audio files contained in the selected folder.

Del Removes the highlighted file from the file list.

Shift+Del Removes all of the files from the file list.

If you right click the file list you can find an additional menu, which allows you to perform the operations listed above, plus you can select all of the files by clicking the Select All or using the Ctrl+A shortcut. You can include files of different formats and from various locations in the file list.

If you would like to see or edit the additional file information, click the File Info button.

Please note that it is possible to play the selected file directly from AVS Audio Converter to make sure you've chosen the correct file for conversion. For that highlight the necessary file in the file list and use the following buttons:

To play the selected file

To pause the selected file

To stop the selected file

To go to the previous track

To go to the next track

It is also possible to rewind or fast-forward the selected file using Seeking Bar. Just click the Seeking Bar cursor and drag it.



After you finished, please click the Next>> button.



STEP 2:   Selecting files format

At Step 2 AVS Audio Converter will suggest that you select the output file format and specify the output file format parameters such as Sample rate (Frequency), Bitrate and the number of Channels. Note that not all the formats support multichanneling, so we suggest that you set the format to AAC 3/2+LFE 5.1 DolbyProLogicII:



Please note that it is possible to specify Additional parameters for MP3 and Ogg Vorbis formats clicking the Advanced button.

After the desired output format is selected please click the Next>> button.



STEP 3:   Setting output file location

AVS Audio Converter will automatically locate all of the output files in My Music folder at your computer. You will be able to change output file location at Step 3. For that click the Change... button and select desired output file location.



Under Output File Location line you can also find Free Space size available at the selected drive and Required space, which is the size of free space needed for copying the converted files selected at Step 1 of 4. The Required free space depends on the selected format and its parameters.

You can also tic the Close the program after conversion is finished check-box, if you do not plan to convert any other files afterwards. Nevertheless, it might be useful to leave this check-box unmarked to be able to verify the resulting files or to edit them using the AVS Ringtone Maker application.

When you are done, click the Start button to start the conversion process.



STEP 4:   Conversion process

You can visually judge the completion of the conversion process with the Progress Bar.



You can also cancel converting process clicking the Stop button. After the conversion is complete AVS Audio Converter will automatically take you to Step 4 window.



STEP 5:   Verifying result and editing files

At this step you can verify converted files playing the highlighted file directly from AVS Audio Converter.



To make sure you have obtained the desired quality of the output files you can play them using the following buttons:

To playback the selected file

To pause the selected file

To stop the selected file

To go to the previous track

To go to the next track

It is also possible to rewind or fast-forward the highlighted file using the Seeking Bar. Just click the Seeking Bar cursor and drag it.

Right clicking the the file list you can find an additional menu, which allows you to remove the selected file, remove all of the converted files or select all of the files. For that choose the appropriate item in the additional menu. Note that in case the quality of output files does not satisfy you, there is an opportunity to go back to Step 2 to set another output file format parameters and reconvert them.

AVS Audio Converter also allows you to modify extra text information in existing files. To do that click the File Info button and the Information window will appear.



Here you can change all of the available details such as Track number, Title, Artist, Album, you can add any Comment, specify Year and Genre.

After you finished, please click the Step 1 button to return to the first step or Close to finish the work with the AVS Audio Converter program.

You can also edit the resulting files with the help of the AVS Ringtone Maker program. To do that click the Edit button to launch the application:



You can use the Top Toolbar buttons to edit the audio file. The Top Toolbar is placed in the upper part of the AVS Ringtone Maker:



The function buttons are used in the following way:

Button Caption Description
My Computer Use this button to switch to My Computer folder to start browsing the drives and folders with files that you have on your personal computer.
My Music Use this button to switch to My Music folder in case you would like to edit and upload some media files located in this folder. My Music folder is created automatically with the Windows installation and is situated in the folder with the user's documents.
My Ringtones Use this button to switch to My Ringtones folder to start browsing the ringtone files that you put in that folder. The folder is created automatically on the program first run and is placed into My Music folder of the user's documents.
Level up Use this button to go to the folder that is located a level higher than the current one. That is if you are now in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Music\My Ringtones\ after pressing the Level Up button you will get to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Music\.
Views Use this button to change the way of the files list representation. The possible Views are: Thumbnails, Icons, List and Details - they correspond to the Windows standard file list representation modes.
Help Use this button to open the AVS Ringtone Maker Help file.
Zoom out Use this button to zoom the music file timeline out. You might do this to find the next specific place in the music composition to apply an effect to it or to return to the actual file length representation.
Full zoom Use this button to to return to the actual music file length representation. You might do this to find the next specific place in the music composition to apply an effect to it or to return to the actual file length representation.
Zoom in Use this button to zoom the music file timeline in. You might need this to find a specific place in the music composition file to apply an effect to it. If you selected a part of the file with the mouse, this button will zoom in this exact part of the file. Otherwise the whole file will be zoomed in.
Amplify Use this button to add Amplify audio effect to your file to increase or decrease the amplification of the sound in the media file.
Fade in Use this button to add Fade in audio effect to your file or a part of it.
Fade out Use this button to add Fade out audio effect to your file or a part of it.
Normalize Use this button to add Normalize audio effect to your file to achieve the greatest amount of amplification that will not result in clipping.
Reverse Use this button to add Reverse audio effect to your file.
Flanger Use this button to add Flanger audio effect to your file mixing a signal with a slightly delayed copy of itself.
Chorus Use this button to add Chorus audio effect to your file adding a single delayed signal (echo) to the original input.
Delay Use this button to add Delay audio effect to your file replaying the sounds of the selected audio portion after a certain period of time.
Phaser Use this button to add Phaser audio effect to your file giving a "synthesized" or electronic effect to natural sounds.
Vibrato Use this button to add Vibrato audio effect to your file cyclically changing a certain frequency of the input signal.
Reverb Use this button to add Reverb audio effect to your file of the sound that stops but the reflections continue, decreasing in amplitude, until they can no longer be heard.
Time Stretch Use this button to add Time Stretch audio effect to your file changing the tempo, but keeping the pitch the same throughout.
WahWah Use this button to add WahWah audio effect to your file altering the resonance of musical notes to extend expressiveness.
Pitch Shift Use this button to add Pitch Shift audio effect to your file shifting the frequency spectrum of the input signal.
Trim Use this button to keep the highlighted part of the music file and to delete the unselected part.
Delete Use this button to delete the highlighted part of the music file and to keep the unselected part.
Undo Use this button to undo the changes you have made to the media file.
Redo Use this button to repeat the changes you have made in case you have undone them.

If you want to apply the effects to a part of the file you need to select that specific part with your mouse.

If you want to apply the effects to the whole file you might select the whole file timeline or leave everything unselected.

To facilitate your control of the modifications you can use the following player buttons:

Button Description
Used to playback the media file.
Used to continuously repeat the selection or the whole media file.
Used to stop the media file.

After you press the button you will be prompted to select the format of the uploading file:



To change the folder where the file is going to be stored press the button and choose the new file location.

Click the Save button to keep the changes you have made to the file.

If you plan to upload your audio files to your mobile device, you should press the Mobile overview button to see the table representing different mobile devices and formats, supported by them.

After you choose the format of the file and press the Upload >> button, the file will be saved and the AVS Mobile Uploader will be launched to begin the uploading process.




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