• SONAR
  • SOLVED.....ERROR LOADING CAKEWALK MP3 ENCODER (p.2)
2016/12/26 19:04:25
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Coolwatersmusic
Gonna to look up running as administrator and loading to see if that helps.
 



It should be a simple as right-clicking the installer or setup.exe and choosing "Run as Administrator" from the context menu.
 
You might want to look into using the free LAME encoder, which many believe is superior.
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Sonar-Platinum-mp3-export-m3405523.aspx
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Unlocking-mp3-Encoder-m3469109.aspx
 
2016/12/26 21:11:11
Coolwatersmusic
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Coolwatersmusic
Gonna to look up running as administrator and loading to see if that helps.
 



It should be a simple as right-clicking the installer or setup.exe and choosing "Run as Administrator" from the context menu.
 
You might want to look into using the free LAME encoder, which many believe is superior.
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Sonar-Platinum-mp3-export-m3405523.aspx
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Unlocking-mp3-Encoder-m3469109.aspx
 


I ran as administrator.....didn't work lol; was beyond frustrated and gave in and purchased new ENCODER activation....that finally worked.....YEAHHHHH!
I noticed on the string of my old cakewalk encoder file that it said "last modified in 2004"....I was thinking that that could not be correct and it could not have been that long since I purchased that encoder...but even still, that still does not explain why the original purchase is not showing on my Cake acct because my old SONAR 3 is still showing....that had to have been when I was running SONAR 3 I believe....could have sworn it was more like around 5-7yrs ago when I was maybe running SONAR 8.5 or some version around there.
 
Question though, when you referenced that many feel that the LAME encoder is superior to the Cakewalk encoder are users referencing "better" as in quality or functionality or both?????
 
Because I might still go ahead and obtain that one also when I have more time because I though I read a post insinuating that there are some lines of code that you have to input to get that one to function with SONAR.
 
But thanks again for all your help!!!!! 
2016/12/27 11:18:41
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Coolwatersmusic
that still does not explain why the original purchase is not showing on my Cake acct because my old SONAR 3 is still showing....that had to have been when I was running SONAR 3 I believe....could have sworn it was more like around 5-7yrs ago when I was maybe running SONAR 8.5 or some version around there.



You mentioned multiple email accounts in post #10. That could have something to do with it. They can reconcile your account if you contact Cakewalk support and give them all your email addresses.
 
Coolwatersmusic
Question though, when you referenced that many feel that the LAME encoder is superior to the Cakewalk encoder are users referencing "better" as in quality or functionality or both?????


 
Quality, but it's probably not enough difference to worry about. Here a couple more links:
 
http://www.richardfarrar.com/which-is-the-best-mp3-encoder-for-podcasts
 
https://www.xaprb.com/blog/2016/02/21/best-itunes-mp3-format
 
Also, LAME is well documented and there are plenty of utilities that work with it.
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