Creating MP3 Audio file

This blog entry introduces free audio recording and MP3 conversion tools.

Audacity is a free Recording and audio editing tool.  You can download it from here 

After installing the tool you can record the sound and can save the project.  But to export the audio to MP3 format you need to download an encoder.

LAME encoder is a free version.  You can download the LAME encoder from here.

After downloading the DLL file, follow the below steps to make use of it in Audacity.

1. Download the LAME dll
2. Copy of the required lame_enc.dll to Audacity installation folder. This is normally at C:\Program Files\Audacity XYZ….
3. Launch Audacity, click Edit > Preferences > Libraries.
4. Look for the MP3 Export section.
5. Click on the "Find Library" or "Locate..." button
6. Click the "Browse" button
7. In the dialogue box, go to the folder where you put lame_enc.dll earlier, and select it.
8. Click Open, then OK.

User the following help file if you find difficulty in the above steps.

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Lame_Installation#For_1.3.3_and_later_users