Audacity Forum

Audio CDs are uncompressed PCM at 44.1kHz, 16-bit, stereo. PCM is the same underlying format as "normal" WAV files. And it's fixed. It always works that way, which means they can tell you a show length restriction and not bother with "data rates," etc. Audio CDs never go over 99...

There is one other "trick." I can't believe you were the only person to record that. Start calling around.

Koz

Thank you. No. The recordist was just too far in the back of the hall. If you can't get your microphone in the speaker's face, http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/microphoneNewsCluster.jpg Or do a one-on-one, http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/ShotGunInterview.jpg Then the only other trick is stand n...

Windows likes to hide filename extensions. Do you have your Windows set to show you yours? If you made a WAV file in Audacity and can't see the extension, Windows may be hiding it "for your safety and convenience." Hidden File Extensions - Windows -- Start > My Computer > Tools > Folder Op...

See, I'm not making this up. These test clips are raw. No processing.
Attached.

Koz

recorded an interview over the telephone Actually over a cellphone, not a telephone, right? Were you running software that claims to be able to record both directions? Most recording applications will not record the far end. Personal Recorder will not record the far end. It sounds like you are reco...

Echo and reverberation is difficult to remove because it's really the performer's voice reflecting from the walls. So you are not trying to remove a foreign sound. You are asking the software to remove the performer from herself.
Koz

First and last time I ripped an audiobook, I made the CDs into numbered playlists. Those work on an iPod just fine.
Koz

http://audacityteam.org/download/windows

Koz

Reading between the lines in your post, you are exporting an MP3 and you want to set the bitrate of the resulting file. First you must have the Lame software package installed so that Audacity will make a new MP3 file. Not happening without that. Then it's File > Export Audio > Format: MP3, Options:...