Audacity Forum

Skype always changes system sound settings. Sometimes it forgets to put them back. If it's running in the background it usually keeps its settings. Koz

What's the goal? In one step you want to create the highest possible quality sound file and in the next step you're choosing system numbers of poor quality. ??? MP3 is an encoded sound format designed for use with the early MPEG1 video systems. The video format died, but the audio format lives on. T...

Describe the rest of the system. "I'm using a Lenovo IdeaPad laptop with Win7 and external USB hard drives."

Does it sound OK if you just listen?

Koz

And a quick note there is 32-bit and 32-bit floating. You want to be clear which one you're using. Audacity uses 32-floating internally to avoid sound damage when you apply special effects and filters.

Koz

44100 is the sample standard for Music CD and 48000 is the sample rate for digital television. Both work pretty well but you should bias your choice to your job. It gives the electronics a little less work to do. If you produce work in 44100 for a video show, the video editor has to convert the trac...

Did you go through a USB hub instead of home run cables to the computer? Live audio doesn't like that very much. Are you using USB connected external hard drives? Koz

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Koz

Please do not double post. It ticks off the elves. Koz

Yes, we see you. The forum is moderated and your posting will not appear until one of the elves accepts it for publication. Koz

when I change the bitrate, it'll change length. When you change the WAV sample rate in Audacity and you do it in the wrong place, then yes, the length of the show will change. So if you try to do it in the management panel to the left of the track, the show length will shift as will the pitch, timb...