I thought that:
- the $19 is a license fee for the Fraunhofer encoder
- it is built into every version of Sonar and is just unlocked by the SN
- it has always just worked fine for me

Hm.  I got one free with X1 LE, and it says that it's based on LAME.  I'm wondering if the $19 deal would be a step up....
 
G

shmuelyosef
I thought that:
- the $19 is a license fee for the Fraunhofer encoder
 

If you bought the encoder, notice the at the bottom of the MP3 Encoder Options dialog: "Lame Encoder Version 3.97"

Yup, sure does say that.

Mine too...so there's no Fraunhofer version available, eh?   That's definitely good to know!
 
Thanks again,
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cityrat
I can't seem to get it working.  I can export to WAV or FLAC but mp3 gives an error:
    "Warning: The External Encoder returned an error code.  The File may not have encoded properly."
 It (Lame) is in the proper spot:   lame -b 192 -m j %I %O    settings. 
 
 
If I export a wav from SONAR then run the lame in command line on the wav it works...just not working 'automatically' thru sonar.

Hi! I had exactly the same error message when I tried first time. Make sure you follow what I wrote in the earlier post and use identical settings you see on the screen shot.

Double check Lame is in the 'Path' address (see screenshot above). It doesn't matter where it is as long as that path address is to where you put it.

FreeFlyBertl
 
Hi! I had exactly the same error message when I tried first time. Make sure you follow what I wrote in the earlier post and use identical settings you see on the screen shot.

That worked!  That's the critical step - to get it to put the WAV by selecting the Soundcloud - WAVE first before you hit 'new', otherwise it gets set to 'flac' or 'mp3' and you get the error!   Working great thanks a bunch FreeFlyBertl

Is the encoder a one time purchase for life?  I know I paid someone for it in the past, but I don't have it on my new system yet. 

harmony gardens
Is the encoder a one time purchase for life?  I know I paid someone for it in the past, but I don't have it on my new system yet. 

Yes. You may need to contact CW support for the unlock tool. I believe the MP3 license was only sold at the CW store, so there should be a record of it in your store account. Or if you had a product older than SONAR, there might be a license associated with the product. Mine came with ProAudio 9. IIRC, the X1 install did not ask for the ProAudio9 CD to unlock the encoder. I had to contact support to get the unlock utility.