Audacity Forum

surfingalien wrote:If you have any other tips / tricks that might come in handy, please let me know!

Don't lick an iceberg.

zs6ro wrote:Its not actually hidden (attributes)

No, but the "Application Data" folder is.

Whatever it is that is telling you that it is an MP3 is misleading you.
Extract the attached file and try that.
I've converted it from AAC to MP3.

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Most file names have 2 parts separated by a dot, for example: homepage.htm cool_thing.wav audacity.exe The part after the dot is called the "extension". Microsoft help to confuse this issue by hiding the extension (unless you change this default behaviour) The extension should relate to th...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

The file format is not MP3, it is "iTunes v7.6.0.29, QuickTime 7.4 / MPEG-4 AAC audio / 12000 Hz" (1 minute 7 seconds) (not supported by Audacity 1.2) If you have iTunes on your computer I think you can use iTunes to convert it to WAV format, which IS supported by Audacity 1.2 (I don't use...

Would it be wise to create separate sub-folders for each project, and keep all their stuff in their sub-folders? Yes that's a good way of keeping everything organised, providing that you create the folder and then "Save" the Audacity project into it. In some situations, "moving"...

Yes, Lame is an extra download, but.... I'm trying to make the file into a mp3 thing. something that i can download onto a disk. Any reason why not export as WAV? Encoding as MP3 always reduces the sound quality to some extent. 16bit WAV files are perfect for burning to CD. About Lame: http://wiki.a...

Import all of your tracks into the same Audacity project (make sure you have plenty of disk space). You will now have a load of tracks one above the other. Use the Time Shift Tool (double headed arrow) to slide the tracks left/right so that they are in the correct order one after the other. They mus...

Quite a lot of people reinstall XP periodically to overcome the progressive slow-down that occurs as the OS gets junked up. (I'm not saying that is why Fabbelle reinstalled, it's just a common reason). To the moderator who deleted my post in the Stable forum; Although it had a similar title, IT WAS ...