Audacity Forum

Thanks. I think that answers all my questions for now, and I'm successfully transcribing my ancient tapes.

-- hendrik

When I opened a stereo WAV file in Audacity, to the left of the intensity graphs it said "stereo, 44100Hz 32-bit float" Does that mean that the samples in the file are recorded as 32-bit floating-point numbers? By default Audacity converts WAV files to 32 bit float on import. It does not mean that ...

When I opened a stereo WAV file in Audacity, to the left of the intensity graphs it said "stereo, 44100Hz 32-bit float" Does that mean that the samples in the file are recorded as 32-bit floating-point numbers? And does that mean that they can be out of normal range without being clipped? (assuming ...

Yes, the auto level control is turned off!!

And Lo Cut is also off.

-- hendrik

@steve: I examined carefully the file I had recorded with the input level set very low, and it too exhibits clipping. It's not as noticeable, because the volume of everything is very low, making it about as hard to hear as the music. Attenuating the analog signal outside the H1 does help. I set the ...

Yes, that makes sense. It hadn't occurred to me that a device as good as the Zoom H1 would have such a misleading recording level indicator or an input level control that operates only after the A-to-D stage. It doesn't quite match my experience that the clipping disappeared when I turned down the i...

I'm transcribing old reel-to-reel audio tapes from the 60's, recording them as WAV files on a ZOOM H1 digital recorder, then editing them on audacity. On one transcription yesterday I got a loud crackling sound that my son, who has experience with other editing software, identified as clipping. So I...