Audacity Forum

Audacity natively supports FLAC in and out. FLAC doesn't have near the compression vigor of MP3, but it doesn't create damage, either. A far better idea. If we haven't already, we advise strongly to upgrade to Audacity 1.3.12. http://audacityteam.org/download/ You can install both versions, but onl...

One more question.

Can audacity import flacs and then can i export it as a mp3?
Would this be better than just using mp3s and then re-encoding?

The reason I made this thread is to find a way to just put mp3s together without re-compressing because I don't want to lose quality. Good luck with that. MP3 or MPEG1, Layer 3 works by carefully managing quality perception and data compression. If you change anything -- like mixing two songs -- th...

"The down side is that re-compressing the audio to MP3 reduces the sound quality."

The reason I made this thread is to find a way to just put mp3s together without re-compressing because I don't want to lose quality.

Can I use audacity to put multiple mp3 files into one without re encoding? No. Use a "playlist" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playlist#On_computers_and_the_Internet I need a program that combines multiple mp3s into one mp3 file and they play at the same time. That way I can put mp3 vocals ...

Can I use audacity to put multiple mp3 files into one without re encoding?
I need them to play on top of each other playing at one time.

If not can somebody point me into the direction of a program that can do this?

Thank you a lot if you can help.