scook
FWIW, here is a user compiled version using a newer version of LAME http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/1772420

Hi there scook, I just grabbed the latest at the link you provided, put it in the same location C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR X3 Producer and am still getting the same error.

After copying the new tslame.dll into the proper folder, i rebooted the computer just as a trial and error... no change, still no go.

There is something else going on. You might need to do a clean re-install of X3.

scook
FWIW, here is a user compiled version using a newer version of LAME http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/1772420

3.99 is the latest version of Lame. Not 3.98.

gswitz

scook
FWIW, here is a user compiled version using a newer version of LAME http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/1772420

3.99 is the latest version of Lame. Not 3.98.

That is true, I made no claim it was the latest version, just a newer version.

scook
There is something else going on. You might need to do a clean re-install of X3.

I hope not... :(

I hope you don't either. Never had the issue. Tech support is about 45 hours away by phone.

Na, I'll uninstall and re-install before I hop on the phone.

Eh, I figured out what the issue was. I had created a copy of the icon onto the desktop. I though I had created a link back to the original exe, but what I had done is create a copy of the exe.  So when it was trying to run, it was running from the desktop, rather than it's normal program directory.  So, created a proper "link" to the exe onto the desktop, now all is working like I wanted. 
 
I've only been a software engineer for 18 years, you'd think I'd know better. 

After that story there is no way we can blame The Cake Bakers for any mistakes they make. Time to find someone else to blame.