Setting up the LAME file for Audacity on your MacBook

Since Lingt language seems to have gone by the waist-side some of you are looking for a substitute.  I have not found anything comparable to Lingt and it is a real shame that they no longer offer support for their product, I thought it was brilliant.  So, in light of that I am recommending that you use Audacity as a substitute if you are needing to record your students pronunciations.  Audacity is installed on all the student laptops so that should not be an issue.  However, if you want students to save their files and send them to you in a more universal format such as MP3 rather than an Audacity file, audacity needs to be set up to access a file named LAME so that it can export the files as an MP3.  Although Audacity has a nice help page,  it didn't clarify for me just where I needed to put the file.

Take a look at these directions:


1. Choose which LAME file to download based on your OSX, http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Lame_Installation


2. Scroll down to  section 3-1 Downloading and Installing

3. Click on the link and choose one of the options as listed below

• OS X 10.4 or later, Intel or PPC Mac:
  Use the current Audacity and Lame Library v3.98.2 for Audacity.dmg.

• OS X 10.0 to 10.3, Intel Mac:
  Use Audacity 1.2.5 and libmp3lame-osx-universal-3.97.zip.

• OS X 10.0 to 10.3, PPC Mac:
  Use Audacity 1.2.6 and LameLib-Carbon-3.91.sit.

4.  Choose to open the file, once it is downloaded run the package, select the Hard Drive icon and press the choose folder button

5.  Make sure to set it up in the Audacity folder

6.  Once you record your sound on Audacity choose to export the file.

7. When prompted navigate to the audacity folder where you have saved the file so it can be linked with your Audacity file.  Once you have linked the folder to the file you will be able to export any Audacity file as an MP3