El arte de decir no pdf on mac. From what I've read here in the past - mp3 encoder needs to be licensed so you actually have to pay to activate it (small fee I believe). Seems like most people say it's a really crappy encoder though so don't bother activating it. Others have installed the Lame (or other) encoders to work from Sonar. I also believe that if you have a ProAudio9 CD lying about you can use that to activate the encoder in Sonar - but I lost my PA9 CD years ago. Myself - I always export as a wav and then convert it using Nero - I'm a dinosaur and have been using Nero to encode (or convert) my audio files for so many years I don't think I can change the habit now.
ORIGINAL: andypanda Seems like most people say it's a really crappy encoder though so don't bother activating it. Not sure where you got that from.
The encoder that comes with Sonar works good and sounds just like any other encoder. Actually I believe it is Lame, or Fraunhofer, either way it sounds just as good as any other encoder I've ever used. I believe it integrates with Sonar a little better then reconfiguring Sonar to use free Lame. I believe I've seen other posts where reconfiguring Sonar to use another encoder make you jump through hoops if you want to change bit rate from what ever you set as the default. Not%100 sure about this myself. That being said, there has been detailed posts here on this forum on how to configure free encoders to use with Sonar that will sound just as good.
For what ever reason, there is a licensing fee to activate the encoder that comes with Sonar after 30 days or what ever. EDIT: This may help. Mistergarner Are you kidding me? ARE YOU KIDDING ME, Cakewalk?! I have bought just about every upgrade from Pro Audio 9 on and I've even bought the mp3 encoder for previous versions and X1 just told me I need to upgrade my mp3 encoder to export an mp3. First of all, the ABSOLUTE ABSURDITY that you cannot export in mp3 format 'natively' from an audio app, especially one supposedly of the caliber of Sonar is.
Beyond ridiculous! This floors me everytime I have to go through this. If you have paid for the encoder in some previous version it would be reasonable to have it working with X1. Having to separately pay for the encoder with every upgrade sounds weird and unfair to me.
Maybe there's a way? I don't find it a problem that there's no MP3 encoder included. It would mean some kind of a price increase and as long as there are free ones. I wouldn't have the guts to export directly to MP3 anyway:o) I'd have to hear the wav and make sure the export is ok. Dave Computer: Intel i7, ASROCK H170M, 16GB/5TB+, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, Sonar Platinum, TASCAM US-16x08, Cakewalk UM-3G MIDI I/F Instruments: SL-880 Keyboard controller, Korg 05R/W, Korg N1R, KORG Wavestation EX Axes: Fender Stratocaster, Line6 Variax 300, Ovation Acoustic, Takamine Nylon Acoustic, Behringer GX212 amp, Shure SM-58 mic, Rode NT1 condenser mic.
Outboard: Mackie 1402-VLZ mixer, TC Helicon VoiceLive 2, Digitech Vocalist WS EX, PODXTLive, various stompboxes and stuff. Controllers: Korg nanoKONTROL, Wacom Bamboo Touchpad. Mistergardner: I do not understand your post. ProAudio 9 came with an mp3 license. That license can be used to unlock any other CW product. You did not need to buy another license. Any user that does not have ProAudio 9 and wants to use the internal mp3 encoder pays a onetime licensing fee and can use the license to unlock any CW product, forever.
X1 was the first product that did not ask for my ProAudio 9 CD, so I contacted customer support and it literally took them two minutes to email the tool to unlock the internal mp3 encoder. For years SONAR has provided a simple way to use an external encoder from inside SONAR if you do not want to export a WAV and convert it in a separate step. Out of curiosity, I just looked in my manual for Cubase LE and it says the MP3 encoder is included with upgrading to full a version. It's simply a matter of cutting costs. They don't include software they do not own or have licensing agreements with because that costs money. To me it makes no difference as converting to MP3 is a post Mastering process done with mastering software. I only ask Sonar to produce the highest quality wave file I can get my hands on.
I don't expect it to make a you-tube either.