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Missing Plug-ins dialog

This dialog box appears if you open a project that references plug-ins that are not installed on your
machine.

If you save the project after you have opened it with missing plug-ins, all references

to missing plug-ins are lost

. To retain the missing plug-ins in your project, exit SONAR without

saving, reinstall the missing plug-ins and then re-open the project.

MP3 Export Options dialog

The following is a description of the options in the

MP3 Export Options

dialog:

Bit Rate

Choose a bit rate from the drop-down list. A higher bit rate creates larger, higher quality files. The Bit
Rate allows you to select the trade-off between the size and the sound quality of the compressed
file. Compressing to higher bit rates will provide better sound quality, but will also create larger files.
Bit rate is specified in bits per second. As a rule of thumb, bit rates of 120,000 bits per second or
higher offer near CD quality sound. Lower bit rates can be used, with a corresponding decrease in
quality. If you are preparing your project for distribution on the web, lower bit rates will create smaller
files, and therefore faster downloading time.
The maximum bit rate that you can select depends on the sampling rate of the project. The encoder
supports bit rates up to 320000 bit per second, providing extremely high quality compression.
Selection of 320000 bits per second or lower requires that your project was created using at least a
32 kHz sampling rate. If your project was created using a lower sampling rate, your selection of bit
rates will also be limited.

Stereo Mode

Select one of the following from the drop-down list:

•

Joint Stereo.

In Joint Stereo mode, the encoder optimizes the stereo encoding by

comparing the two stereo channels. If similar information is found in the left and right
channels, the encoder uses the similar information to minimize the data it stores in the MP3
file. While this encoding technique may result in better compression, it may result in a loss of
stereo quality. An additional option when using Joint Stereo compression is the selection of

Intensity Stereo

. Selection of

Intensity Stereo

instructs the encoder to further optimize the

encoding by minimizing the data encoded for higher frequency sounds. This can also improve
the compression of the MP3 file, however in some cases the optimization of high frequency
sounds may result in a loss of sound quality.

•

Mono.

Create a Mono file

•

Stereo.

By selecting Stereo mode, the encoder will create a Stereo MP3 file from a stereo

project by treating the left and right channels as completely independent signals. Unlike Joint
Stereo encoding, stereo encoding will not try to take advantage of similar information in left
and right channels. As a result, Stereo Mode will completely preserve stereo separation

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