Cleaner 5 Windows MP3 16k settings 1) Launch Cleaner 2) Select File > New Batch > save name (i.e. session1) 3) Select File > Open (ctrl+O) > choose .mp3 file (create a small test file) 4) Highlight source file(s) 5) Right click on file(s) select advanced options, or choose ctrl+t 6) Select MP3 (clicking on it will expand the MP3 menu) 7) Choose 'MP3 streaming modem VBR' 8) A list of settings will appear on the right of that dialog box 9) Output Tab - default settings (.mp3 file suffix is the important thing here) 10) Audio Tab - sample rate 11.025 data rate 16 kbits/sec channels - mono volume - adjust (not normalize) 165% low pass - suppress above 8khz high pass - suppress below 50 hz 11) Begin/End - no settings 12) Summary - look over the settings and make sure they correlate to the settings listed above 13) Choose Save As > name the compression profile > choose the location (i.e. Mp3 - session) 14) Click apply 15) Select the play icon at the bottom of the batch dialog box 16) THis will bring up a file location window. Choose the location to save the compressed MP3 17) When you have achieved satisfactory results with the test file (you may need to adjust the volumn settings, etc.) run a batch (drag and drop all of the session files from a folder, highlight all and compress)