Here’s another “while we wait” how-to inspired by the comments in a previous post. It even took us a little bit of digging to find so we figured we would set this valuble morsel of information free. If you don’t know already, LAME is a very slick Mp3 encoder. Oddly, the acronym stands for “LAME Ain’t no Mp3 Encoder.”
Who leaves out Mp3 support? Sheesh!
Audacity does not support Mp3 encoding ‘out of the box.’ This is because Audacity, like Ubuntu, is released under an open source license which prohibits the distrubution of any proprietary file or code. Due to its widespread use, you wouldn’t think .mp3 was a proprietary format. But it is!
Just to clarify, this tutorial will enable LAME capabilities for any software that supports it. Ok! The first thing we’ll want to do is grab the tarball of the latest version (right click > save as will not work) :
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Are you anxiously awaiting the upcoming release of Ubuntu Studio but crave a taste of the bleeding edge, today? We were inspired to create this tutorial after reading several complaints about the current state of Audacity 1.2.6
We will admit, in comparison to its closest proprietary counterpart, the classic Cool Edit Pro, the currently released version of Audacity doesn’t quite make the grade. Strangely, a vastly improved version has been in development for well over a year. To make a long story short, Audacity 1.3.2 greatly decreases the gap between Audacity and Cool Edit Pro.
Need some more convincing? Take a quick peek at the generous list of new features. Don’t worry, unlike many “new feature” lists in the Linux community, there are plenty of screenshots!
Getting down to the nitty gritty
You do not need to uninstall your current installation of Audacity. First things first, go ahead and download the Audacity 1.3.2 source code to your Desktop (right click > save as will not work) :
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