How to activate mp3 encoder?

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2017/08/10 14:18:50 (permalink)

How to activate mp3 encoder?

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I have just installed SONAR Home Studio for a friend who is getting into recording. Any ideas on how to activate the mp3 encoder? All I can find on the site is links telling me I need to do it in the Cakewalk Store, but searches for it in the Store come up blank. I thought it was supposed to be free now anyway. What do I need to do?

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    Syphus
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    Re: How to activate mp3 encoder? 2017/08/10 14:33:45 (permalink)
    Try this link:
     
    http://www.cakewalk.com/mp3
     
    Keep in mind that you should own the product that you are activating mp3 (I believe)
     
     
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    Re: How to activate mp3 encoder? 2017/08/10 14:40:27 (permalink)
    I think it is now included in the Sonar update and just will work automatically after you update. But Home Studio has not been updated so it is not available yet. 
    I use Gold Wave to batch process to MP3. Audacity and Wavosaur also have free mp3 conversion. 
    I want all my songs stored as high quality WAVE files anyhow, so it's just as easy to batch convert as to re export as an MP3 directly. 

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    Re: How to activate mp3 encoder? 2017/08/10 14:52:09 (permalink)
    Thanks. Why is it so difficult to find a link to that page on the Cakewalk site?

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    Re: How to activate mp3 encoder? 2017/08/10 16:45:05 (permalink)
    Fortunately,  I still had the email they sent me to inform that it was now free due to the patent running out.
     
    I have had trouble finding it also in the past . . .
     
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    Re: How to activate mp3 encoder? 2017/08/10 19:08:21 (permalink)
    I would contact CW about this. Normally one could just purchase a license and be done with it. Now that no longer applies. However the method used was a program that wrote to the registry. That program should still work if CW is willing to send to you.  

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    Re: How to activate mp3 encoder? 2017/08/10 19:17:07 (permalink)
    I too use Goldwave (and audio editor) to convert to MP3 when needed.  I have the "Lame" MP3 encoder installed, that I downloaded via the Goldwave site.  
    The Lame MP3 encoder can be downloaded here:
    http://lame.sourceforge.net/
     

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