NoteBurner Audio Converter utilizes virtual CD burning technology on both Win&Mac to simulate the burning and ripping process. With this advanced audio format converting mechanism, NoteBurner excellently converts iTunes music to MP3, DRM protected WMA music to MP3 or unprotected WMA, as well as converting any other audio files to MP3, WMA or WAV format. While converting audio files at fast speed, NoteBurner encodes MP3, WMA and WAV files with outstanding sound quality.


Main features of NoteBurner M4P to MP3 Converter:

* Supports DRM protected audio files such as iTunes M4P, AAC, M4B, WMA, AA, OMA, etc.
* Supports DRM-free audio files such as WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, APE, AIFF, etc.
* Magic fast converting speed
* Encodes output files with high-fidelity sound quality
* Works with iTunes, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Winamp, SonicStage
* Supports iPod, PSP, Zune, Creative Zen, Archos, SanDisk Sansa media players, and all cell phones
* Transfers ID3 tags such as title, artist, genre, album, and cover art from source audio files to MP3 files
* Batch mode for converting large collection of music


Convert M4P, AAC, M4B, WMA, AA, etc on Windows:

Step 1 Choose target format and output folder

On the main window of NoteBurner, click the Settings button, a dialogue box will pop-out:

Browse to choose a file folder for storing the converted songs; choose MP3 as output format;check the ID3Tag options;click the OK button to save the changes

Step 2 Create playlist to contain songs for converting to MP3

You can burn the already existing iTunes playlist, or create a new playlist, and then add selected songs to the playlist for converting to MP3:

Choose the menu File > New Playlist, or click the addition sign to create a new playlist;select songs or audiobooks in your iTunes library; right-click on the selected files, choose “Add to playlist > (The playlist you create)”

Step 3 Choose NoteBurner as CD burner, and then burn the playlist

Click on the Burn Disc button to start burning the playlist.

In iTunes 8, before the burning starts, you will be prompted to choose CD burner. You should:




* Choose NoteBurner Virtual_CD_RW as the CD burner

* Select Audio CD as Disc Format

* Check the "Include CD Text" option


Convert M4P, AAC, M4B, WMA, AA, etc on Mac OS X:

Unbeatable fast conversion speed: less than 20 seconds for a four minutes song (Using virtual CD-RW drive)

Following is an instruction on how to use NoteBurner for Mac with iTunes 8 or later to convert any DRM protected music files (such as M4P, M4A, M4B) and unprotected music (MP3, rax, MP4, RA, snd, OGG, aif) to plain MP3 or AAC format. With a Virtual CD-RW drive installed in your computer, you can easily get your DRM protected music or audio files converted to plain MP3 or AAC files.

1. Choose Output Format and Output Path in NoteBurner for Mac

Go to top-left NoteBurner > Preferences…, a window will appear as below:



From here, you can select the Output Path where the converted audiofiles will be located at, and the desired output format from MP3 and
AAC, and Quality. If you want the Update reminding message as well,
check the option of “Check Updates on Startup”.

2. Create a New Playlist and Add iTunes Music here

Go to menu File > New Playlist in iTunes to create a new playlist to hold all music and audiobooks you want to burn. Right-click on the music in music library and audiobooks in Audiobooks library to choose Add to Playlist and choose the list have created. Press Shift or Command key to add more than one file to the playlist at one time.



3. Burn This New Playlist in iTunesAfter you add all music and audiobooks to the playlist you created, go to that playlist, and click the Burn Disc button at the bottom right of iTunes to start the burning. You may need to wait for a moment to let the iTunes and NoteBurner for Mac start working. If you don’t want it to continue, just click “x” to stop burning.


4. Select NoteBurner as CD Burner for iTunesIn the Burn Settings window, select “NoteBurn Virtual CD-RW” as the CD burner, and please also check Audio CD and Include CD Text which will enable the converted music to carry relevant information, such as title and artist of music. Then click OK to proceed.


Once all selected files are burned on virtual disc and converted successfully, you can right click on the music and select Show In Finder to check the converted audio files in the output folder. Or if you want to edit the tags for these converted files, you can select Edit Tags, or press the Edit Tags button on top right of the interface to operate.

MelodyCan Protected Audio/Video Converter is a software tool you can use for

conversion of wide range of different audio/video file formats to most commonly used formats like MP3, WMA, WAV. This software is

especially useful in case if you have protected music/video files you want to listen on playback device, which doesn't support

particular DRM technology, like MP3 CD player, iPod/iPhone, Zune or other portable digital player, cell phone, Pocket PC, etc.

