I just bought the Mp3 encoder for Sonar and tried it a couple time last week as a test and it seemed fine.
But today When I needed it I kept getting an error. and the 2 out of 10 times that it did convert to mp3 it sounded like it was dragging...
 

I was hoping someone had an idea of what could be going on here because it's a lot faster to use them Pyro5 after all I did just pay for the encoder and its just a pain taking the long way around with Pyro5.

I have never seen this error - I suggest you contact Cakewalk Technical Support to see if they have a solution.
 
Bob Bone
 

Before you try and convert directly from a sonar project to MP3, bounce it down to a CD quality wav first i.e. 16 bit, 44.1KHz and with dithering.
 
If this sounds ok, use this for MP3 conversion

Please list the settings you are using in the encoder.
 
Bob Bone