Audacity Forum

Is an Audacity project file (Save Project, Save As Project) a lossless format? I noticed if I "Save Lossless Copy of Project' there is a folder created with a single .wav file named the same as the .aup file. If I open the project, make a change or add a label and save (cntrl-S), there is a new...

Will an 'Audacity Project' be an index of the original wave file kind of like when you use Adobe Premier for a video project it doesn't contain a copy of the original data, just a pointer to it or does an Audacity Project save it as a second wave file leaving the original wave recording intact? It s...

Windows 7 Pro sp1 32bit I have a long recording done in Creative Wave Studio 7 that I added markers to so I can skip to the next track on an audio cd or on my phone/player, etc. Can Audacity read these makers when opening the wave file? Supposedly they are saved in the metadata but I'm not sure if i...