Converting ALAC library to MP3 for Micro? HELP

Hi Guys I have a large ALAC itunes library that I stream and use modded Ipods for listening. I bought a Microphoto for the car and am having trouble mirroring my Itunes ALAC Library (All CD Ripped) into the Creative Media Source downconverting to MP3. Can you help me? Im lost.

Thank You Winston. My guess is that you are correct. Your answer is one of the reasons why I ask, there is no clear answer I can find from Apple/iTunes, yet here is a link from macworld that seems to say you can through Match.
http://www.macworld.com/article/1163658/itunes_match_what_you_need_to_know.html
As such, if you have a poorly-encoded (or Digital Rights Management-encumbered) copy of a song you own or have authorization for—and that song exists in iTunes’s 20 million song catalog—you can re-download those tracks as 256-kbps DRM-free AAC files.
Here is the iTunes match description from Apple;
iTunes determines which songs in your collection are available in the iTunes Store. Any music with a match is automatically added to iCloud for you to listen to anytime, on any device. Since there are more than 26 million songs in the iTunes Store, chances are your music is already in iCloud.3 And for the few songs that aren’t, iTunes uploads what it can’t match (which is much faster than uploading your entire music library). Even better, all the music iTunes matches plays back from iCloud at 256-Kbps AAC DRM-free quality — even if your original copy was of lower quality.
Once your music is in iCloud, you can play it from any of your devices. Just browse the complete list of all your music stored in the cloud and tap to play to it. You can store up to 25,000 songs in iCloud (more if songs are purchased from the iTunes Store), but only what you play or download is stored on your device. Tap the iCloud download button to download music from an artist, album, or playlist. So you have immediate access to a huge music library without having to worry about the storage space on your device.
So my question remains if I download it can I copy it to my Android device on a memory card and play it in a non apple player? It seems as though once you sign up and all my music is matched, I can download it.

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