diff --git a/acatcher/convert_audio.sh b/acatcher/convert_audio.sh
index 264a579..2e9a063 100755
--- a/acatcher/convert_audio.sh
+++ b/acatcher/convert_audio.sh
@@ -3,26 +3,54 @@
 #
 # use "play" command to play back audio
 
-if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+# store location that this script is in
+D="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+RAW_DIR="$D/audio/raw"
+COOKED_DIR="$D/audio/cooked"
+FLAC_DIR="$D/audio/cooked/flac"
+MP3_DIR="$D/audio/cooked/mp3"
+
+cd "$RAW_DIR"
+for DIR in *; do
+  if [ ! -d "$FLAC_DIR/$DIR" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$FLAC_DIR/$DIR"
+  fi
+  if [ ! -d "$MP3_DIR/$DIR" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$MP3_DIR/$DIR"
+  fi
+  cd "$DIR"
+  echo "working in $DIR"
+  cd ..
   for INFILE in *.raw; do
+    echo "working on $INFILE"
     FIX="`echo $INFILE | sed -e 's/^\[.*\] //g'`"
-    OUTFILE="`basename \"$FIX\" .raw`.wav"
-    if [ -f "$OUTFILE" ] ; then
-      FUDGE="$RANDOM"
-      OUTFILE="`basename \"$OUTFILE\" .wav`-$FUDGE.wav"
-      FIX="`basename \"$FIX\" .raw`-$FUDGE.raw"
-    fi
-    echo "converting $INFILE to $OUTFILE"
+    BASENAME="`basename \"$FIX\" .raw`"
+    TEMP_OUTFILE="$BASENAME.wav"
+    echo "...converting to intermediate format $TEMP_OUTFILE"
     #sox -r 44100 -e unsigned -b 8 -c 1 <RAW_FILE> <TARGET_FILE>
-    sox -r 22050 -e signed -b 16 -L -c 1 "$INFILE" "$OUTFILE"
-    mv "$INFILE" "$FIX"
+    sox -r 22050 -e signed -b 16 -L -c 1 "$INFILE" "$TEMP_OUTFILE"
+    echo "...converting it to FLAC"
+    if [ -f "$FLAC_DIR/$BASENAME.flac" -o "$MP3_DIR/$BASENAME.mp3" ] ; then
+      FUDGE="$RANDOM"
+      FLAC_FILE="$FLAC_DIR/$BASENAME-$FUDGE.flac"
+      MP3_FILE="$FLAC_DIR/$BASENAME-$FUDGE.mp3"
+    else
+      FLAC_FILE="$FLAC_DIR/$BASENAME.flac"
+      MP3_FILE="$FLAC_DIR/$BASENAME.mp3"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f "$FLAC_FILE" ]; then
+      echo "...converting it to FLAC: $FLAC_FILE"
+      flac -8 "$TEMP_OUTFILE" "$FLAC_FILE" 
+    else
+      echo "...already converted"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f "$MP3_FILE" ]; then
+      echo "...converting it to MP3: $MP3_FILE"
+      lame --preset studio "$TEMP_OUTFILE" "$MP3_FILE"
+    else
+      echo "...already converted"
+    fi
+    rm -f "$TEMP_OUTFILE"
   done
-else
-  INFILE="$1"
-  FIX="`echo $INFILE | sed -e 's/^\[.*\] //g'`"
-  OUTFILE="`basename \"$FIX\" .raw`.wav"
-  echo "converting $INFILE to $OUTFILE"
-  #sox -r 44100 -e unsigned -b 8 -c 1 <RAW_FILE> <TARGET_FILE>
-  sox -r 22050 -e signed -b 16 -L -c 1 "$INFILE" "$OUTFILE"
-  mv "$INFILE" "$FIX"
-fi
+  cd ..
+done