Helium Audio Converter for Windows

By Intermedia Software
Free
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Key Details of Helium Audio Converter

Convert between different audio formats such as mp3, wma, flac, wav, and ogg vorbis.
Last updated on February 29, 2024
There have been 6 updates
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Editors' Review

Download.com staffFebruary 29, 2024

You'd probably resist buying vinyl albums if you needed a different record player for each one. And wouldn't it be annoying to need a bunch of different gadgets to watch your favorite movies on video? (We know; you already do). That's pretty much the situation with digital music files, especially compressed files like MP3s. It's a rare music collection that doesn't have a few songs in weird or orphaned formats.

That's not a problem if your media player handles it all, but it's an issue when you're loading up tunes to take with you, or transferring them to another archive, or trying to do something with them that you can't because one or more files is in an incompatible format. Which brings us to Helium Audio Converter, a free tool that converts audio files between different formats and bit rates, including tag data. It can analyze the original and converted files to identify any problems or potential issues, too.

Helium Audio Converter's user interface is simple but attractive and efficient: just a toolbar, a file view with plenty of column headings, and a panel of Output Options at the bottom. Beyond selecting source, destination, format, and encoder options, the only control is the Convert button. We browsed to our "Misc" music folder and selected some files. Helium lets you keep or change the output directory; we created a new folder to keep our originals and converted files separate. Next we selected an output format. Helium can convert files to and from MP3, WMA, WAV, WAVpack, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4a, AAC, and MPC.

We successfully converted files between several formats, with generally good results. We also converted MP3s to WAVs, which are much larger files and typically have better sound, depending on the source. Helium Audio Converter converted a 2.86MB MP3 into a 31MB WAV in a second or less. The new WAV took up much more space than the MP3 yet could only faithfully copy the MP3's sound quality rather than improve it. Most users convert WAVs to MP3s, though. Helium Audio Converter proved a capable performer at converting MP3s to and from common formats.

Helium Audio Converter for Windows

By Intermedia Software
Free
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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: September 18, 2014

Latest update: February 29, 2024

Version: 2.0-build-461

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows XP
Windows 7
Windows 10
Windows 8
Windows Vista
Windows Server
Windows 2003

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 31,575

Downloads Last Week: 3

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User Reviews

4.5/5

21 User Votes

Can't handle 24-bit sound files
ayumin62626December 5, 2014
Pros
Easy to use.
Cons
It converts every 24-bit sound file into a 16-bit one without notice. I lost a lot of 24-bit original recordings.
Summary
It Deleted EVERY conversion without a trace!
batsdude1October 20, 2014
Pros
Best audio file deleter I ever tested!
Cons
It deleted the original files, and left no trace of the conversions anywhere!
Summary
I've tested/used a lot of audio converters, but this deletes any/all files (original+conversions) that I tested it with! My multiple search engines could find zero trace of any of them on my system. Then I tried a copy of an audio file, as a test, and they are gone too! Put up your money and take your chances! I deleted it after a reinstall with the same results!
Exactly what I needed!
jkincaApril 8, 2014
Pros
Fast Free Easy to use
Cons
None that I noticed
Summary
Easy, Quick, Nice interface, does the job.
ifi12icanMay 11, 2013
Pros
Helium Audio Converter was easy to download, downloaded quickly. Installation was a snap, with no "along for the ride" ware. Completely intuitive, quick, painless. Did the job.
Cons
I can't think of one, but if I find one, I'll come back.
Summary
This program is a "sleeper": that is, not many people know of it or have downloaded it. I hope this will change.
It is a fantastic program and is free
uday1435August 10, 2012
Pros
It is only 4 MB so download was fast. No Spywares or Mal-wares. Clean Installation. May be they did not want Cnet adding Babylon and stuff so kept it in their place. Converted my wave files to mp3 very fast. It converted my 25 MB wave files to 5 MB mp3s without losing its quality. What more do I need? Fantastic!!!
Cons
I saw Nothing
Summary
I advice anybody who wants conversions to download this. It is Free like clean air
Worthwile to reclaim disc space(from WMA files)
kim195July 9, 2012
Pros
Free program used on approx. 130 WMA encoded music files and converted to MP3 320kbps files saved 1.6 Gbps of space on my hard drive.
Cons
13 of the WMA files could not be converted due to "Unable to create source stream". I looked at the Intermedia Software website for an answer to this, but their site gave no help.
Summary
Very useful if you need to create more space on your HD without removing any data !
Perfect!!!
fitpecsJune 27, 2012
Pros
Quick, simple and does just want its meant to. I can now play ALL my music in Spotify :)
Cons
None! None!
Summary
Just get it!
It works, is easy to use, and is free. Excellent.
javier_aidaJune 18, 2012
Pros
Free Intuitive interface Works as it says, and more
Cons
Not found yet
Summary
Very Very Good
Redneck_TechieJune 2, 2012
Pros
The interface is great, the conversion is slick and seamless. Works wonderfully.
Cons
None that I can think of.
Summary
Download it
wxdudeJune 1, 2012
Pros
Convert wmv to mp3 & others in a cinch.
Cons
None none none none.
Summary
Download it. Convert wmv to mp3 & others in a cinch.

Developer's Description

By Intermedia Software

Convert between different audio formats such as mp3, wma, flac, wav, and ogg vorbis.

Helium Audio Converter is a tool which enables you to quickly and easily convert files between different audio formats and bit-rate qualities. It supports converting from and to mp3, wma, wave, flac, m4a, mp4, Ogg Vorbis, WAVPack, aac and mpc.Helium Audio Converter not only converts the audio data between different formats, it also converts the tag data. It can analyse the input and resulting files (applies to MP3 and FLAC) and let you know if any of the files contain problems.