MP3 Encoding- To Sonar or Not to Sonar...

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2011/02/27 14:39:31 (permalink)

MP3 Encoding- To Sonar or Not to Sonar...

Hey all!
 
I am a longtime Sonar user, still using 7 Pro until I trust that the exterminators have finished their job going through X1.
 
I use the encoder that I purchased through Cakewalk, which I understand is french in origin, thus pronounced "Lam-ay".  It worked all right for the past couple of years, but just recently has instead followed the english pronunciation and it is now "Lame".  The sound quality sounds like I pulled out an old cassette tape that had been baking on a car seat for the past 15 years or so.  Changed nothing in equipment or workflow, it just started sounding awful.  Any fixes would be cool, but I also have long thought about a separate free standing program that I could simply throw .wav files into and convert it into a good sounding mp3 at various bit rates.
 
I have worked with Sound Forge, but it's probably got a lot more features than I would use, and is therefore more money than I would probably need to spend.  Im uploading lots of stuff to the internet and I'd like to get as close as I can to trusting that what I hear out of my monitors in .wav will be a reasonable facsimile when compressed. 
 
Your experience and suggestions will be, as always, greatly appreciated!
 
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    daveny5
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    Re:MP3 Encoding- To Sonar or Not to Sonar... 2011/02/27 16:06:24 (permalink)
    I use the encoder that I purchased through Cakewalk, which I understand is french in origin, thus pronounced "Lam-ay".



    That's funny. No its LAME pronounced "laym". It stands for "LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder." 


    What bit rate are you using? You should be using 128 or higher. 

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    Re:MP3 Encoding- To Sonar or Not to Sonar... 2011/02/28 19:42:15 (permalink)
    I use Nero to burn CDs and it has a very good (well I think so anyway) mp3 converter.  I'm still using a really old version and as far as I know all the newer versions only got bloated with features I don't need.

    Anyway ... it serves dual purpose for me ... I don't much care for trying to burn CDs from Sonar nor exporting as MP3.  So I always export as WAV and then use Nero for burning CDs and converting MP3 (and other formats).
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    Re:MP3 Encoding- To Sonar or Not to Sonar... 2011/02/28 21:52:36 (permalink)
    I use Wave Lab to convert. no problems and it's fast. You can choose a zillion different formats

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    Re:MP3 Encoding- To Sonar or Not to Sonar... 2011/03/01 02:09:11 (permalink)
    My MP3's all sounded like crap when I exported from Sonar and used the "Entire Mix" setting. Using "Main Outputs" works good. HTH

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