Here's a useful tool, a program called "WAV4MP3" which basically rewrites the mp3 file to a "mp3wav" which is a sort of a hybrid of both in the fact that it has all the compression values of a mp3, but can be used within a WAV editor, like SOUND FORGE, GOLDWAVE, or COOL EDIT. the only drawback, is that you NEED the fraunhofer codec installed within your computer for mp3wavs to work...NO PROBLEM!!! here's the L3CODEC to Download !!! If you DO have the codec installed, please go get WAV4MP3 NOW!!!

Converting from mp3 to wav is just as easy with a little program called MP32WAV A older program, it's does a excellent job of converting to large sized wav files for use with CD burning software. The main drawback is that it will not do mp2 files and mp3's with variable bit rates (like winamp), but is a lot easier to use then winamp in configuring for conversion. Give it a try if you have a bunch of fixed rate mp3's to convert over.

TRIPLE DECK CART MACHINE FOR WINDOWS 95 With a Broadcasting Background, I found a neat WAV player that looks and acts like a Broadcast Cartridge Deck...or in England, they call them "Jingle Machines" The Broadcast Cartridge is the Forerunner of the "8 Track" though far more dependable..and if you have seen recent TV shows or movie with Radio Studios and racks of "tapes" on the wall, or else where, chances are, it was "carts' as they are called in the biz....While I cannot give you a "cart" tape deck (HECK..I'm looking for a recorder myself!!) I CAN give you a "virtual" cart player that will play wavs...just found this..I have it installed myself...works great..and it's FREEWARE!!!!!! which is about 720k and works well!!!!! Courtesy of the folks at BTSG

WINPLAY SHELL 1.4 Here's a neat little program that adds numerous features to winplay 3, like a play list, mp3 tag reader, and other features..called "Winplay-Shell"(170k). No more will Winamp have this advantage over Winplay, and the nice thing is it's FREE...well..ok, the author would like a postcard if you use it and like it....call it "postcardware" or I call it "so cheap even I can afford it" ware..hahaha!!! whatever, go get it!!!! it's on my site, or take the link to the winplay shell home page, and grab it from there! WINPLAY SHELL HOME PAGE

AUDIO LIBRARY I should have added this awhile back...but it's so off the beaten track, I frankly forgot. Audio Library is sort of a All-In-One music jukebox using their own format of compression Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs (PAC) perceptual audio coding...related to the mpeg standards. the files will not play on a mp3 player like winamp or winplay, so me thinks, plus the ridiculously high price of $155 US for the program, is gonna keep it out of the average internet surfer, but hey, you can download the demo to give it a try anyway, and this page is aiming to be thorough in audio formats on the net, thus I cannot leave this one out!