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Variation of Idea 3 Format choices: __________________________ WAV (Microsoft) signed 16-bit PCM Other WAV (options) AIFF (Apple) signed 16-bit PCM FLAC Ogg Vorbis MP2 Other built-in formats ____ MP3 [requires 'Lame'] (external program) _______ M4A (AAC) [requires FFmpeg] AC3 [requires FFmpeg] AMR ...

Peter, they are not "obscure". U-Law and A-Law and ADPCM get asked about regularly on the Forum, especially by people who use Audacity to record messages for telephone systems. I know because of how often I answer those. ;) OK maybe not "obscure" but almost certainly less freque...

Rather than lengthen the dropdown menu for "Save as type" I would actually propose shortening and reordering it thus: WAV (Microsoft) signed 16-bit PCM WAV (Microsoft) 32-bit float AIFF (Apple) signed 16-bit PCM MP3 files M4A (AC) files (FFmpeg) Ogg Vorbis files FLAC files ----------------...

More of the lower bit depth choices that are inside "Other uncompressed files" should be placed in the main export choices dropdown, as per http://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=982 . Now that Leland has removed the "Options" from the export dialog (for the upcoming 2...

In the upcoming 2.1.2 release it should get a little easier to find - you'd still need to realize that you needed the "Other uncompressed files" option - but the options are now integrated on the initial dialog hopefully making them easier to spot. As a taster see this page from the 2.1.2 ...

Use Analyze>Regular Interval Labels

See this page in the Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/re ... abels.html

WC

Clickrepair accepts 32. I think I'm set. For now. Indeed it does Harry - and that's exactly what I did when I was converting my LPs 1) raw capture 2) save 32-bit float file 3) process 32-bit file through ClickRepair 4) import processed 32-bit float file back into Audacity for further processing ......

Ooh goody, another vinyl wars thread - now let my hobby-horse out for a canter around the yard ... CD's can sometimes only last a year or two even if well stored. If I must have a CD of something, which is rare, I rip it to WAV and sell the CD on as fast as possible. LP's last longer than CD's - fac...

This new workflow from the draft Manual for the upcoming 2.1.2 may be useful to you too: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Samp ... gitization

WC

DVDdoug wrote: Like Gale says, don't "record" from a CD player.

Unless, that is, you have one of those wretched CDs that were sold a few years back with DRM copy protection on them ...

WC