Tips:

* The music content must be legally obtained and can be played on the computer where MelodyCan is installed.
* Works on x64 Vista/XP!



MelodyCan DRM Converter popular tasks are:


* Converting protected files to unprotected format
* Convert DRM protected WMA files
* Convert iTunes to MP3 format
* Convert itunes protected movie
* Convert DRM protected songs
* Convert Rhapsody files to MP3
* Convert protected video
* Unprotect WMA files
* Convert iTunes Videos to MPEG
* Convert protected RAX to MP3
* Remove DRM from WMV files
* Remove DRM protection
* Remove DRM legally

As the music in iTunes is encrypted with DRM, you cannot directly put it on any non-Apple MP3 player. The easiest way is to burn the music to an audio CD and then rip it back to Windows Media Player or a similar program as an MP3. Or you can get some software to help you. I use TuneClone to do this. Though not free, it is very well worth a try.

Below is its step by step tutorial about how to get iTunes music converted to MP3:
How to convert iTunes 8 M4P(protected AAC) to MP3?

Since NoteBurner for Mac is using virtual burning technology, so the converting speed is much faster than physical burning or any other audio converter which uses recording technology.

MelodyCan Audio Converter supports the most popular audio files formats

as WMA, MP3, WAV and converts them into these formats, including resampling. MelodyCan audio converter uses the most modern and fast

audio codecs, allowing you to compress your files with maximum quality.

In case of mass conversion you can :

* use a built-in Batch Conversion engine to increase the performance.
* easily change the conversion settings (output format, its settings), after you add them.

Tips:

* Fast processing speed saves your time.
* High conversion quality allows you really to enjoy your digital audio.
* The programs' handy interface allows easy navigation and performing all processes with one-click and guarantees the best results even for

the most inexperienced users.
* Drag-and-drop is supported
* All of the main options can be easily adjusted.
* Works on x64 Vista/XP!



MelodyCan popular audio conversion tasks are:

* Converting to MP3 format
* Converting WMA files to MP3
* Convert mpeg-4 music files
* Converting M4P to MP3
* Converting M4A files to MP3
* Convert iTunes music
* Remove DRM from WMA
* Converting AA files to MP3
* Convert RAX files to MP3
* Convert rhapsody music files to MP4
* Convert WAV to MP3
* Convert WMA to AAC
* Converting AAC to MP3
* Copy WMA to iPod
* Convert ipod audio files to MP3

click here to watch video tutorial on how to run NoteBurner with iTunes 7

NoteBurner AAC Audio Converter is being used and applauded world-widely for converting iTunes M4P songs to MP3. Working with iTunes, NoteBurner AAC Audio Converter can outstandingly convert AAC to MP3, including converting M4P to MP3, M4B to MP3 and M4A to MP3.

Utilizing virtual burning technology, NoteBurner AAC Audio Converter is able to convert iTunes AAC music to MP3 at magic fast speed and preserve high audio fidelity at the meantime.



Work with iTunes
Work with Real Player
Work with Windows Media Player


The capacities of NoteBurner AAC to MP3 Converter is not limited to converting AAC to MP3, M4P to MP3, and M4A to MP3, this all-in-one audio converter can also convert iTunes AAC (M4P, M4A) to unprotected WMA and AAC formats. WAV, OGG and FLAC output formats are also available.
NoteBurner Audio Converter converts any DRM protected music files (such as M4P, M4A, WMA, M4B) and unprotected music (WMA, MP3, RAX, MP4, WAV, RA, SND, OGG, AIF) to plain MP3, WAV, and WMA formats
Works with iTunes to convert iTunes music
Work with iTunes
Works with Real Player to convert WMA, WAV and RM to MP3
Work with Real Player
Works with WMP to convert WMA and WAV to MP3
Work with Windows Media Player

More than AAC to MP3 Converter

Besides converting AAC to MP3, WMA and WAV, NoteBurner is also able to convert any given audio format, such as M4B, MP3, rax, MP4, WAV, RA, SND, OGG and AIF, to MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, FLAC and WAV.

Just remember two things: the to-be-converted audio files must be playable on your computer; and the media player shall have the capacity of burning CDs. Please ease. NoteBurner AAC to MP3 Converter will not burn any real CD. NoteBurner will simulate the burning processes and virtually burn the iTunes AAC music playlist or other playlists to your computer. After the conversion, or the burning, you will get the MP3 music files in the output folder on your computer.

How to Convert AAC to MP3 with NoteBurner

To convert iTunes AAC to MP3, WMA or WAV format with NoteBurner, you should have NoteBurner AAC Audio Converter work with iTunes simultaneously.

