Mp3-encoder..

get mp3 encoders included wen you buy Sonar, right?

 
Pro Audio 9 was the last version to include the MP3 encoder.
Most users download the free LAME encoder and use that.

its a 30 day trial on the mp3..have you had it loaded more than 30 days?if so you need to renew it for like 19.00 i think?..i use pro audio 9...you can use lame which is free but its a bit tricky to install..but the directions are mint..do a search on lame

it wont work unless you regester it and pay for it..understand?  (not being sarcastic )
when you first load x1 the mp3 start activation..you have 30 days to use it.after the 30 days it expires.you must pay 19.00 to renew it fo it to work(i know i didnt like it either)lame is tricky..read it for awhile than try and install it..it works.my guitarist uses it..so does many other cakites
 
sorry bro...edit...didnt see the bottom part of your post..you understand..best of luck dude

That's an update Sonar REALLY needs. Today you shouldn't have to go through loads of settings just to export mp3!

 
This would be great, but I think users have to understand why MP3 support isn't always included with some software. 
  
MP3 has an owner and it needs to be licensed. Lame and others are free for the general public, but when Cakewalk, or Sony, or Steinberg want to include it in there software there are licensing fees involved. We don't know what kind of fees Cakewalk is looking at, so I'm not sure we should be too quick to blame them for not including it "at no charge".
 
There are choices we can make.

1. SoundForge, WaveLab, and many others are in the business of Mastering and Audio conversion so they likely think it is worthwhile to pay the licensing fees and pass those fees on in the sale of the product. Of course, those products cost as much or more than Sonar.
2. If you don't want to pay the hundreds that those programs cost, you can spend $19.00 and get a license for the one that comes with Sonar. I could be wrong, but I believe once you buy that license, it will work with all future and past versions of Sonar.
3. If option 1 & 2 are out of the question because you really want something for free, learn how to configure Sonar/Lame to work together.

JClosed


Well - Sonar is not the only software that does that. In the past I used Nero Burning Rom 8, and you also had to buy a mp3 "licence" to use the mp3 encoder. When asking about that, they said the rightholders of the mp3 encryption patents (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) asked money for using mp3 encoding in a commercial product, so the consumer has to pay the extra costs to use it.

[oops codamedia - you posted while I was typing.... ]

 
No problem JClosed. Happens to me all the time here!
 
Many people are under the misconception that MP3 is free, and it isn't - especially to the software developers.
If anyone wants to understand this a little more - take a look at this site. http://mp3licensing.com/

Unfortunately Geo524, it doesn't work that way. The lawsuits would fly if CW simply tossed in an encoder and didn't pay for the licensing from the proper source.

Even on the link you provided it states "A free version of Switch is available for non-commercial use."
MP3 encoding/decoding is often free for the public (non-commercial use), but NOT for software developers.

The only way we will see a FREE MP3 encoder in Sonar is if one of the following happens.

1: Cakewalk swallows the MP3 licensing fees for every copy of Sonar sold.
2: Cakewalk pays for the MP3 licensing fees and passes it on to everyone - whether we use the MP3 encoder or not.

The way it is now, the encoder is there but you pay for the licensing fee only if you want/need to use it.
 
Edited for clarity.

another way is to use youe itunes account if you have one..load it in the n save it as an mp3..this will get you out of a bind..theres a few others as well like music jukebox from yahoo.
many encoders for free downloads as well just read reviews and download wisely

cakewalk makes pyro audio creator   - I have it  - it exports mp3's and I never needed to register or anything - it just works... it was cheap I downloaded it from cakewalk - like 40 bucks I think 


so....

whatever - if they can include mp3 encoding and export  in pyro audio creator and keep that low price and no registering ....then they  can do it with sonar too if they wanted  

although this has been a topic for years and years in the forum 

it aint ever gonna change  

hey Tree - the encoder is in the version of SONAR you install. You downloaded the activation code. If it doesn't work for you, you should contact Cakewalk support. Second, in general the SONAR encoder works well enough, but we have had problems with distortion introduced at specific frequencies at the 128 kbps rate, which is where we want to work most of the time. Because of that, we usually export wav files, then convert them with Switch or some program like it.

regards,
peregrine

I download it, and it doesn't work, at least not in 64

 
You have to contact Cakewalk if you are using SONAR X64, and they will email you a link to download the 64 bit version of the MP3 Activator.
 
The MP3 encoder included in SONAR is a trial version. But once you pay for the activator, you wont need to pay again.

Thanks Ray.
Yeah. That's what I thought. As I said here above I finally figured out how to configure and use the lame encoder. So, once again, I'm a happy guy :)