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I've not come across this problem, but the time 6:45:47 is intriguing.
What sample rate are you using?
Is this a 64 bit machine?

My understanding is that using the higher sample rates gives you more frequent sampling and hence more samples (hence the larger file size) Yes, that's right so far... and theoretically more "accurate" digital representation of the analog audio No, that part is not correct. In the example...

I need explicit byte by byte description of data format for the simplest Audacity importable RAW file. Probably the simplest format is "8 bit signed integer PCM raw", which is simple a series of 8bit values representing the audio samples. For example, here is an 8 bit signed PCM raw file ...

This topic may help: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 86#p148686

In "Edit > Preferences > Quality", what is the "Default sample rate"?
Try both 44100 and 48000 to see if it makes a difference.

Please avoid double posting.
There are other answers in your duplicate post here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 76#p231176
I'll lock this topic to avoid confusion.

How to convert WMA to WAV. If you only want to convert the format, then you would probably be better to use a specialist format converter program. Audacity works in its own "project" format. Various types of audio file can be imported into a project and the project can be exported in anot...

Dealing just with the sample rate question (which was what we were originally talking about), look at these two waveforms. What is the difference between them? tracks000.png The first has a sample rate of 44100 Hz. The second has a sample rate of 96000 Hz. Both tracks have a sine wave that has a fre...

when in sound settings I try to configure it to work through the mbox2 digital or analog input the window closes and is not set right, I'm unsure which "window" you are referring to. The settings for host, recording input device, playback output device and number of channels to record can...

To export as 32 bit, select "Other uncompressed files" as the file format, then click on the "Options" button to select your required options.
More details in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fi ... ialog.html