Installing Audacity on Windows
Audacity is a cross-platform, open source audio editor.
- Download Audacity and the LAME binaries (for encoding to MP3)
- Run the Audacity installer
- Unzip the LAME package
- Move the lame_enc.dll file to the plugins folder for Audacity; by default, c:\Program Files\Audacity\Plugins
- Run Audacity, click the record button and then the stop button
- File > Export as MP3
- When Audacity complains about LAME, click the button to locate the library
- Browse for the lame_enc.dll file, which you should have moved to c:\Program Files\Audacity\Plugins
- Enjoy using Audacity!
April 19th, 2007 - 11:38 am
I found recently that, while the installation of Audacity and LAME is not difficult for me, it is difficult for some tech-challenged users I have been helping. I created a one-step installer that installs Audacity, copies the lame encoder and inserts the registry key so Audacity knows the location of the LAME codec, and wrote a step-by-step tutorial here:
http://www.thelifeledger.com/2007/04/18/installing-audacity-and-lame-in-one-step/
I suspect this installer app is not distributable due to patents protecting the mp3 format, but when you’re installing on multiple computers or getting a tech-challenged person interested in Audacity, every confusing step eliminated makes it that much easier.
November 15th, 2007 - 2:58 pm
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