How can i export my song as an MP3??

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Anj
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How can i export my song as an MP3??

Post by Anj » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:03 pm

i have Live Lite 5 LIne 6 Edition and i wanted to export my song as an MP3.

is this possible?

i have a saved track with a guitar and bass part and i want to know what to do from here.

Thanks
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Post by beats me » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:05 pm

Live doesn't export to mp3. You will have to use a second program like itunes to encode to mp3.

Anj
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Post by Anj » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:06 pm

how can i do that?
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Post by beats me » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:10 pm

With itunes drop your track into itunes then right click the track and select "Convert selection to MP3". Done.

Anj
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Post by Anj » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:12 pm

itunes doesn't like recognize it.
i cant drag it
and if i right click teh track, click open with.. Itunes nothing happens
Rasta

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Post by Anj » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:19 pm

i got the guitar and bass to work separately but im not sure how to get them like together
Rasta

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Post by Myrrdin » Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:03 pm

Simple:

Download the free program "Audacity" (search for it on the net). Import your aif files into audcacity, then select "Convert to MP3" under the file tab. Viola.

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Post by Idonotlikebroccoli » Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:07 pm

In Live, choose "Render to disk", which will give you a .wav file. You can use iTunes or Audacity to convert this file to mp3.

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Post by Blurr » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:23 am

LAME is one of the best MP3 encoders"." It's also free. It supports VBR and bewilldering number of options should have more specifc requirements like mono or super long super high compression etc ... LAME by itself is command line opperated but there are many GUI's that will use it.

http://lame.sourceforge.net/index.php

After you render your wav from LIVE you can encode it with LAME or OGG

:idea: OGG Drop is pretty cool too, OGG is VBR by default. Not all players will decode OGG but many people think it's a better audio compression algorthm than MP3. LIVE "will" decode OGG.
Dez..

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