Cannot record audio for Anki flashcards in Windows 10

Anki Desktop
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I am unable to record audio for use with my flashcards on Windows 10. I keep getting the following error:

Anki 2.1.44 (b2b3275f) Python 3.8.6 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2
Platform: Windows 10
Flags: frz=True ao=False sv=2
Add-ons, last update check: 2021-07-06 18:09:13

Caught exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "aqt\taskman.py", line 88, in _on_closures_pending
  File "aqt\taskman.py", line 59, in <lambda>
  File "aqt\sound.py", line 498, in _on_done
  File "concurrent\futures\_base.py", line 432, in result
  File "concurrent\futures\_base.py", line 388, in __get_result
  File "concurrent\futures\thread.py", line 57, in run
  File "aqt\sound.py", line 501, in <lambda>
  File "aqt\sound.py", line 488, in _encode_mp3
Exception: C:\Program Files\Anki\lame.exeError running ⁨ ⁩C:\Users\nicho\AppData\Local\Temp\anki_temp\rec.wavError running ⁨ ⁩C:\Users\nicho\AppData\Local\Temp\anki_temp\rec1625610655.mp3Error running ⁨ ⁩--noreplaygainError running ⁨ ⁩--quiet

What does this mean and how do I fix it? I don’t really understand what the error/exception is, and it doesn’t look like other errors I’ve seen for Anki audio. This looks like some kind of bug with the Anki desktop client.

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You could try running lame.exe in Anki’s program folder in cmd.exe to see what it says.