1. Download and install iTunes and NoteBurner AAC Audio Converter

2. On NoteBurner: Set MP3 as output format, specify the output folder.

3. On iTunes: Create a playlist, or playlists, to contain the AAC (M4P, M4A) songs you want to convert to MP3.

4. On iTunes: Go to "Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Burning", click the drop-down box of "CD Burner ", and choose NoteBurner Virtual_CD-RW as default burning device.

5. On iTunes: Click the Burn button to start burning. NoteBurner will convert the whole playlist to MP3 files.

6. On NoteBurner: When the conversion is completed, go to NoteBurner AAC Audio Converter to listen the MP3 songs, edit ID3 tags, and transfer the converted MP3 songs to your iPod, Zune, PSP, cell phones and any other PMP and MP3 player.

iTunes Music: AAC, M4P, M4A, MP3

iTunes functions as both media (audio and video) library and player. iTunes also provides the interface for managing the contents on iPod, iPhone and other Apple applications. iTunes music must be purchased and get authorized with restrictions on their use, enforced by FairPlay, Apple's version of digital rights management.

-- Users can make no more than 7 CD copies of any particular playlist containing songs purchased from the iTunes Store.

-- Users can access their purchased songs on no more than 5 computers.

The latest version of iTunes supports MP3, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4, AAC, and Apple Lossless, with capabilities of reading, writing, and converting between files in these formats. Since It's combined with QuickTime, iTunes can also play any audio files and some video formats that QuickTime can play, like protected aac, audiobook, Vorbis and flac audio files.

With NoteBurner Audio Converter, you can now convert any iTunes music to MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, FLAC and WAV. You can convert AAC to MP3, M4P to MP3, M4A to MP3, Audiobook to MP3, Vorbis to MP3, and FLAC to MP3.

You may choose to convert iTunes music to mp3 if your cell phone supports mp3 ringtones. Or you may choose to convert iTunes music to wav if your cell phone supports wav ringtones.

AAC to MP3

AAC stands for Advanced Audio Coding. It's a lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. AAC is widely used as the default audio format of Apple's iPhone, iPod and iTunes. Most of the music in iTunes Store is in AAC format. Sony's Play Station also adopts AAC as its audio and MPEG-4 video standard format.

iTunes AAC songs can be converted to mp3, wma, wav, aac, ogg and flac many more formats. Without DRM protection, the converted file can be played in any media player and compatible portable devices.

MP3 has played a major role in the digital music trends. Mp3 is now undoubtedly the most universal and popular audio format in the world. It's by design that AAC has better performance than MP3. AAC renders better sound quality than MP3 at the same bitrate, especially at low bitrates.

AAC at 96 kbit/s can render nearly the same or better perceptional quality as 128 kbit/s MP3. Even though AAC has advantages over MP3 in many aspects, MP3 is not outdated at all. To the contrary, MP3 has proven surprisingly robust. MP3 is still much more popular than AAC. What about you?

Do you need to convert AAC music to MP3? Take action now and start converting iTunes AAC music to MP3 with NoteBurner. NoteBurner iTunes AAC to MP3 Converter helps free you music.

* Converting iTunes DRM Protected AAC music to MP3
* Converting iTunes M4P music for playback on Zune
* Playing iTunes M4P music on BlackBerry Pearl
* Playing iTunes M4P music on Creative Zen
* Playing iTunes M4P music on MP3/MP4 music player
* Playing iTunes M4P music on Nokia N95
* Playing iTunes M4P music on SanDisk Sansa MP3 Player

NoteBurner Audio Converter converts all kinds of audio files for playback on iPod, Zune, PSP, Archos, Creative Zen, San Disk sansa, and any other MP3/MP4 music players, as well as for mobile phones such as Sony Erricssion, Nokia Nseries, BlackBerry, Samsung, LG, Motorola, and many more.

Melodycan is a universal audio file converter, which supports all popular audio formats: wav, mp3 (MPEG Layer-3), wma (Windows Media Audio) etc. This software allowas you to convert drm protected and non-protected file formats. Moreover MelodyCan converts audio books, any format Media Player, any format QuickTime Player, any format Rhapsody or RealPlayer supports. This software is easy to install and use with a very handy and clear user interface. You can try free trial version

When converting your audio content you have of choice of such destination audio format:

* MP3 – MPEG1-Layer3 nowadays is most widespread audio format which is supported by almost any audio/video devices.
* AAC – MPEG4-AAC is audio format natively intended for MPEG4 movies. Now it is supported by many well-known
portable audio devices such as iPod.
* WAV – Uncompressed audio is right choice if you plan to rip your converted audio files to audio CD or edit
your audio content with a waveform audio editor.