Audacity-logo-r_50pctDOWNLOADING & INSTALLING AUDACITY

 

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

There are many pages that provide Audacity downloads; we suggest Sourceforge.net at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows.  Here (and on other sites, as well), you will be asked before downloading to select a mirror, which is one of a group of Internet addresses hosting an identical download.  If possible, simply select the one closest to your actual location. When downloading, please disable any download managers you may have and left click on the link to start your Audacity download

►Audacity 1.2.4b installer (.exe file, 2.5 MB) is the latest version of the free Audacity audio editor.

 

►If you can’t run the installer because you are in a computer lab or other restricted environment, download and unzip this file instead:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/latest/audacity-win-zip/audacity-win-1.2.4b.zip

 

EXPORTING AN AUDACITY FILE AS AN MP3

 

When you attempt to export an Audacity file as an MP3 file, which is a good-quality compressed file, you will receive the message below.

 

LAME

 

 

You will need to click on Yes and follow the instructions below.

 

 

A.    Go to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3 .  Here you will find the following instructions.

 

Windows

  1. Go to the LAME download page.  
    http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/lame.html
  2. Click on any link from the list of identical "lame-3.96.1" links.
  3. When you have finished downloading LAME, unzip it and save the file lame_enc.dll anywhere on your computer.
  4. The first time you use the "Export as MP3" command, Audacity will ask you where lame_enc.dll is saved.

Mac OS 9 or X

  1. Go to the LAME download page.  http://spaghetticode.org/lame/
  2. Download the version of LameLib for your operating system.
  3. When you have finished downloading, use Stuffit Expander to extract the files. (This may happen automatically.)
  4. Save the file called "LameLib" anywhere on your computer.
  5. The first time you use the "Export as MP3" command, Audacity will ask you where LameLib is saved.

 

B.    Extract files

C.    Run lame.exe  (This will be EXTREMELY quick; you’ll only see a screen flash and it will be done.)