# Audio Tools

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-tools/14973>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [March 4, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-tools/14973 "2003-03-04T23:18:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Maxtr0sity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-tools/14973/1 "2003-03-04T23:18:34Z")

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hey, anyone know of any program that lets me increase or reduce the quality of a mp3?..

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-tools/14973/2 "2003-03-04T23:23:11Z")

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i dont think you’ll be able to _increase_ the quality of an mp3 since it’s a shrunk version of wav, which is undoable.  
However if you want to decrease the size/quality of an mp3 you may use:

CoolEdit (Pro)  
SoundForge

or anysoftare (just check [www.download.com](http://www.download.com) and search for audio/mp3 software - sometimes their freeware is nice…)

or use flash’s compression for mp3 !

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-tools/14973/3 "2003-03-04T23:34:58Z")

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nice, thanks, do you know any real professional sound effect or editing tools?..or are they enough?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-tools/14973/4 "2003-03-04T23:57:45Z")

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wat about a program that extracts mp3 tracks from a cd?..i’ve tried blaze media pro…it doesn’t support my cd burner though…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/audio-tools/14973/5 "2003-03-05T00:33:09Z")

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ive used Audiograbber (lets say mmh. fallen from a lorry)  
to rip my cd to mp3  
although winamp can do it with a plugin (if uve got a PC/Windows)  
if you really want a professional audio ‘studio’ try steinberg’s cubase, but this is really complicated…

stick to CoolEdit or SOundforge; they are easy to use…