Audacity Forum

... installed FFmpeg and chosen "FFmpeg-compatible files" as suggested? It should not be necessary ... format, then in the Export dialogue, choose "Other Uncompressed files", WAV (Microsoft) header and "IMA ADPCM" ...

... file, usually with the goal of opening it up somewhere else and listening to it. MP3 files create sound damage and you can't stop it. There is no "uncompressed" MP3. MP3 isn't a good format to use if you want to continue editing the work later as it gets progressively worse. For that you should ...

... and finishing. If you use the default WAV export, that will give you 16-bit. You can have other variations with File > Export Audio > Other Uncompressed Files. Koz

bsabiston wrote: But the current version of Audacity only seems to be able to export WAV files at 16 bit.

For 8-bit WAV export, select "other uncompressed files". For more details, see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/file ... ialog.html

OK oops sorry I see what you mean about other uncompressed files, that is what I need, thanks!
Bob

... the format selector. For other bit-depths, use "other uncompressed files". For more details, see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/file_export_dialog.html

... 0.5 seconds would work) - Finally export using "Other uncompressed files" and in "Options" using "Raw, Header-less" and "U-Law". Any ...

... your work as the default WAV (Microsoft), it should appear as a standard, vanilla WAV sound file. If, however, you choose to Export as Other Uncompressed Files, Audacity produces a WAV file and then mis-labels it AIFF. I believe it's just a matter of changing the filename. All of this could ...

... you open an MP3 for editing, the compression distortion goes up and the sound quality goes down. