Download Audacity

Back to Audacity tutorial

Step 1

• Go to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
• Select the correct link for your operating system.
• Click the link for the Audacity installer.
• Install the Audacity Application.

Step 2

• Once you have downloaded and installed Audacity, click on the link to the LAME MP3 encoder.
• Follow the link to the LAME download page

• Click on any of the lame-3.96.1 links to download.
•  Open the file you downloaded, lame-3.96.1.zip.
• Take the lame_enc.dll file and extract it to the directory where you installed Audacity. This is probably C:\Program Files\Audacity or similar.

Step 3

• Open Audacity and go to File > Preferences.
  • Go to the File Formats tab.
  • Click MP3 Export Setup > Find Library.
  • This will ask you if you want to locate the lame encoder. Click Yes.
  • In the dialogue box, go to the folder where you put the lame_enc.dll file earlier and select it.
  • Click Open.
  • Click OK.
  • Set the MP3 export quality by changing the Bit Rate to 192.

Step 4

• Select Quality tab.
• Set Default Sample Rate to 22050 Hz.
• Set Default Sample Format to 16-bit.
• Click OK.

Step 5

• You should now be able to export files to the mp3 format by selecting File > Export As MP3.