I don't know much about sonar but try putting laimenc.dll where sonar is. someone can correct me if i'm wrong. ----- Original Message ----- From: Blind Luck Music To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:35 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: exporting to MP3 Thank you for the advice on the Lame encoder. After a rather long struggle, I managed to download Lame v3.96 and have it on my desktop. However, when I go to open it I get a dialog saying it can't be opened and it gives me a choice of going online or entering what program created it. When I try to export my files to MP3, Sonar keeps telling me I need to put in an encoder. Somewhere, I have missed a step. How do I install the Lame encoder? I feel like I'm mostly there. Thanks for the help. Ross Ross Wine-Sky Blind Luck Music 1708 21st Ave., Suite453 Nashville,TN 37212 615-298-5258 www.wine-sky.com