Audacity Forum

Thanks for your reply. The file was delivered to me with a .wav file type, but is it possible that it could be in another format? Any idea what format might cause it to compress to less than 1 second when played? If anyone has any ideas, they would be greatly appreciated.

I imported a WAV file into Audacity that only produces a very high-pitched, scrambled noise (so much so that it hurts my ears) - it doesn't play in any audio player that I've tried. The audio was also compressed from several minutes to 1 second. I cannot figure out how to de-compress the file, or ex...