Using AppleScript

Hey All --
I am trying to do some file management and I know AppleScript could do it for me, but I'm a little confused as to exactly how.
I have a folder that has a bunch of audio files --- a couple of thousand, actually. Some are MP3s and others are AIFF's. What I am trying to do, simply, is locate the AIFF files, move them to a temporary folder, then convert these AIFF's into MP3s.
Somehow all I've managed to do so far is create duplicate files in my audio folder. Something tells me there is an AppleScript lurking about that does just what I'm looking for, but so far my searches are fruitless.
Any help would be most sincerely appreciated.
Anthony

Try using an AppleScript such as this one, and alter the last two lines in the repeat loop for your purposes. To move a file inside the do shell script line, replace the rm with mv, and append the following to the end of the line:
& "'/path/to/temp/folder'"
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