Free Audio Converter CS

Free Audio Converter CS is an application that you can use to encode between several audio formats, including MP3, WAV, FLAC and OGG.

The interface of the application is plain and simple. You can import media from file or directory by using the file browser (the "drag and drop" method is not supported but batch processing is).

In the list you can view the source path, track, length and size for each file.

You can select the output destination and format, and initiate the conversion process.

You can edit audio information when it comes to the artist, title, album, track number, year and genre.

But you can also preview the audio tracks, add contents from an audio CD, as well as configure the current encoder settings when it comes to the preset, stereo and encoder mode, streamable subset, linear predictor, downsampling ratio, quantization, and others.

You can submit CDDB data and configure general options regarding the default output location, filename pattern, unicode, merging, playlists, CUE sheets, plugins, information tags, and more.

The software requires a low-to-moderate amount of system resources and quickly converts audio tracks without freezing or crashing. The sound quality is well maintained.

However, there is no cancel button once the task has been initiated, only "skip". Free Audio Converter CS crashed once after we skipped all files. Also, the features could had been better organized. Since there is no help file available and the program comes with a pretty advanced configuration, we mainly recommend Free Audio Converter CS to experienced users.