Audacity Forum

In Audacity 1.3.12 if you go to "Edit menu > Preferences > Spectrograms" you can adjust the settings for the spectrum view. Increase the "Window Size" for higher resolution (at the expense of slower rendering). If you increase the "Maximum Frequency (Hz)" you will be a...

You can test this for yourself easily enough if you are interested. This is easiest to do in Audacity 1.3.12 as this later version allows you to set the MP3 compression amount in the Export dialogue (the "Options" button) which is a lot easier than digging into Audacity Preferences to cha...

No, that is not a safe assumption. There is very little spectral difference between a 128kbps encoded file and a 320kbps encoded file. The difference due to the content of different recordings will be much more significant than the small difference in spectrum due to the encoding. Thank you this is...

Hypothetical situation: I have an audio file that I suspect is a transcode, ie. Transcoded from 128 to 320 kbps. I now also have a legit 320 kbps copy. Here is an example of the suspected transcode (spectrum mode) http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums/af221/ShannenName/transcode.png Here is an example...