Sobre: serias de tudo. UpdateStar is compatible with Windows platforms. UpdateStar has been tested to meet all of the technical requirements to be compatible with Windows 10, 8.1, Windows 8.
Does this mean you have to pay AGAIN if you have the encoder for 8.5.3? In the past, if you paid for the mp3 activation from Cakewalk, you don't have to buy it again for another Cakewalk product. Users of Cakewalk Pro Audio, were able to use the mp3 activation they bought with that program in all the versions of SONAR up to SONAR 8.
So I don't think you would have to buy the mp3 Activation again if you bought it for SONAR 8.5.3. However, there is a different mp3 activation file for SONAR 32 bit and 64 bit. If you run SONAR x64, contact Cakewalk and they will hook you up with a link for the x64 friendly mp3 Activation download.
The best and most widely MP3 encoder on the market today and no one mentionned it. USE THE LAME ENCODER The LAME encoder is FREE and even Scott R. Garrigus, or was it Craig Anderton, well one of them wrote an article on how to configure Sonar to use the Lame MP3 encoder.
Also, when you upgrade, from an earlier version of Sonar and allow Sonar to copy its settings, the MP3 settings are copied to the next version as well. Follow these directions: If you don't want to unlock(buy) the cakewalk mp3 encoder, you can invoke the Lame mp3 encoder directly from SONAR 8. With this you don't need to first export to wav and then encode to mp3. Remember that the Lame mp3 encoder is high quality, open source and free. Instructions: Open SONAR 8 and go to Tools - External Encoder Configuration utility In the Friendly Name Field write: Lame Mp3 Encoder.
In the Extension field write:.mp3. In the Description field write whatever you want. In the Path field write the path where the Lame encoder is located. That is where lame.exe and lameenc.dll are located. I keep my Lame encoder in my C: Program Files Cakewalk Shared Utilities Lame Folder or (copy and past the extracted zip file to your Sonar shared utilities folder and then when you have to perform this step, click the browse button to find the location. In the Command Line field write: lame -b 192 -m j%I%O Press Save button. Uncheck Keep Wave File.
This will export to a 192Kbps, joint stereo mp3 file. If you want 128Kbps, replace 192 with 128 in the Command Line field. The next time you click on File-Export-Audio in SONAR 8 you'll find 'Lame mp3 encoder' as a type of audio.
Here is the link for the Lame mp3 encoder. Jimmitch Wow hard to believe you have to pay extra for mp3 encoder.In a four hundred dollar program.I like to post some of my mixes and most sites want mp3. I'm not in agreement with 'hidden costs' to a product which I have bought in good faith. My temporary fix (a bit of a schlep) is to import the.wav file into my iTunes program and export it as mp3 from there. ITunes is available from their website free of charge. (It produces an mp3 file that does NOT pop and crack as I have read in other cakewalk bloggs!!
Hope this helps.
ORIGINAL: foxwolfen I have forgotten how to set it up inside sonar (I export to wave and do another 'wash' of the wave in an external ap before exporting to mp3 myself Thanks for the advice, but what programs should I use in Windows XP to extract files and compile them? I'm very much in favour of free open source programs, and have compiled stuff myself in UNIX in the past, but don't know about good free/cheap software to use under Windows.
It's probably worthwhile for me learning about such things for other software projects. I browsed the web quite a bit before sending my previous message and came across LAME, but the website didn't provide any advice on compilation. It also suggests reading the release notes before downloading, but they don't seem to be on the website! Also, there are a lot of different versions with no advice on which is best. If they keep generating new versions, it seems to indicate to me that there may be quite a number of bugs in it. I want an MP3 converter that produces good quality sound files, rather than just one that works, and I need to be able to enter track and band names, copyright info, etc.
I've just tried Switch (the free version) and it has very few options, the help is abysmal and it doesn't ask for track details. I'm an expert programmer (in Smalltalk) and I couldn't produce such awful software if I tried! I downloaded a recent version of Windows Media Player recently but can't find any conversion facilities in it, apart from copying to CD of course. Download Winlame It should do the trick. There are LAME binaries on the lame.sourceforge.net website for windows. Its command line only and would require a third party front end to make easier to use. I use the LAME binaries, and then I use a program called Exact audio Copy as a front end to it.
EAC is a cd ripper and wave converter that uses both LAME for MP3 and FLAC for lossless compression. To use EAC, first grab the LAME binary (it should be a DLL) put it in a folder somewhere and then install and run EAC. EACs setup wizard will look for and then configure the LAME DLL for use. To convert a file, open EAC, and drag a wave onto it. Read the manual.
It does automatic naming based on the wave so you should not have to do anything but decide where the exported mp3 should go.