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iPhone questions, ".m4a" files

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MyCatKnight

Would you believe that I can actually get surprisingly decent audio using "Voice Memos" on my iPhone? I've had them good enough for actualities and interviews, at least (after removing the background noise on CEP).

Outside of playing it into my computer and recording a new WAV file, do you know of any audio workstation programs that might handle the ".m4a" file directly? I figure I'm long overdue for an updated editing program, so feel free to let me know if you're getting rid of any.

For that matter, are there any good free apps for a radio dork to know about?

Thanks!
 
I don't have the answer to your question, but have you looked into the "Mikey" microphone from Blue Microphones?

It can be plugged into your I-phone or an I-Pod Nano and provides excellent stereo audio. It's a condenser mic and sells for under a hundred bucks.

I've had mine for nearly a year and have been very pleased with the results.
 
Sound Forge (Sony) will open your m4a file.

Interestingly though, with Sound Forge 8, which I use on my XP desktop machine, when attempting to open via File/Open, it does not recognize the file. However, if I open the folder with Windows Explorer and drag the file onto the SF workspace, it opens just fine. I have SF 10 on my laptop, but I haven't tried this with 10 so I'm not sure about how it handles m4a files.
 
m4a files are just AAC files with a different extension. Get the dbpoweramp music converter (I think it's still freeware) and you can easily convert it to a WAV file.
 
You can also use Switch Sound to convert m4a/mp4's. It's free, to an extent. Depends on the number of files. I actually bought it. Less than $25.00. Worth it.
 
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