MP3 export, does CWENC work with S5?

gotta bump this, you guys on the east coast post like crazy in the morning!

ORIGINAL: ...wicked

Wow, no one on this? How does everyone make mp3's from tracks? Do you encode as a separate process?

I use Sound Forge 8 which has the latest and greatest Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer 3 Codec Professional v3.32, built into it. I can open my final 64bit rendered stereo wave file from SONAR 5 straight into SF8 and do a quick 16/44 320kbps stereo MP3, in a matter of seconds.

ORIGINAL: Jesse G
I have never had the ability to apply the ID3v tags that I would like to use.

That's another nice feature, in Sound Forge, the ability to setup customized encode settings, property markings (like copyright and such) and ID3 settings and save as individual templates, for instant re-call when creating MP3's.

I find it humorous that people are so unwilling to drop the twenty bucks to buy the MP3 encoder activator upgrade for Sonar.

ORIGINAL: krizrox

I find it humorous that people are so unwilling to drop the twenty bucks to buy the MP3 encoder activator upgrade for Sonar.

krizrox

I just find it outright silly that Cakewalk charges us the price of a Professional sequencing software, and leaves out a crucial element such ast MP3 exporting and then charges us to use it. For the $20.00 price tag, they should have just included it in the software.

I love Sonar 2 - 5 but the MP3 export should have been an added feature as a perk.

krizrox, does the purchased CWEC from Cakewalk allow for ID3V2 tagging when exporting to MP3?

Peace

JB,

Lame is great, but it doesn't allow for the tagging, so Yes, i think Cakewalk should allow it to be included.

Pa9, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, that was several versions ago. Now, since we are on S5, I think they should provide more for the buck. Is it cheap of me to ask for this? YES.

Do I support cakewalk products and demand they support us as users, YES.

I've supported Home Studio, Music Creator 2002, Sonar 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 Z3Ta, Dimension Pro, Project5. I would like to be given something Free with a purchase as a supportive user of Cakewalks products.

Need I say more?

Peace

so, does anyone know if CWENC works with S5?

ORIGINAL: BassPlayer

I aggree with Jesse G they should of thrown the encoder in for free.

Thanks BassPlayer.

ORIGINAL: patrickhamm

so, does anyone know if CWENC works with S5?

I just tested it and it looks like "no" on that one.

As for Larry's post, he's got a point. I was just inquiring if CWENC worked with S5 because then I'd just go ahead and install it and have FREE mp3 encoding for little effort. Everyone here seems to use a multi-stage process. I currently export a .wav and if I need an mp3 (which I almost always do), I use db PowerAmp to convert. I have Sound Forge 7 which won't do it natively, so the only other way to do it is to use CDex or Wavelab. I didn't know SF8 does it natively, might be time to upgrade!!

ORIGINAL: Jesse G


I love Sonar 2 - 5 but the MP3 export should have been an added feature as a perk.

krizrox, does the purchased CWEC from Cakewalk allow for ID3V2 tagging when exporting to MP3?

Peace

Answer question first: yes it supports tagging

as far as throwing it in for free - to my knowledge Cake has never responded to this issue. If they have and I missed then I missed it. I can only assume there was some issue with licensing and perhaps Cake made a decision to NOT include it because not that many people care about it or need it. If someone knows the real reason speak up, please. I'm not interested in debating anyone on whether it should or shouldn't be included. If I understand what you're argument is, you would have been happier if Cake had included the feature and simply added the $20 to the cost of the program or the upgrade. Well, how do you do that exactly and make sense of it - in regards to upgrades? Do they keep charging everyone the $20 every time there is an upgrade, even if you have already bought it? To me this all just seems a little childish.

Just curious - how does Steinberg or Digidesign handle this? Do they include MP3 capability? How about Acid or Vegas or Samplitude or Digital Performer or Bias or Logic? What do they do?

CWEC does work in sonar 5. It gives an error message but works just fine if set up correctly. I use it all the time. Search for some threads on how to do it.