Exporting file as MP3....???

I took an .aiff file from a cd and dragged and dropped it into Logic on the audio 1 track and cut it to 16 seconds long (that's how long I need it for a motion graphics piece). I can't figure out how to export the file as an mp3 ??? or a shortened .aiff for that matter.
Thanks for your time!

Sorry, to be more specific (since you want to bounce the shortened version):
Use cycle to set the locators, then bounce and select mp3 instead of PCM.

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I need to convert a movie file (MOV format) to an audio-only file (MP3 format). I've followed the tutorial on:
http://www.mango-design.net/2009/03/mac-converting-mov-files-to-mp3/
I believed it was very simple as explained in the document but instead I have 2 problems:
1) I haven't the 'Script Editor/Make New AppleScript' function under the 'services' menu (point 3 in the document). Can anyone tell me how can I add that menu?
2) Anyway, when I run the script directly with AppleScript Editor (point 1 in the document) I receive the following error:
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--Carlo
AppleScript:
set saveRef to (choose file name with prompt "Save audio track as AIFF" default name "untitled.aiff")
tell application "QuickTime Player"
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Hi Oriolo,
You must [install QuickTime Player 7|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3678?viewlocale=en_US] and use it to run your script, as follows:
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Export M4a files as MP3

I think that I used to be able to do this from within iTunes, but I am not sure. *I want to take some of my songs, which I imported from a CD and export them as MP3s, so that I can play them on my other MP3 player, which is not an iPod and only plays MP3s.* How can I do this, either with iTunes, Automater or something else (GarageBand?) that came on my Mac? If none of these will work, is there a good utility, preferably freeware, that will do the job?
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It would probably be faster and the quality of the results would be better if you just re-ripped the CD as mp3 files. In iTunes, go to Preferences>Advanced>Importing and change your importing preferences to .mp3 then re-rip the CD.
You could convert the existing files by going to Preferences>Advanced>Importing and change your importing preferences to .mp3 then selecting the files you want to convert and then selecting "Convert to mp3" from the Advanced menu. However, whenever you convert from one lossy format to another, there is always some additional loss in quality. My experience has also been that converting takes longer than re-ripping.

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After a bit of info relating to exporting a GB file as a compressed mp3 if any one here is an 'expert' ....... I'm using GB (10.0.2) for the first time to edit our first podcast (which was originally an mp3 file). I've gone through the file and edited and deleted out the gaps and bits I don't want in there and saved as a AIFF file (which has gone from 7mb to nearly 100mb).
If I now try to export as an mp3, I have no compression option, so the file is still nearly 100mb.
I've tried the Join Regions option, but this just creates a new track which, is just a copy of the original unedited version.
Any advice on how I get this edited version (which is in various regions) all joined up and output as a standard (compressed) mp3 file?
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The only compression option is the quality pop-up menu below the options AAC, MP3, AIFF. Selecting low quality will give you a file size reduced by a factor of four.

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Am new to using a Mac and my last place of work I used a PC with Speechexec dictation software. I need to convert some of the old dictation files to play on either QuickTime or iTunes etc. Anyone any idea?

