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Drew

I'm not gonna go into the long story about the disorganized client that first wanted his IVR work in PCM .wav. Now they're hem hawing about thinking maybe some compressed format. They're not even sure mu-Law is what they need. Explode

So, while their IT guy, no doubt is glazing my contact's eyes over, thought I'd try to find out if there's a fairly quick way to batch convert nearly a 1,000 .wav files over to mu-Law (if that's what they need) in Adobe Audition 1.5. I've never done a huge conversion before. Can it be done? 'cause I got lots of files to do yet...and I dread the prospect of having to manually convert more than 900 files....even though they're willing to pay the freight for the extra work. Been toying with the batch convert application on Audition...and it seems I still have to manually pull each file into the conversion tray.
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roger · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:28 am Post subject:

Paging Liz DeNesnera.
http://www.convertmyfilesnow.com/
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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:54 am Post subject:

don't remember where it is in 1.5 (in aa3 it's under "file") but there should be a "batch processing" option where you can choose your format & bit rate --- load your files & hit "go"
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Lizden · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:59 am Post subject:

Drew! Breathe...relax...it's OK.
Laugh

When they say Mu-law there are 2 choices:

8bit 8k mu-law .VOX
OR
CCITT 8bit 8k mu-law .WAV

These are 2 different formats even though they look similar.

Once you find out which they need then you can either use Todd's suggestion (if it's the .wav format) or if you need the .VOX version I'm happy to convert them for you. Call me if you want to discuss!

PS:
Thanks for the plug Roger!!! Laugh

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Drew · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:48 am Post subject:

How the hell did I put this post in "Work"? Sheesh...

Thanks folks! Just might call ya before the day's out Liz. Still waiting on IT boy to figure out what they want. I sent 'em a bunch of files last week and they still haven't pulled 'em down to put into their system.

I got's other things ta do...so I'm only twiddling 1 thumb at the moment.
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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:44 am Post subject:

also - just fyi - AA3 converts to .vox
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Lizden · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:18 pm Post subject:

Really, Todd?
Mu-law vox too? Or just ADPCM vox?
Good to know.
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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:48 pm Post subject:

yeah, just adpcm.
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Lizden · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:01 pm Post subject:

Yeah,
SoundForge does ADPCM .vox as well, but not Mu-Law .vox.
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Drew · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:25 pm Post subject:

Yeah. ADPCM in 1.5 as well. Still ain't heard what they want. I know it's a .wav. So, I converted nearly 900 files mu Law .wav. Took about 35 minutes. Thought it would be more daunting. But as I started, a little voice in my head (among the twelve or so there...not so many when I take my meds), said, "Hey, Sparky, betcha if you hold the 'Ctrl' button down you can highlight all of 'em." A real "Ah ha!" moment.
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ConnieTerwilliger · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 5:52 pm Post subject:

In AA 1.0 - the Batch File Convert function is under File.
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