Audacity Forum

... WAV files is not widely supported. So, you might want to go with FLAC if you want lossless files. (And, the files will be almost half the size of uncompressed WAVs.) CDs are lossless and uncompressed, so don't make a CD from an MP3 unless you don't have a choice. FLAC is not universally supported ...

... also 48,000 samples per second in the audio file, and 48,000 samples per second are converted to analog by the digital-to-analog converter. With uncompressed files, the file size is directly related to files size. With MP3s and other compressed formats we are usually more interested in the bit ...

... Hz. The only change you need to make is in "Other uncompressed files", choose "U-Law" for encoding, not "Unsigned 8-bit PCM WAV" ...

... open the file, from the track menu, convert it to mono, Then from the track menu resample it to 8000hz then from the file menu export it as 'other uncompressed files' with options: Header: 'WAV (Microsoft)' and Encoding: 'U-LAW' Any help would be massively appreciated. Cheers Pete

... example, for "Unsigned 8-bit PCM WAV", select "Other uncompressed files" as the file type, then "WAV (Microsoft)" as the header and ...

... level. To export as 24-bit WAV, choose "Other uncompressed files" when you export and click the "Options..." button when you ...

... it's MP3. iPods & smart phones can play MP3s. MP3 is lossy compression which can give you a high-quality file that's about 1/5th the size of the uncompressed data on a a CD. It can often sound identical to the uncompressed original, but since data is being thrown away, you should avoid the unnecessary ...

... of Audacity. In the version you have, choose "Other uncompressed files" and click the "Options..." button. If you upgrade to 2.1.2 ...

... you've used compression or limiting. You can re-open the MP3 and check the new peaks* after MP3 encoding, and if it's too far off, go back to the uncompressed original and try again with a different normalization setting. tend to find that mine seem somewhat muffled -- or, just not as crisp and ...

... 16-bit or 24-bit FLAC, and if you choose "Other uncompressed files" there is an option for 24-bit WAV. 24-bit is 1.5 times the ...