<div dir="ltr"><div>Debee,</div><div><br></div>If you don't mind working from the command line, you can also use <a href="https://www.ffmpeg.org/">FFmpeg</a>. You can type a command like the following in the terminal to get your desired file:<div><br></div><div>ffmpeg -i input.m4a output.wav<br></div><div><br></div><div>You can also try converting directly to MP3 from M4A and see if the quality is still too poor for your needs. Here is a command that can do that;<br></div><div><br></div><div>ffmpeg -i input.m4a -acodec libmp3lame -ab 256k output.mp3<br></div><div><br></div><div>It is possible to write a short script that does this process in a loop for all of the files in a directory. </div><div><br></div><div>I came across this article that touches on <a href="https://datagubbe.se/decusab/">the decline of usability of many desktop applications</a>. I thought you could relate to a lot of what is said there. Those are also arguments in favor of using the command line! (BTW I am not referring to any desktop applications mentioned in this thread).</div><div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div><br></div><div>Joseph</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 7:43 AM Deborah Armstrong <<a href="mailto:armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu">armstrongdeborah@fhda.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now that we have so many webinars/courses in zoom, I’m seeking a simple converter for Windows that will create .wav files from .M4A. The editor I prefer to use likes wav files or Mp3, but if you convert to mp3 you reduce the audio quality
just a bit, so I’d prefer to convert to wav, edit it and then convert to Mp3.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When I record lectures, my main tool for note-taking is to edit the recording about 75% so I have only a short audio file to retain.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is also useful when I’m working on a recording someone else made.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Debee<u></u><u></u></p>
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