Anderton
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The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
What with the PRV transform tool and other improvements, some people may have missed that the patents for MP3 encoding have expired, so Cakewalk no longer has to pay a licensing fee...which means MP3 encoding is going to be free. Pretty cool.
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 16:50:40
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Whew! That took some time.
Very glad. Now I don't have to keep installing the public version for each client! 👽
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 16:55:08
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Nice  Didn't know that. Thanks for sharing, Craig. All the best.
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 16:58:02
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 17:00:35
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ampfixer
We had to pay?
Sum did. Udders, no.
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 17:05:16
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Wow! Talk about forum post reduction!
Thanks for the follow up Craig. I can finally scratch up my PA9 CD.
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 17:06:11
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It was included (at least) until Pro Audio 9 as far as I can remember. I have used Aarons MP3 encoder thus far instead of digging out old Cakewalk discs.
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 17:07:49
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I have been happily using Aaron's Sonar Patch for many, many years. Never had a problem exporting mp3s directly out of Sonar. Still worked in Windows 10!!!!!
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 17:10:39
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Sidroe
I have been happily using Aaron's Sonar Patch for many, many years. Never had a problem exporting mp3s directly out of Sonar. Still worked in Windows 10!!!!!
Same here.
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highlandermak
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 17:25:30
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I paid 10 for it over a decade ago and then had to again within the past year. Seemed silly but also seemed silly to not pay for something that my end product needed to be. Many thanks for this great news.
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Anderton
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 17:29:31
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FWIW the info is in the Knowledge Base about the April update.
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 17:50:45
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bapu
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We had to pay?
Sum did. Udders, no.
😉 I paid. Like 10 years and three (+ 2 laptops) ago. Just one of those things!😃
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 17:54:46
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Great news! Although it's long overdue to switch to OGG and/or FLAC.
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Zargg
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
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highlandermak
I paid 10 for it over a decade ago and then had to again within the past year. Seemed silly but also seemed silly to not pay for something that my end product needed to be. Many thanks for this great news.
They might refund you, if you tell them  Not much I know, but still you should only pay this once..
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 18:05:51
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Yay it is just working. Thanks Cakewalk!
post edited by bitman - 2017/04/28 04:54:15
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Zargg
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 18:06:41
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Soundwise
Great news! Although it's long overdue to switch to OGG and/or FLAC.
I've used FLAC for a year or so, and Am much happier with it, compared to MP3.
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Brian Walton
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 18:19:07
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Soundwise
Great news! Although it's long overdue to switch to OGG and/or FLAC.
I've never met anyone that actually uses OGG. FLAC on the other hand rules!
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kzmaier
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 18:26:10
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I had been using the Lame encoder all these years. I wonder how the Cake encoder compares?? Or should I be using Flac encoding?? I get enough flac as it is...
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Keni
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 18:51:30
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If we're runnng the early release update 2. Is it necessary to run the new installer for this to work?
Not a major issue for me as I've had it since back in the ProAudio days...
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 18:55:36
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I prefer to pay hundreds a year for Adobe Audition. :)
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 18:55:41
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Im throwing a huge free MP3 encoder party. All kinds of extentions (Wav, Aif, Flac) are all going to be here. 
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 19:29:21
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Geez and I just paid for MP3 Activation last month. I sure hope there is a way I can get a refund. Haven't even used it yet.
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 19:29:47
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kzmaier
I had been using the Lame encoder all these years. I wonder how the Cake encoder compares??
It is based on LAME.
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 19:30:05
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☄ Helpfulby Soundwise 2017/04/27 20:22:43
Brian Walton
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Great news! Although it's long overdue to switch to OGG and/or FLAC.
I've never met anyone that actually uses OGG.
FLAC on the other hand rules!
It depends on your use case. Ogg is really popular in gaming. It's a bit lossy but holds up well. Great for background tracks or fx where 'quality' won't really impact the experience.
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 20:28:22
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I just paid the $10 for the Cakewalk Sonar MP3 encoder just over a week ago. I received an email today saying that my money will be refunded. Yea! The email did not say how far back they will be going to refund monies paid for this.
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Re: The End of the MP3 Encoder Controversy - MP3 for Free!
2017/04/27 22:28:34
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loopyd
Geez and I just paid for MP3 Activation last month. I sure hope there is a way I can get a refund. Haven't even used it yet.
Same here I just paid for MP3 activation last month also, and haven't used it yet, what a bummer.
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