I would like to validate and recommend the solution mentioned by Mark Dachille. I, too, have conducted extensive Google searches to find software which can convert Olympus DSS audio-formatted files to mp3, only to discover that there is no such animal out there. NCH Software offers Switch, but if you check out the list of formats supported by Switch, you will learn that while Switch is supported for Windows, Switch is incapable of converting Olympus's proprietary DSS audio files to any other audio format. Any attempt to do so will reveal a message that the file is empty, no data is found, etc. But if the Finder shows that your DSS does have data, then all Switch is saying, in effect, is: "Hey, I can't see anything in this file," which would be a more honest and a more accurate message, instead of using misleading language about the file itself.
(As a related issue, which I will not elaborate upon here, I have a problem with NCH Software. I detest their software upgrading policy; I find their technical software abominable; and I caught them lying in a recent Google search, where their AdWord at the top of the page alleges that Switch "Easily convert dss audio dictations to wav or mp3 on a PC or Mac. Works on Windows and Mac." Don't believe this marketing hype. It is a blatant lie. I wrote them a letter, and I published it as an open letter in the record for Switch at MacUpdate.com, for anyone wanting further details.)
As far as converting DSS files to mp3, I have found no direct route. As Mark points out, the most elegant option is to use the Olympus DSS Player software. Fortunately, version 7.5 works with Mavericks; I just tested it out once again to confirm that. The Olympus web site provides downloads to the previous versions of DSS Player, which accompanied the purchase of an Olympus recorder, but it may not allow downloading of the original application itself to which you can apply those upgrades. However, if you do a deep Google search, you may get lucky and locate the original application.
Once in DSS Player, you import your DSS file(s). After they are listed in file window, you can export them to AIFF files. From there, you can either use Switch or any other audio converter which can convert AIFF files to mp3 files.
I happen to use Switch, because I bought a license years ago, and it does the job quite well, while also working in batch mode to convert many files at one go. But that does mean I recommend buying Switch, for the reasons I discuss in my comments at MacUpdate.com. Be careful dealing with this software company: have your eyes open before you purchase.
NCH Software has had years in which to empower Switch to work on the Mac, but they either cannot code the program to do this, or they do not want to. Either way, they should not lie about saying their program CAN do in their Goggle AdWord, while admitting on their website, if you probe before you buy, that Switch can NOT convert DSS to mp3 after all. I have a bias against liars.
I find it interesting that NCH Software is not above slamming Olympus for having developed, in NCH's opinion, an inferior audio format for recording dictation. Whether that is true or not, I cannot comment for it is a technical matter beyond my expertise. However, I can say that setting your Olympus recorder (in my case, model DS-2, which has worked flawlessly for me for years), allows you to record many more messages before the storage capacity (of about 68 MB on my device) is reached. So, there is an incentive, in my case, to use DSS on the device, but to convert the source DSS files later on to usable formats on my Mac.
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I like being able to choose the quality settings, and I like the ability to call upon the DSS setting to record long conversations, interviews, or dictation, without fretting that I will run out of storage space. The ability to convert those DSS files, via the DSS Player, to AIFF, then to mp3 gives me the flexibility of choice.
The key to the whole process of converting DSS files to other audio formats is the Olympus DSS Player software: it is the essential intermediate step for a Mac user, without which you are stuck, unless you want to run the Windows version of Switch. I don't.

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I just produced a tutorial in v2 that has sound files embeded
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I am doing a podcast at http://joseph.libsyn.com. I had some complaints about the large file size, so in the latest episode "Neediness Management" I selected "Spoken Podcast/64Kb" under sound quality in the Advanced settings of GarageBand 3.0, down from my previous setting of 192Kb. The "estimated file size" went from 35Gb down to 12Gb.
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Now why in the world would the file be 35.1Mb as an
mp3, when as an m4a it's 12.2Mb???
Because the size of the MP3 file has nothing to do
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file more than just using one. That's not the case,
you're only deteriorating your sound quality even
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as a lossless AIFF file (by deleting the Podcast
track, which doesn't serve you any purpose anyway).
This file will be quite big (> 300 MB, you still
haven't told us how long your podcast is),
I did tell you in the post above: It's 25 minutes 40 seconds. It has my voice on top of a simple music bed/loop, and a few other movie soundbites thrown in.
but you
can trash ist after squeezing it down to an mp3.
Ok, I am not clear on what you are telling me to do here. AFAIK, to get my GB file into iTunes, I have to go under the SHARE menu and select "send podcast to iTunes". The only option I can see for this is under Preferences > Advanced > Audio Podcast Settings: Spoken Podcast = AAC 64Kbps.
You lost me when you said "export from iTunes as a lossless AIFF file". It's in iTunes as an m4a... so how do I "not bother with m4a at all"?
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learn it really well.
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