Audacity Forum

OK, that seems to have solved the problem. Thanks.

All right. I think I'm getting a bit of a handle on this, but things are still confusing. Let's call my original file "A", and after I load it into Audacity and then export it, it becomes file "B." File A, audio properties show as Mono, with a 32kbps sample rate. After i load it into Audacity, then ...

I open an mp3 file in Audacity. It's been recorded at 22050, 32kbps. Without making any changes to it, I export it to a new file name. When I open the newly exported mp3 file, it still shows 22050, 32kbps, but the file size has increased by 50%. I'm working in an environment where file size is criti...