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cotton pieces

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Fri, 03/08/2019 - 09:30
Jaguar44
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David two things i cant get the flow right with these pieces in solo harmonica 1 and 2, how do i achieve this, secondly ive downloaded audacity, but when i try to download lame mp3 encoader, i get as far as the download page and when i try to download it the page cant be found, ive asked friends who are better at computer problems, buy they are having the same problem. if you can help that would be great thanks

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Fri, 03/08/2019 - 12:50
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Hey buddy, I might chip in

Hey buddy, I might chip in for the computer part. Are you looking for LAME on google or are you following the link from the audacity page ?

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Sat, 03/09/2019 - 08:37
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Hello Jaguar44. What can I

Hello Jaguar44. What can I specifically help you with on the Cotton pattern... what part are you having difficulties with? R3Dz, thanks for chiming in, I have very little experience with Audacity (and I no longer own a PC to check).

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Sun, 03/10/2019 - 02:31
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cotton pieces

David, i can play all the notes but can't for the life of me get it swing like you,is there a specific note i should be highlighting or playing softly to get it to swing like you, and r3dz thanks for helping,the lame link im trying to download is through audacity

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Sun, 03/10/2019 - 17:02
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Thank you, that helps. Yes,

Thank you, that helps. Yes, the second note (2 draw), rest after that note, so that the chord is later in time. Give this a try and see if it helps.

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Fri, 03/15/2019 - 16:24
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Hiya David, I'm happy to help

Hiya David,

I'm happy to help guys.

hiya Jaguar,

That's funny because I just tried it again and the link works fine. The site can be confusing for ppl who are unfamiliar with computers though so I've included a direct link to the download :

https://lame.buanzo.org/Lame_v3.99.3_for_Windows.exe

 

clicking this link will start your download automatically and comes from this following page so I'm going to assume you need to have the current version of audacity that's offered here  : https://www.audacityteam.org/

 

So if you prefer to find it yourself you go to that site and look for the download tab -> plug-ins -> navigate to the bottom of the page and under LIBRARIES you will see lame MP3 encoding (don't click the mp3 link) -> click LAME FAQ then at the top of the page under 'how do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder' click on the LAME installation section then click on the LAME download page and then finally Lame v3.99.3 for windows.exe hyper link.

p.s I found that if you scroll down to the plugin picture on the main page I get the 'page can't be found' error so maybe that's what you're running into ?

Let me know how that works out for you.

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