Audacity Forum

galoshes wrote:I installed a LAME encoder earlier. When I tried to do an export to mp3, I got the message saying that the mp3 encoding library couldn't be opened.

Which version of Lame did you install and where did you get it from?
Did you follow the instructions HERE to configure Audacity?

Disconnect the power supply and run from batteries.

Also, the recommended version of Audacity for Vista is 1.3.12. I would highly recommend that you upgrade as there are many known problems with the old 1.2.6 version on Vista. http://audacityteam.org/download/

If you have speakers attached to your computer, ensure that they are off. To listen to the computer use headphones.
If that does not fix the problem, please give full details about your system, how it's all set up and exactly what you are doing.

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See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/VST_Plug-ins

Not all VST's are supported.
VSTi's (VST instruments) are not supported.
Trial versions will often not work.

"Edit menu > Preferences > Import/Export"
Select "Use Custom Mix"
You will be presented with a "channel mapping" option during Export that allows you to select which Audacity track goes to which audio channel in your exported file.

First off I'd highly recommend upgrading to Audacity 1.3.12 http://audacityteam.org/download/ Open the Windows Mixer (there's usually a loudspeaker icon near the Desktop Time/Date). Click on "Options" > Properties" Select "Recording" and ensure that the input that you want t...

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