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Anyone else use Audacity for editing sound? I can't make it export as an mp3 which is a real pain in the hoop. I downloaded the pile of crap they said I needed but apparently the file doesn't extract so Vista finds it when I do a search... Audacity doesn't believe it's there.

Question two - if I can't get Audacity to work properly, is there another audio editing tool available which allows the same flexibility?

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I use Audacity - works ok for me. [with XP - never tried with Vista]

Did you get this message when you tried?

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/127/lamewi7.jpg


Another free one a pal of mine likes is called Ardour...

http://www.ardour.org/

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I use Audacity - works ok for me. [with XP - never tried with Vista]

Did you get this message when you tried?

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/127/lamewi7.jpg


Another free one a pal of mine likes is called Ardour...

http://www.ardour.org/
Alright Dr.
is ardour for XP remember I dont know crap about computers.

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i use audacity on mac and i also can't export to mp3.

but i don't have any annwers 🙂

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I use Audacity, but have similar mp3 issues which I haven't bothered to try and resolve.

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
Alright Dr.
is ardour for XP remember I dont know crap about computers.
I think it's mainly for Linux - now that you mention it. 🙁
And Macs

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Originally posted by st00p1dfac3
Anyone else use Audacity for editing sound? I can't make it export as an mp3 which is a real pain in the hoop. I downloaded the pile of crap they said I needed but apparently the file doesn't extract so Vista finds it when I do a search... Audacity doesn't believe it's there.

Question two - if I can't get Audacity to work properly, is there another audio editing tool available which allows the same flexibility?
As a stop-gap you should be able to export it as a wav and then convert it to mp3.

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I use Audacity - works ok for me. [with XP - never tried with Vista]

Did you get this message when you tried?

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/127/lamewi7.jpg


Another free one a pal of mine likes is called Ardour...

http://www.ardour.org/
That's the first message. So I downloaded LAME and extracted the files with winRAR, but can't find the .dll that audacity is looking for once the files are unzipped. I can find it within the zipped file, but even when I extract it alone audacity doesn't work.

I use audacity at work where it's all kosher, I just haven't actually exported as anything yet at home and I'd rather not have to start over since I've done all the work already, it's just a matter of making it usable.

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
As a stop-gap you should be able to export it as a wav and then convert it to mp3.
Even that would be fine... didn't even think to try to export as anything else. I just assumed if it wouldn't do one it wouldn't do the other.

Just tried it and it exported the .wav, perfect. Converting is easy enough since I already have a hundred programs for converting this into that (wav to mp3, avi to mpg, etc.)

Thank you Doctor, you're a genius.

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Did you try this?

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3

maybe if you download the lame encoder directly, it might work.

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Originally posted by onyx2006
Did you try this?

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3

maybe if you download the lame encoder directly, it might work.
Yeah, that's the one I used. I don't know - I guess Vista doesn't like LAME. Anyway, I think I may be able to use the file as a .wav and not even bother converting.

Thanks to all who posted suggestions, and even to those who just wanted to tell me they also use Audacity.

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what will you be using the wav/mp3 for?

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Originally posted by onyx2006
what will you be using the wav/mp3 for?
Top Secret.

Why are you asking these questions anyway? Stop harassing me! I'm not telling, goddamnit! Just leave me alone!!

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oh, sorry... 😵

I'm pretty good with that type of stuff, just trying to help out. Producing music the best part of my life. Message me if you've any questions man... and i'll do me bestest.

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Originally posted by onyx2006
oh, sorry... 😵

I'm pretty good with that type of stuff, just trying to help out. Producing music the best part of my life. Message me if you've any questions man... and i'll do me bestest.

J
Actually it's just some stuff I'm trying to learn how to do - web development junk. I have all this high-end software (Dreamweaver, Sony Vegas 7, Photoshop, etc.) and I'm just trying to embed some sound and video in a website, only I wanted custom sound and video so I started editing mp3 recordings which took ages and then I couldn't export them in mp3 format which was annoying.

Basically I have no idea what I'm doing once I get past the basic HTML and I'm learning the rest (javascript and such) by trial and error. Every once in a while I get totally stuck and that's when drunken 'face shows up asking questions.

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