Audacity Forum

I read on the Audacity forums (at http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Change_Speed ) that there is some quality loss when you adjust the playback speed and then adjust it again, as opposed to hitting the undo button and then adjusting the playback speed just once. Is there also quality loss if you, fo...

I tried exporting to WAV signed 32-bit PCM and converting that to AAC in itunes, and the resulting file was exactly the same size as an AAC file converted in itunes from a 16-bit WAV, and you were right — I don't think I could tell the difference even with good headphones! You can however specify th...

Thanks everyone so much for your help! All answers were super helpful. I think I will just use iTunes for conversion from WAV to AAC as recommended, though I will definitely experiment with Custom FFmpeg Export as suggested by Gale Andrews too. While I have your attention, I had one more question I ...

I am trying to achieve the highest possible quality in the content that I export from Audacity while still using a lossy codec. Following the instructions found at http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=MP3_Export_Options , I have been encoding to MP3 using a variable bit rate value of zero ...