Audacity Forum

With LAME 3.100, if the level goes above +10 dB (that's more than 3 x higher than the maximum "legal" signal level), the import is corrupted. I'm not sure if I'd call this a "bug" since it only occurs when the signal level is far higher than it should ever be for normal audio. Nevertheless I'll log...

When you are creating these earrapes, let me suggest that you try changing Audacity's internal representation from floating point to 24-bit PCM. You can do this easily for an individual track by clicking on the down-arrow in the Track Control Panel, then selecting Format, then 24-bit PCM. You can a...

OK, so when I played 1.mp3, I heard the static you were talking about. When I played 2.mp3 I think maybe I heard something else. Once you go above 0 dB, the results are by definition, undefined. Audacity converts everything to 32-bit floating-point internally, trying to protect you from yourself. I...

jademan wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:00 pm

So would it be possible to post some short clips to illustrate this problem?

I apologize in advance for your ears, lol

1 was made with new version, 2 with old

When I'm trying to open some really loud files Are these files that you made? If so, how did you make them? Yes, it's files that I made louder in the audacity. In the new version especially. They seem to work fine in any other program, but audacity just shows and plays them as a wall of white noise...

DVDdoug wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:57 pm

I meant I didn't want clipping and white noise, I want "clean" mp3.

Then, why are you boosting by +36dB?

I mean I make some ear rape files for memes, but I want original audio to be somehow recognizable, like with wav files or older lame, not just white noise.

0dB is the "digital maximum" and anything above that can potentially clip. Regular (integer) WAV files and CDs are hard-limited to 0dB. Analog-to-digital converters (recording) and analog-to-digital converters (playback) are also hard-limited to 0dB. Audacity uses floating-point internally so there...

Edit: Problem doesn't appear on wav files. Perhaps it's some mp3 import problem?

When I'm trying to open some really loud files, they don't properly work in audacity. Instead it's just white noise, if I'm trying to save them they turn into white noise too. Originally they are clipped, but other programs can still play them and get the original sound, like ear rape version of the...