Audacity Forum

Editing wav files with Audacity 1.2.6 on Windows: I open a WAV file, do some editing on it (e.g. amplify, trim, whatever) then save it (where in Audacity, "save it" means "export as WAV to the original filename") overwrite existing file? yes of course. Then I get "Error: is directory write-protected...

Given that 4 out of the 5 primary features of audacity[1] involve editing a single file, would it not be worth making that process easier? e.g. if you load a file, modify something, and press control-S, it should save the file, instead of prompting you to create a project? [1] http://audacityteam.or...

"Yes, I've said so loudly and at great length. Audacity is not a WAV editor." -- are you saying it's desirable that Audacity is not a WAV editor, or that this is a duplicate of some other bug report? "Audacity produces Editorial Production Environments" - what's one of those? is it like a sound file...

Hi. I use audacity a lot for editing WAV files; I'm wondering if this process isn't as smooth as it could be 1: If you open a WAV file in audacity, do something, and press 'save', it prompts you to save as an audacity project. I want to save as a WAV file. If you only have one track open, and you ha...