How to convert/export Audio files to MP3 from Audacity?
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Audacity is an excellent audio editing software that you can use to edit audio files on your computer easily. It supports editing of audio files in various formats, but there’s a minor glitch: Though you can edit MP3 files on Audacity, you cannot export and save them back on to your PC.
If you try to export an audio file to MP3 on Audacity, you’ll get the following error which will tell you to install the LAME MP3 encoder that contains the lame_enc.dll file that is need by Audacity to export files to MP3:
Now, to make things work, you need to do the following:
- Download the LAME MP3 Encoder for Windows from here
- Unzip the encoder files that were downloaded, and place them in a location on your hard disk
- Now, if you have Audacity opened, go to File >> Export as MP3 >> Choose a suitable location for the file
- Audacity will display the same warning message again
- Click Yes
- Locate to lame_enc.dll and then click OK
- That’s it, you can now export your audio files to MP3 without any extra effort hence forth
Hope you found this guide useful. Share your thoughts in the comments.
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Heard about this software, but never used it. Thanks for the tutorial.
Now I don’t have to look for how to do it. Thanks buddy!
simple tutorial. Should read if for audio-freaks.
For those who have never used Audacity, give it a shot. It’s great!
@Nirmal: It’s an excellent open source software that you should definitely give a try.
@Brown: You’re welcome
@Ken Xu: Probably
@Kenny: Absolutely right, it’s a great audio editor.
Nice tutorial, quite useful
Nice Tutorial Shankar
Thanks
nice post . will work on that .
Audacity is the best. I have been using it for years
@Beta3: Of course, it is
It is not a freeware?
@Ronald: It’s open source and is completely free of cost. Download it from http://audacity.sourceforge.net
@Shankar - Thank’s for the Link
Audacity is pretty useful in creating your own custom ringtones, which have to be mp3 and a specific length for the phone to recognise it as a ringtone. Many other applications will create ringtones, but audacity its just another tool in its Swiss Army knife array!
@RJ: Thanks for that information!