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== Overview/Lame Setup ==
== Overview/Lame Setup ==
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Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. Complete the following steps to locate the Lame file for MP3 conversion. The steps below are not necessary for Windows XP. For Windows 7:  
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Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. Complete the following steps to locate the Lame file for MP3 conversion. The steps below are not necessary for Windows XP. For Windows 7:
#Click Start, Programs, Audacity to open the program  
#Click Start, Programs, Audacity to open the program  
#Click Edit, Preferences  
#Click Edit, Preferences  
#Click on the File Format tab  
#Click on the File Format tab  
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#Click on the Find Library button under the MP3 Exports section
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#Click on the Find Library button under the MP3 Exports section  
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#Browse to the C:\ProgramFiles\Audacity\Lame\ and double click the lame_enc.dll file click OK.
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#Browse to the C:\ProgramFiles\Audacity\Lame\ and double click the lame_enc.dll file click OK.  
Audacity saves its settings for each current user of the program. Initial version of the text was produced by students in the "Media Planning and Production" class in the University of Northern Iowa 's College of Education . Content is under Attribution 3.0.
Audacity saves its settings for each current user of the program. Initial version of the text was produced by students in the "Media Planning and Production" class in the University of Northern Iowa 's College of Education . Content is under Attribution 3.0.
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== Toolbars ==
== Toolbars ==
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== Recording Narration ==
== Recording Narration ==

Revision as of 16:08, 17 December 2012

Overview/Lame Setup

Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. Complete the following steps to locate the Lame file for MP3 conversion. The steps below are not necessary for Windows XP. For Windows 7:

  1. Click Start, Programs, Audacity to open the program
  2. Click Edit, Preferences
  3. Click on the File Format tab
  4. Click on the Find Library button under the MP3 Exports section
  5. Browse to the C:\ProgramFiles\Audacity\Lame\ and double click the lame_enc.dll file click OK.

Audacity saves its settings for each current user of the program. Initial version of the text was produced by students in the "Media Planning and Production" class in the University of Northern Iowa 's College of Education . Content is under Attribution 3.0.

WAV (Windows Wave format)a- The default uncompressed audio format on Windows and supported on almost all computers. MP3 (Mpeg I, Layer 3) – a compressed audio format that is a very popular way to store music. It can compress audio by a factor of 10:1 with very little degradation in quality. Audacity can both import and export this format. Ogg Vorbis – a compressed audio format designed to be a free alternative to MP3.

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