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Re: Need MP3 encoder ASAP 2013/09/09 00:22:37 (permalink)
I forked out the $20 as well. It's worked great for me too.
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Re: Need MP3 encoder ASAP 2013/09/09 03:03:34 (permalink)
It's been suggested umpteen times but for some reason the moderators won't do this, but here it is again:  MAKE THIS LINK A STICKY:
 http://www.thirdtake.com/2007/11/15/sonar-mp3-encoding-with-lame/
The same query comes up almost weekly.  LAME IS FREE AND IT TAKES ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO DOWNLOAD IT AND CONFIGURE IT TO WORK WITHIN SONAR.  YOU DON'T NEED TO SPRING FOR $20 OR USE ANY ADDITIONAL APPLICATION.

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Re: Need MP3 encoder ASAP 2013/09/09 09:29:23 (permalink)
I've tried out the utility indicated by wruess now, it's excellent.
 
No hassle no fuss lame encoder setup, brilliant!
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Re: Need MP3 encoder ASAP 2013/09/09 10:08:56 (permalink)
Hmm, having said the above, the resultant mp3 is horribly, horribly compressed.  Like quiet sections louder than loud sections horribly compressed.  
 
I'm going to export (or rather, record) to a wave file first then convert to mp3 to try to figure out where the problem lies.
 
[edit] It was the UMPlayer that I was using the play back the mp3 file; it really makes a mess of mp3 files for some reason, producing horrible audio compression.  I guess its rendering engine isn't the best!  Windows media player makes a much better job of it.
post edited by ston - 2013/09/09 12:11:58
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Re: Need MP3 encoder ASAP 2013/09/09 20:35:48 (permalink)
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I can't believe people will pay $400 for Sonar, but then whine about forking out $20 for the MP3 encoder.




I can't believe people pay $400 for Sonar, and it doesn't already come with an MP3 encoder.
 
Please let me know which other DAW's charge for this functionality.


Cubase charge £12 GBP for their MP3 upgrade.
Protools £9.95
Presonus 'Free' and 'Artist' have no MP3 support at all.
post edited by leebut - 2013/09/09 20:41:49

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Re: Need MP3 encoder ASAP 2013/09/10 07:32:18 (permalink)
Is it poor practice to just use iTunes to convert your .wav to a .mp3?  It's a solid converter, but it does add an extra step in your workflow as opposed to the $20 Cake option.  I'm sure you have iTunes on your machine or another machine.
 

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Re: Need MP3 encoder ASAP 2013/09/10 10:37:13 (permalink)
I didn't see this one listed, the Freemake Audio Converter is excellent for MP3 conversion.  It's also a great tool for ripping samples from YouTube-like videos of various formats.  It's also free:
 
http://www.freemake.com/free_audio_converter/

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