Audacity Forum

So long as you are SURE that you will never want to re-edit, or re-export at a higher bitrate MP3 for better quality - AND have backed up your MP3s (not just in iTunes, but also preferrably on a second different spindle) the sure you can delete the .aup and its data folder with all the little .au fi...

And are you, by any chance, using a USB device for recording?

WC

Back to the original question - you missed out FLAC (lossless) - approx 50% lossless compression, but probably not compatible with iPods. Best quality on iPods is probably using Apple Lossless - not because it's any better than other lossless compresors, but being Apple, it will be well supported o...

A couple more useful ones:-- CTRL+2 return zoom to normal (default) zoom CTRL+L convert selection to silence CTRL+N opens a new instance of Audacity CTRL+B can also be used to create a label at a point (cursor position) CTRL+M creates a marker label at current position while recording or playing WC

Great tip that Steve - do you happen to know if the same behaviour obtains in Windows Audacity?

WC

Are you sure it's an MP3? I just tested loading an MP3 file into 1.3.5 and it worked fine.

WC

Yup 1.3 Beat vn. (latest is 1.3.5) has an equalizer built in - available from the Effects menu. I can be set to work from equalization curves (with some already built-in) - or to work like a hardware equalizer with sliders. UPDATE: I just checked in 1.2 - I forgot that there is also equalization the...

Actually 1.3.5 has just been released as the latest official Beta - with some futher bugs fixed and a few nice new features (see the release notes).

WC

Nothing wrong with TDK discs - I use their CD-R80s - and so far I've only produced one coaster/beer-mat.

If you do not have enough space on your hard drive that certainly can indeed cause problems. It can cause problems for Windows if space really gets tight.

WC

When you save an Audacity project as <project_name> it creates a number of things 1. a top level master project file called <project_name>.aup 2. a folder at the same filing level called <project_name>_data 3. and within the folder a sub-folder structure with lots of little .au files - segments of t...