Audacity Forum

Could you upload an MP3 file somewhere (such as dropbox or sendspace) so that we can take a look.

Hooray, we've found the problem. Download the "Audacity 2.2.2 installer " from here: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ When it has downloaded, double click on the .EXE file to run the installer. When the installation is complete, check again in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Aud...

Linux has much less reliance on file names than Windows. For example, a plain text file called "README" will be recognised by Linux as a plain text file, but Windows will probably say it can't open it. Windows relies heavily on the "file name extension", that is, the part of the ...

Have a look in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\Plug-Ins\"
Do you see a bunch of files with file extension ".ny"
For example:

rlearning wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 12, 2018 5:07 pm

What does this have to do with the problem I am seeing?

I'm trying to understand what the problem is that you are trying to describe. So far I've got you are seeing some errors in a "radio" (?) when you "pull in" some files, but not others.

rlearning wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:03 pm

The radio pulls the file into Windows 7 and it does not recognize the file type.

Which file are you referring to, and what is the full name of the file?

OK, I think I see what you are saying. Are you asking if window types that give less smearing in the frequency domain, give more smearing in the time domain, and vice verse? The answer is that the window type has little effect on the time resolution. It's the size of the window that has the major ef...

Piotr Grochowski wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:00 pm

Note that it talks about lower frequency resolution, but nothing about the higher time resolution.

See higher up the same page: Time Smearing and Frequency Smearing

What I mean is, the start point of an audio clip must be quantized somehow, computers being digital machines and all. Is it to an internal sample rate of 384000, or something else? Entirely an academic question of course. and the answer is quite technical. The start position of clips are defined in...

I record in 24-bit solely so I can enjoy the headroom. If Audacity is set to record in 32-bit float (the default), then it will use the highest format it can get. 32-bit float is the recommended working format as it protects against clipping at 0 dB, and Audacity works internally in 32-bit float, s...