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EXPORT THE MUSIC FILES TO WAV OR MP3 FORMAT
Once you have finished recording, make sure you save your recorded music to the
computer.
1. Click File menu and move down to “Export” to convert the file to WAV format or MP3
format.
2. Click on WAV or MP3 format you want to save the music as in pull down menu of
“Save as type” field, and you will be asked for the file name of your recorded music.
Note:
Audacity does not export MP3 files directly. If you want to encode your recorded
music to MP3 format, you need to download the LAME MP3 encoder either in the CD
provided or under the page “Other Audacity Downloads for Windows” of the website
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
INSTALL THE MP3 ENCODER
1. Insert the included CD into your computer and select “Audacity 2.0(Windows 2000,
XP, Vista, 7, 8)” under “Windows” folder.
2. Open the folder and select “Plug-ins”.
3. Double click the “Lame_v3.99.3_for_windows.exe” file under “Plug-ins” folder to start
install the program.
Note:
Normally, Audacity will automatically locate the Lame file that you installed.
However, if you change default directory of Lame program, you may need to
manually locate it by using Audacity Edit Preference Libraries and the click
“Locate” button on computer screen to browse “lame_enc.dll” file where the
directory you have installed. See Fig.1 & 2 below and click OK to finish manual
installation.
Fig. 1
