Audacity Forum

it is a correct mp3 file
just that no wave patterns are showing up which is weird....
all my media players can play this mp3

when i try to make a backing track from mp3 How exactly are you doing that? If you Import an audio file (File menu > Import > Audio) then you should see the waveform appear. Are you sure that the audio file really is an MP3 file? Does the MP3 file play correctly in your media player? i did do that ...

I use Windows Vista Business on my laptop and I downloaded audacity 2.x how ever when i try to make a backing track from mp3 files the wave patterns are missing... all i have is just a line... Also when i tried recording my voice for a Japanese project.. the wave patterns were there for a milisecond...