Mike Cheng started it as a patch against the 8hz-MP3 encoder sources. Latest LAME release: v3.100 (October 2017) LAME development started around mid-1998. LAME is a high quality MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder licensed under the LGPL.
LAME LIBRARY V3.98.2 FOR AUDACITY INSTALL
pkg to install "libmp3lame.dylib" in /usr/local/lib/audacity, or save "LameLib" anywhere on your computer. sit (either of these may happen automatically).
dmg to extract "Lame Library v3.98.2 for Audacity on OSX.pkg" to Finder, or use Stuffit to extract "LameLib" from the. Click to download either "Lame Library v3.98.2 for Audacity on OSX.dmg" or "LameLib-Carbon.sit", according to your operating system.In case of difficulty, please view our more detailed instructions on the Audacity Wiki. If you prefer the Zip option for the LAME download, save the zip file to anywhere on your computer, extract "lame_enc.dll" to any location, then show Audacity where to find it as in Step 5 above.
Navigate to "C:\Program Files\Lame for Audacity", select "lame_enc.dll", then click "Open" and "OK". The first time you use the "Export as MP3" command, Audacity will ask for the location of "lame_enc.dll".Do not change the offered destination location of "C:\Program Files\Lame for Audacity". Follow the "Setup" instructions to install LAME for Audacity.Double-click "Lame v3.99.3 for Windows.exe" to launch it (you can safely ignore any warnings that the "publisher could not be verified").Under "For Audacity on Windows", left-click the link "Lame v3.99.3 for Windows.exe" and save the file anywhere on your computer.