Convert A Bunch Of Audio Files At Once Using Audacity

Convert A Bunch Of Audio Files At Once Using Audacity

How can we convert a ton of files from something like WAV to MP3 without going nuts?

There is a little used feature in Audacity that is perfect for bulk converting piles of files. I'll try to detail how it can be used here.

00:00 Intro
00:38 Introduce the "Macro Manager"
00:52 You make the Macros
01:02 Add a new one
01:08 Add actions on the right side
01:20 Insert "Export as MP3"
01:26 There is no way to specify where to save the file
01:46 Preferences menu
01:54 Directories
02:11 "Files..."
02:34 macro-output

Hope this helps!

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[vostrovostro]

YOU SAVED ME A BUNCH OF TIME - I WAS LOOKING TO BUY YOU COFFEE, BUT I DIDNT SEE THE SUPER THANKS BUTTON - ANYWAYS THANKS A BUNCH

[SwaMusic]

Thank you, Edward! This video was straight and to the point and cannot believe that this feature has been here the entire time! Much appreciated. 🙌

[AverageLogin]

Genuine appreciation here! Last time I had to modify a bunch of files it took me a whole darn week!

[PuddleSpout]

Saved me about 3 hours, quick, easy, and straight to the point.

[Barrick_Creative_Media]

Brilliant 👍😀. Never thought to look in the macros section 🤭 I was thinking it would be File-->Batch Convert or similar.

[carloschowell]

Thank you Edward the Sound Guy!! You just saved me an hour of manually doing this in Logic Pro!

[SonicUnleashedXY]

For anyone who didn't set up their Directories in Audacity. My Macro output was sent to

[Dickie.D.Dickens]

You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman! c", )

[StevenFAllen]

Appreciate your awesome tutorial. Works Great!

[LucMireille]

Thanks a lot for this. It really made my day.

[redsanders]

Followed your steps, worked the FIRST time. However, later I wanted to change the directories, so clicked Edit/Preferences/Directories, and get a totally different window that onlyly shows "Temporary Files Directory" and no other choices!

[davidmurray]

Stupid question but where do the files go if you export them without having selected anything in the macro output folder?

[jadenramos]

thanks for saving me $10 on some random website

[cybolton]

Let's say you have 400+ CDs saved as WAV files that you want to convert to mp3s to use on your phone. Each disc is a folder. Unless I missed something, this appears to require you to open each folder and select all files (songs) within it to convert. Then create a new folder at the export destination. And you'd have to do it 400+ times, renaming the export destination for each.
If the path to your music is: F: Data > Music > YourName > a folder for every artist > folders for every disc by that artist, there HAS to be a way to drop in "YourName" or at the very least, the artists' folders to convert. If not by Audacity then some other program.

[laz]

Dam I just noticed the bit rate is super low by default. Can we change it to 320?

[tlskyward]

Crashes after saving first file every single try. (Later that day...) I've recently updated to vs 3.4.1. I downloaded a portable version of 3.0.3 and it works fine if very slowly.

[marceloribeirosimoes]

Please, is there a way to daetup the bits and sample rate for the final .wav files?

[sonyviva]

This is great. But my directory was beaing created automatically when I batch select my audio files. It doesnt even appear in the Preference > Directories tab. Its odd..

[FelanLP]

How can I convert multiple folders and keep the folder structure?

[TATA-lwyc]

I am used to working with Adobe Audition and I know my way around with Batches. But I'm changing tempo from 125 to 128 and it sounds horrible, especially with beats. Audacity sounds much better! I had about 200 files i needed to stretch or shrink in my case. Was dreading having to do them seperately. Timesaver!