Audio Format and Audio Converter

Audio converter can be referred as a type of electronic hardware which converts analog audio signal to a digital audio format. In the field of digital audio and software, audio converter is also referred as a computer program that converts existing audio file from one digital format to another digital format. Hardware audio converter encompasses computer sound cards, cellular phones, and portable recording devices. Once converted to digital format, digital audio signals and file formats can be processed by software —including converting to audio CD or Mp3 formats.

Lossless data compression

- Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC)
- Direct Stream Transfer (DST)
- Dolby TrueHD
- DTS-HD Master Audio
- Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
- Lossless Audio (LA)
- Lossless Predictive Audio Compression (LPAC)
- Lossless Transform Audio Compression (LTAC)
- MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding (MPEG-4 ALS)
- Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP), also known as Packed PCM (PPCM)
- Monkey's Audio (APE)
- OptimFROG (OFR)
- RealAudio Lossless
- RK Audio (RKAU)
- Shorten (SHN)
- True Audio (TTA)
- WavPack (WV)
- Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless】

Lossy data compression

- Adaptive Differential (or Delta) pulse-code modulation (ADPCM)
- ADX
- Adaptive Rate-Distortion Optimised sound codeR (ARDOR)
- Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC, used in MiniDisc devices)
- Dolby Digital (A/52, AC3)
- DTS (Digital Theatre System Coherent Acoustics)
- Impala FORscene audio codec
- MPEG audio
o layer-1 (MP1)
o layer-2 (MP2) (MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and non-ISO MPEG-2.5)
o layer-3 (MP3) (MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and non-ISO MPEG-2.5)
o Advanced Audio Coding (AAC, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) + HE-AAC
o Harmonic and Individual Lines and Noise (HILN)
- Musepack
- Perceptual Audio Coding
- QDesign
- TwinVQ
- Vorbis
- Windows Media Audio (WMA)

Converting Audio Files to MP3

Audio file conversion: NoteBurner's big advantage is that once you have set it up you can use your favorite media player (iTunes, Realplayer, Winamp, Windows Media Player etc.) to queue the music up for conversion. When using your media player all you have to do is configure it to use the virtual CD burner rather than the physical one that is installed inside your computer. Output Audio Formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, WMA Pro, WMA Lossless.

NoteBurner M4P to MP3 Converter does not crack DRM control. It bypass DRM control with a virtual CD-RW drive. Basically, protected files should not be copied and handed over to third parties. NoteBurner qualifies to copy DRM protected music files. NoteBurner acts as a virtual CD burner (CD-RW drive) and speeds the converting procedures by ripping any music files protected with the WMA, M4P, M4B formats and saving the music in NoteBurner as unprotected MP3, WMA and WAV files. NoteBurner for Mac supports AAC as output format. It's faster than any real CD or DVD burners. Through this process, a private copy is easily created only for personal use.