Audacity Forum

DURATION 3.22
bit rate 128 kbps
audio sample size 16 bit
channels 2 (stereo)
audio sample rate 44 khz
protected no

THanks but I have tried switch and others and none will convert the mp3 uccessfully. They are all distorted the same way. I reloaded my Operating System and the previously distorted mp3s could now play but not in itunes or be converted. However if I rip CDs to realplayer in cda format these will go ...

Its like you can hear the foreground of the track in the background, it plays at double time and high peaks crackle

I have hundreds of GBs of MP3s which I have bought, and downloaded from CDs over the years. In many cases I have thrown out the CDs now in favour of the digital version. The MP3s were converted from wma and cda files. When I try and put the mp3s on my ipod they come out distorted. The mp3s play fine...