Configure Audacity to export mp 3 files Skills

Where does this topic fit? • Internet concepts – Applications – Technology – Implications

Export ≠ Save You will Export your finished sound file, usually in mp 3

Install Audacity • Audacity installable • Audacity portable (Windows only) Do you know the

This is where it will put LAME on your disk Don’t change the default

If you forget where LAME is Edit > Preferences

Self-study questions 1. What are some of the metadata fields that would be stored

Resources Download lame. dll, an mp 3 encoder for Audacity: http: //lame 1. buanzo.

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Configure Audacity to export. mp 3 files Skills: export. mp 3 files, configure Audacity Concepts: metadata, fair use of patented material This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. 0 License.

Where does this topic fit? • Internet concepts – Applications – Technology – Implications • Internet skills – Application development – Content creation (audio) – User skills

Export ≠ Save You will Export your finished sound file, usually in mp 3 format. You can Save your project and pick up editing where you left off.

Install Audacity • Audacity installable • Audacity portable (Windows only) Do you know the difference between installable and portable software?

Export an mp 3 file No Yes

First time. mp 3 export

The LAME setup wizard

This is where it will put LAME on your disk Don’t change the default location.

The LAME setup wizard

If you forget where LAME is Edit > Preferences

Optionally enter metadata

Mp 3 file Metadata Audio data

Lame Ain't an MP 3 Encoder

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Self-study questions 1. What are some of the metadata fields that would be stored with a file containing a digital photograph? 2. Mp 3 is a compressed file format – how do you set the degree of compression in Audacity? 3. How did you find the answer to the previous question? In what other ways might you have found the answer? 4. If, after configuring Audacity to find the LAME compression library, you renamed the library file, what would happen?

Resources Download lame. dll, an mp 3 encoder for Audacity: http: //lame 1. buanzo. com. ar/Lame_v 3. 99. 3_for_Windows. exe LAME download manual page: http: //manual. audacityteam. org/man/FAQ: Installation_and_Plug. Ins#How_do_I_download_and_install_the_LAME_MP 3_encoder. 3 F Home of the LAME project: http: //lame. sourceforge. net/index. php Why Mike Cheng started the LAME project: http: //lame. sourceforge. net/rationale. php FFMpeg, a WMA encoder for Audacity (to export. wav files): http: //manual. audacityteam. org/index. php? title=FAQ: Installation_and_ Plug-Ins#installffmpeg