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Thanks for the comprehensive info. From that I would expect the re-encoded MP3s to sound identical (when played on the same playback equipment). So to recap, the problem that you're reporting is that they don't sound the same - the version made on Mint 17.3 sounds worse than the version made on Wind...

anielica wrote: Am I missing important equipment?

We've no idea what equipment you are using.
Perhaps you could tell us what you are using, and post a short sample recording (just a few seconds in WAV format). See here for how to post audio samples: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49&t=72887

I'd expect there to be a similar space saving if you simply gate those quiet parts to absolute silence.
Setting the "dither" option to "rectangle" may shave a bit more off if you silence the quiet parts (depending on the compressed format used).

What are the exact MP3 settings you are using? Note that MP3 encoding reduces the quality each time it is encoded, so encoding a perfect WAV file will give a certain degree of quality, but (re)-encoding an MP3 will give lesser quality (like a photocopy of a photocopy). So the quality of the MP3 that...

Gale Andrews wrote:But why does that not work in the current 2.1.2?

Does it work for 2.1.2? I don't know, I don't have a copy handy. I know it works for 2.1.3 alpha.

If you want to use Time Shift Tool, click at each song break then CTRL + I (as in first person singular) to split, then you can drag rightwards with Time Shift Tool. That shouldn't be necessary if the entire project is selected (Ctrl+A), but it is still necessary to drag from within an audio clip (...

Puzzling. I'd expect that to work. Is it just that one project that has the problem? If you make a new small test project, does the procedure work? Note: with the Time Shift tool selected, you need to click and drag over part of an audio clip. Clicking and dragging over "empty space" will ...

In the next version of Audacity there's a 'slightly' easier way, which is to create two mono tracks first, and then record into them (so avoiding the need to split the stereo track). Not relevant now, but as a point of interest, I've been talking today with one of the developers about the possibilit...

With ASIO drivers it is possible to allocate which channel each input goes to, but Audacity cannot be distributed with ASIO support due to licensing restrictions, so in Audacity you will be using the Windows drivers, which do not support channel mapping. Therefore input 1 always goes to the left and...

MRGS wrote:On a similar note

Seems to be unrelated to the original post, so split to new topic.

MRGS wrote:Similar the split cut feature

In what way different from the split cut feature?