MP3 and AIF question

I was told Sonar can convert to MP3 or AIFF files. I am reading on a web site "Flexible export options: AIF, Broadcast WAV, FLAC, SD2 (Sound Designer II), QuickTime video, and more". This was under "video" section. I just need to convert file to MP3 to e-mail it and AIFF to play on Mac. Is it possible? Thank you.

Thank you for your reply. I do not have a Mac. We need AIFF for the Q-Lab- it is a software for theaters to assign sound effects to action Qs- it may work with wav, but they had some kind of problem with it clicking all over- not sure.

I found AIFF, thanks, but it asked me "suboptions" if I want 8, 16, 32 and so on bit signed/unsigned PCM. I have no idea what that is, so I chose 16 bit signed PCM, and it did it, but I can not test it. So I have to put the file in a drop box for the play producer, and if it does not work- we will look bad- I will look bad. Oh well. Is it a setting I needed?

How is Sonar MP3 encoder works? There was MP3 option as well, but it says- it has to be encoded first and to go upgrade/buy Cake encoder. Does it support different MP3 resolutions, such as 128, 192, 256 bit?

I was advised to download Audacity. I can not find official site for Audacity, only cnet download version. I am not sure it supports Windows 8, as it was 2008 version. What do you, guys recommend for Win. 8 file encoding/conversion? Thank you.

 

Thank you. So you saying- Lame is what Cake uses for what ever they call encoder (which I can not find on Cake web site any way)?

On Lame site it says, LAME is only distributed in source code form. For binaries and GUI based programs which can use LAME (or include fully licensed versions of LAME), check the LAME related links. What does it mean? (Do not see Sonar on the list of commercial)

The Audacity link you posted- is it safe? Big green buttons usually for spyware downloads. So what should I use- Lame or Audacity? Thanks.

I am not sure I understand binaries. So if I download the code, then I have to pick one of those free open source software? Thanks.  

Ugh. So I downloaded the Audacity, and it plays my wav file. It does not recognize my Presonus hardware, it sees it but gives errors, but that's ok. So it plays from onboard soundcard. What ever. Very uncomfortable program. So I got it to save MP3, and it says- it needs LAME. I cant believe this! It sent me to the link to download it. I resisted. I wanted to try the link you offered first. The link you offered me sent me to "Lame AINT MP# encoder". Catchy name. That link did not work. So I said- ok- will use the link that came with Audacity. That took me to some guy's web site that wanted me to listen his music, and then there are links that say- Lame for Audacity, but then it says- it is not Lame. http://lame1.buanzo.com.ar/#lamewindl I totally have no time for this- it takes whole day. I should just pay $20 and use Cake. This makes no sense. Thanks for your help. Just frustrated.

How about Cake's Pyro?  It is $20 and it says- it converts to MP3 and publishes, burns CDs and so on. May be it is better than native CD maker inside of Sonar? It does not tell much in a store. http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=10-CWAC1.00-10E

I found AIFF, thanks, but it asked me "suboptions" if I want 8, 16, 32 and so on bit signed/unsigned PCM. I have no idea what that is, so I chose 16 bit signed PCM, and it did it, but I can not test it. So I have to put the file in a drop box for the play producer, and if it does not work- we will look bad- I will look bad. Oh well. Is it a setting I needed?

Relax. The signed 16-bit option is probably the safest one you could have chosen. The target application will almost certainly be able to use it.

I downloaded and compiled Lame some years back. I have batch file ont he desktop that I copied from the compile folder. I just drag 16 bit wavs onto the batch file and drop them and Lame creates MP3s of the files in the same directory as the wav. I'm very happy with this solution. I once did some stuff to enable me to export from Sonar as mp3, but I never use that method. I just export the 16 bit wav and convert using my batch. I can multiselect and drop on the batch too. So if I want to convert 20 files, I just drag all twenty to the batch file.

Yes.  16 bit just for burning CDs. 

For lame, I had to download source and compile it. See if you can Google this. You can use the c#compiler that comes with c#express. Not sure if there isn't an easier way. I own programming tools so it was easy for me to compile lame. For some reason (legal? ) the source is distributed rather than the executable.