Reviewer, 2009-01-30 08:47:00

Absolute Audio Converter - fast and easy-to-use WMA OGG MP3 converter. Absolute Audio Converter is digital audio converter allowing you to convert audio files of WMA, MP3, OGG Vorbis, WAV PCM format to all these formats including re-sampling.

Features: Absolute Audio Converter lets you convert digital audio files from one format to another. These include WMA OGG MP3. Other formats you can convert to are Dialogic ADPCM(VOX), G 723 ADPCM and G 726 ADPCP and A Law and Micro-Law ADPCM (WAV). These can be set through the settings control on the interface. He interface could not have been simpler. It has a listing area where you add audio files to be converted. On the toolbar you have the controls to add, delete or to completely clear the list. You finalize a list of files you want to convert, they all need to be of the same format of course. Set the output file format through the settings control. Set the path for the output files into the source folder or some other folder. On the properties tab of the settings you can choose parameters related to the format you have chosen. Input format parameters tab lets you choose parameters related to input format. All the required codec are built-in for example the WMA 9 format support includes the constant bit rate, variable bit rate and the lossless formats. MP3 encoding is done through the LAME encoder and OGG format through the Vorbis SDK. Re-sampling is supported too. As the conversions are done direct from one format to another without going through WAV as an intermediate step, the speed is quite speed.

Overall: Quite simple and easy to use for novice and experienced users. The controls are intuitive too. You should checkout your specific formats during the trial phase. With so many formats supported there`s always a possibility of hidden problems. Support for FLAC and AAC etc are missing.