Q: Is fre:ac an MP3 converter?

A: Yes, in fact it's a general purpose audio converter supporting not only MP3, but many more audio formats.

fre:ac converts between MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, WAV and Bonk audio formats. The next major release, fre:ac v1.1, will add support for even more formats, including Apple Lossless, Opus, Speex and Monkey's Audio. Preview releases (snapshots) are available in the downloads section.