Post #140665 by Digitiki on Fri, Feb 11, 2005 10:01 AM

yes, iTunes is suited for converting and keeping very large numbers of songs. iTunes is set up in such a way that you have "playlists" and a main "library" list of songs. You create a new empty playlist and then drag the WAV or AIFF files into that playlist. Set your MP3 bit rate preferences and then go to "Convert To MP3" and it takes over the rest. Or, when you put a CD into your drive, it automatically goes on the net (if your connected), gets the song titles for you and all that. Then you just uncheck the litle check box next to the songs you DON'T want to rip from the CD and hit the big IMPORT button in the upper right of the window. Bingo, you got MP3's. Once the new MP3s are inyour master "library" song list, you can drag them into your custom playlists to make various collections.

I really like the playlist features of iTunes, because I can make party playlists or slow songs playlists for my various moods. Very nice. I think that iTunes will automatically burn and MP3 disk from a particular playlist. It will even automatically convert and burn MP3s in a playlist into a full audio CD. Very cool.