Audacity Forum

Try upgrading to Audacity 1.3.12

You should be using Audacity 1.3.12 with Vista. Audacity 1.2.6 is too old to run well on Vista.

You can download Audacity 1.3.12 from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/

This page provides solutions to many of the problems that occur on Vista: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_OS

That catches a lot of people. Did you manage to move it back and restore the project?

I'd like to make them mono, but when I do the simple method, the audio gets a little muffled. How are you doing that, with "Stereo Tracks to Mono" from the "Tracks" menu? Another way would be to click on the track name, then select "Split to Mono". This will split the ...

Immediately before you export, look in the bottom left corner of Audacity. There is a box that says "Project Rate (Hz)". Make sure that it is set to 44100. If it is not on 44100, change it to 44100, then export as "16 bit Microsoft PCM WAV". If you still get the same problem then...

Don't delete anything, don't rename anything, don't empty the recycle bin until you have read this: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/File_Management_Tips

Which version of Windows are you using?

What if you export from Audacity as a WAV file?

How exactly (step-by-step) are you exporting the MP3?
What name are you giving it, and where are you exporting it to?

But it has erased the negative values. That's what you asked for "I want to keep only the positive values" ;) Is it possible to 'move' all the waveform up, keeping all the excursion values? Yes. If you know exactly how much you want to move it up it is very easy - you simply "add&quo...