Compressing Audio Files Using MPEG Encoder (available when DART MPEG encoder is installed)

MPEG encoder allows you to save space when storing or transmitting audio files.

To save audio files in a compressed MPEG format:

1. Select the wave files for processing among those listed in the File Panel (if you select several files, all of them will be processed); to see wave files in the File panel window set the File type specification to All files, Wave files or Soundfiles.

2. Evoke the Encode files dialog by pressing the ENCODE FILES button situated on the toolbar or by choosing the Encode files command from the List menu.

3. Choose the ‘MP3 encoder’ from the list of encoding modules.

4. Click the Settings button to evoke the Encoding parameters dialog. Select the desired optimization mode (Fast processing, Medium or High quality), encoding mode (Variable Bitrate or Constant Bitrate) and compression parameters (Quality, Bitrate/VBR parameter and Channel mode). To choose standard ‘quality encoding’ settings press the Default button.

5. Select the directory and/or the names of the MP3 files where the results will be saved. If several wave files are scheduled for compression their original names will be retained – only the extensions will change from ‘wav’ to ‘mp3’.

6. Press Process to start encoding

Selecting optimization mode

Selecting encoding mode

Selecting compression parameters