Change MP3 export default encoder settings?

[sean72]

Is there any way I can stop Cakewalk from defaulting to 256kbps and making me change the settings every time I export to an MP3? 

[reginaldStjohn]

Please see the documentation. https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Exporting.08.html

Especially this line

13.

If you want to save the settings you created in the Export Audio dialog box, type a name in the Preset box, then press ENTER or click the Create Preset button .

[sean72]

I might be missing something but I don't see anything there. Saving the audio export settings as a Cakewalk preset is done in the window before the MP3 render setting window appears, so you can't integrate the MP3 render settings to a saved preset that way. 

Edited January 17, 2023 by sean72

[reginaldStjohn]

You are right. I can't get the bit rate to save anywhere either. It seems that the MP3 encoder is called after all the export settings and does not have a save. Maybe there is a configuration file somewhere?

I would go to the Feedback Loop forum and add a feature request. Or maybe someone there knows how to do it.

[Mo Jonez]

I've had the same question on my mind forever, did you ever find the answer to this conundrum ?

[Dok:Z]

I'm also desperately searching for an answer on this. I'm tired of changing it to 320kbs and highest quality on each export 😒

[Bass Guitar]

This is why I just export all my songs as wave files and I do a batch conversion in a ( free) Wave editor called Gold Wave.

http://www.goldwave.ca/

That way I can do a whole bunch of files at once. It has all the audio formats. The beta info you can add some of it in the Browser view Notes. That seems to transfer over to my Wave files. I will also use it to fix start and endings with fade outs. 

And then meta data info can usually be added using other free apps . 

A Google search came up with dozens https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html

[Noel Borthwick]

You can save MP3 excoder settings, if you save an export task. Click the "Add Task to Queue" button and before it saves the task it will prompt you for the MP3 encoder settings. Once you save the project with the task you can recall the same task in the future with the sae setttings.

[Video&Music]

I too am hoping to be able to set the MP3 export settings to default to 320kbps - 0 (highest quality) but the dialogue box does not offer any way to save a preset.

Noel, your answer is sort of a workaround rather than having a true default.  Is there a way to set these settings so the MP3 dialogue will pop up with the numbers we want?  Thanks.

[JonD]

On 9/9/2023 at 10:39 AM, Bass Guitar said:

This is why I just export all my songs as wave files and I do a batch conversion in a ( free) Wave editor called Gold Wave.

http://www.goldwave.ca/

....

Maybe at one time it was free.... but now the license for one year is $25 (and $69 for a lifetime license).

[Michael Fogarty]

I think saving as .wav is the way to go. That way if you have to make post edits your loss of quality will be way less, or if you send to talent to collaborate, mix, or master. I have been using this for years and I mean years. Assuming it is still free.

https://winlame.sourceforge.io/index.html

[John Vere]

On 10/19/2023 at 4:13 PM, JonD said:

Maybe at one time it was free.... but now the license for one year is $25 (and $69 for a lifetime license).

I also use Gold Wave and the demo never expires so it in a way it is free but with a nag screen.  
I bought it real cheap 10 years ago  and so I don’t have the nag screen on my main computers. 
But I installed it on my laptop a while ago and it does. I need to contact them to get my account fixed but I rarely will use it on that machine so the nag doesn’t bother me.  
Defiantly my go to for batch converting of audio files. 
I still use Wave Lab for top and tail  but they want you to pay for MP3 license???
Sonar did for a while as well and that’s when I bought Gold Wave. I think it was only $40 back then. I see it’s gone up.