Audacity Forum

What I want to do is take all the files from my music folder and change the file type (I want them all to be WMA, and they're mostly MP3), and also to change the bit-rate if I can. Audacity does not currently support "batch" exporting WMA format files, so yes it is possible to do with Aud...

I don't know how long these things take to come about That depends on whether there's a software developer sufficiently interested in the proposed feature to write the required code. Even when the code has been written it can be some considerable time before the code works it way through testing an...

For example, it could be an small label next to the mic levels meter, just informing the real bit depth coming from the input source. Audacity may not know the originating bit depth. When you record into a 32-bit track, the actual bit depth of the track audio data is 32-bit float and this is displa...

For me, I think I may have created a monster... We have a lot of records, CD's etc of various ages loaded to the computer and are in the habit of periodically mixing tracks in "this weeks" playlist. I now have to either go back and reconvert all the tracks I have modified (and there are l...

Trebor wrote:Reading the small print it looks like it will stop working after a month if you don't cough up the $15.

I've not spotted anything along those lines so far, but heck, people have to make a living and I've no problem with people charging for their work.

Are you trying to overwrite an existing file?
What format are you trying to use?
How much free disk space?
How long is the recording?
What is the exact location that you are trying to save to.
Which version of Audacity are you using? (look in the Help menu > About Audacity)

What sort of "static"? If it's "distortion" due to recording too loud then it's probably not fixable.
Perhaps you could upload a short sample (2 or 3 seconds in WAV format) for us to look at. Below the forum composing message box there is an "Upload attachment" tab.

I've added a note in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tuto ... on_Windows

Reinstalling Audacity hardly ever (never) cures anything. To "reset" Audacity you need to reset the Audacity Preferences. See here for how to do that: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Preferences Regarding the sudden onset of this problem, have you recently installed any new plug-ins or ...

jeffwhitford wrote:What would keep the file from being writable?

Using invalid characters in the file name, such as punctuation marks or slashes.
Try using only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphen (-), underscore (_) in the file name.