NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter is a software tool you can use for conversion of wide range of different audio file formats to most commonly used formats like MP3, OGG, WMA, and WAV. This software is especially useful in case if you have protected music files you want to listen on playback device, which doesn't support particular DRM technology, like audio CD player, iPod, Zune or other portable digital player, cell phone, Pocket PC, etc. Below is the detailed step by step instruction for you to convert wav files to mp3 using NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter:
Step 1: Download NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter from http://www.noteburner.com/, and then install and run it.
Note: After you running NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter, you may see the symbol of NoteBurner, which is a combination of green disc and note, at the right bottom of your computer screen.
Step 2: Choose mp3 as the output format inNoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter.
1. Click Setting button on top of NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter's GUI
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2. Browse a folder for storing the converted mp3 songs
3. Choose MP3 as the output format
4. Check the ID3Tag options
5. Click the OK button to save the changes

Step 3: Set NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter as the default CD burner for iTunes
1. Run iTunes (Notes: In order to convert wav file to mp3, you have to run NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter and iTunes simultaneously)
2. Click menu Edit and choose Preferences

3. Follow tabs Advanced>Burning, and set NoteBurn Virtual_CD-RW as the CD burner
4. Click to choose your preferred burning speed (Note: select a slower burning speed here may help you to avoid skips, shutters, gaps in mp3 audiobooks converted by NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter)
5. Choose Audio CD as the Disc Format
6. Check the Include CD Text check box
Step 4: Create playlist to contain songs for converting to MP3
You can burn the existing iTunes playlist, or create a new playlist, and then add selected wav files to the playlist for converting to MP3.
1. Choose the menu File > New Playlist

2. Select wav files or audiobooks in your iTunes library
3. Right-click on the selected wav files, and choose “Add to Playlist > untitled playlist 3 (The playlist you create)”

4. Click the playlist (untitled playlist 3) you would like to burn under the PLAYLISTS on the left panel, and you will see all the selected wav files.
Tips:
It’s suggested that one playlist shall not contain more than 700 MB wav files, that’s approximately 60-minute length music. NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter utilizes virtual CD burning mechanism to converting audio files. And as you may know, a CD-R disc can only hold 700 MB files in maximum.
Step 5: Burn the iTunes playlist
Click on the Burn Disc button to start burning the playlist.
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After iTunes finishes burning, NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter will start encoding the MP3 files on the bottom right window.

Tips: Audiobooks usually are large audio file with the playtime up to 2-3 hours. In this case, NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter will convert the audiobook into several separated MP3 files.
Step 6: Get the output MP3 files
The converted playlist and songs will show up on the main window of NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter.
1. You can double-click any song to preview the music, or click the Play button to play selected song
2. Click the Folder button to open the output folder, where you will find the converted MP3 files

With several steps above, you can convert all your wav files to MP3, WAV or WMA with NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter freely, and enjoy it whenever and wherever you like!
NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converter also helps make new media ready for inclusion in your media library. The title, artist and album name for every file are automatically stored in ID3 tags. NoteBurner makes sure that, after the re-recording process is over, the new files also have all existing tag information. NoteBurner supports ID3-tag formats like ID3v1 and ID3v2. Normalization inside NoteBurner ensures media is converted at the uniform volume level of the entire media collection. Download NoteBurner WAV Files to MP3 Converte to enjoy your time here!






