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by Milwauken
Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:31 pm
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: Lame not working with Audacity on MAC
Replies: 6
Views: 4480

Re: Lame not working with Audacity on MAC

Having problems exporting files as mp3: I'm running Tiger on Macbookpro. I've downloaded Audacity 1.2.5. How do I extract the LAME file from libmp3lame-osx-universal-3.97? When I click on the install icon, I get Lame Library v3.97 Installer-pmproj, and no obvious way to extract the elusive LAME icon...
by Milwauken
Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:50 pm
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: WAV file too large
Replies: 5
Views: 7469

Re: WAV file too large

Audacity won't let me import a wma file, and Olympus' sound edit app only lets me convert wma to AIF. The Olympus WMA file is 400 k (45 secs). The AIF that I convert to is over 6 MB. Why so much larger? I like the idea of converting the 6 mb wav to an MP3, but Audacity asks me to locate the LAME lib...
by Milwauken
Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:39 am
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: WAV file too large
Replies: 5
Views: 7469

Re: WAV file too large

I had to convert the wmv to aif. Audacity doesn't accept wmv. The Olympus DS-2 only creates wmv I have another Olympus digital recorder ( not mac compatible) that creates wav files. A one minute wav is only about 500 k. Why is a wav converted from an aif so large? Why are there two tracks on the con...
by Milwauken
Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:43 pm
Forum: Mac OS X
Topic: WAV file too large
Replies: 5
Views: 7469

WAV file too large

I recorded a one minute phone interview using an Olympus DS-2, which created a .wmv file. Olympus' sound editing software sucks, so I converted the .wmv to .aif, and imported to Audacity. The .aif file has two tracks, and is 9 megs. I did my edits, and coverted to .wav, but the .wav is now 6 megs, a...