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itshammertime93 wrote:when I go to export it, I click .mp3 or .wav

You've lost me there.
To export, you click on the "File" menu and then .... (talk me through step by step from there).

Open the original 16bit/44.1 file. How? Drag it into an open project? Open Audacity and select "File > Import > Audio"? Some other way? When the audio has been imported, in the panel on the left side of the track, does it say that it is 16 bit, 24 bit or 32 bit float? Is it a mono or ster...

Describe your project. How many audio tracks in the project? How long (duration) is the project? Does it play correctly from start to end if you rewind and then press the play button? (a screen shot could help). What exactly are you doing (step by step, click by click) to export the project? Remembe...

kozikowski wrote:non-float formats

AKA "integer formats".

This conveys the impression that 'Mute Level' is the 'residual level' to which all pops will be reduced That's exactly what it is. If the "Mute level" is set at, say, -24 dB. then the peak level between the end of the fade-out and the start of the fade-in will be -24 dB. The minimum of th...

"Pop Mute" is a "fudge fix" for cases where clicks and pops cannot be easily removed by other methods. It works in precisely the way that the name suggests - If a "pop" ( a light explosive sound ) is detected then it will be muted. The purpose of "Look ahead" ...

bomber1978 wrote:I'm sure if you try it you'll get the same result.....

No. I'm getting exactly the same amount of hiss whether I export as 16 bit WAV or 16 bit FLAC.
I've also tested on Windows and I get exactly the same result.
If you can give precise step-by-step instructions I will try to replicate your results.

Using audacity I want to be able to record my microphone as input and also sounds from Skype (my friend speaking over Skype). First off, is this even possible using audacity Probably not. There are numerous people that have claimed to be able to do it, but when asked "how", they mysteriou...

Are you able to export as a WAV file? If so, do that first to ensure that you don't lose your work.
Then tell us more about what you have been doing and what you are wanting to do.

correct me if im wrong, i dont think the command lines for these two ever changed since years? There have been some additions to the command line options for FLAC 1.3.0 (26-May-2013), but I'm not aware of any that "break" when updating from 1.2.1 --sector-align is deprecated, (but should ...