Audacity Forum

Hi, Thanks for the reply and for encouraging open exchange. It is WavePad. As for actually chopping off intended audio, that's an excellent question. I hadn't noticed anything just by ear. With this question in mind I ran a very simple and obvious test. What I did was, I took an original sample (it'...

Hi again, Never mind, I discovered a solution using another sound-editing program, which saves 4-bit ADPCM's cleanly after editing. I will refrain from posting its full name here as I assume it's rival software -- but in case anybody wishes a hint, its name begins with a "W" and it's adware.

Hi, No matter how much you trim, cut-and-paste, etc., once you save in the ADPCM file format, it always "corrects" the file to accommodate the block-alignment "rules," by placing some period of silence at the end. I have to figure that there are some software and/or sound-editing...

Hi, When you save a track in ADPCM format (Microsoft wave) it appends a little section of silence at the end. This has something to do with block alignment and filling in an unfinished block at the end. Per this little blurb: "Because ADPCM uses sample 'blocks' that are aligned one after the ot...