thanks so much David. i have successfully downloaded lame encoder on my pc
and have in fact installed it in my C: drive. hoping to try it soon.
thanks again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David R. Sky" <davidsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 4:23 PM
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Cassettes to MP3...
Linkname: Audacity: How do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder?
URL: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3#content
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, golden wrote:
hi
where to download Lame encoder? i don't see any reference to it.
thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David R. Sky" <davidsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 2:31 PM
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Cassettes to MP3...
Hi Billy,
1. To set Audacity to not hear the track you're recording, open preferenced control+p, open the file i/o control tab. Unselect the "software playthrough: hear track while recording it". I don't know if that will help your computer problem, but it will eliminate hearing the recorded signal through the output jack of your sound card.
2. Audacity can convert audio files to mp3 format but you first need to
install the Lame encoder - have you done this? Audacity cannot burn to CD,
you need separate CD-burning software to do this. To preverve sound
fidelity, it is _much_ preferable to burn using .wav files - .mp3 files
are compressed, so information gets discarded. Unless of course you don't
mind and simply want to stuff lots of tunes onto a single CD.
David
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Billy Littlejohn wrote:
> Hey, Guys!
>
> Okay, first, let me apologize for not doing my homework, before > bugging all of you with this question... shame on me! I am trying to > use Audacity (version 1.3 beta) to convert some of my cassettes to > MP3, and later, maybe even CD. I chose new stereo track from the > project menu, and began recording, only to find that my computer kind > of bogs down, and of course, the recording sounds the same way upon > listening to it.
>
> I have a 3 Gig processor, with very little running in the > background, so I am doubtful that it is too much for the processor to > handle. Also, I am hearing the recorded signal, in addition to the > source signal... back in my day, you could distinguish between > listening to the source signal, or the record head volume containing > the signal being recorded in real time, which of course, you did, if > you were doing over dubs. I am hearing both signals, which is driving > me crazy! I remember making a change to some menu items to be able to > hear both tracks being played, so that over dubs could be done, but > for the life of me, I don't remember where that menu item is located. > I am thinking that is the problem in a nutshell, because obviously, > the processor is having to process both signals simultaneously. I am > betting that is a lot of data to sort in just a few seconds at a time.
>
> I am sure that there is a logical explanation, but I am just too > session weary at this point to investigate. Have any of you converted > your cassettes to CD or MP3? Any advice for a worn out warrior? Hmm?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Billy
>
> Billy Littlejohn
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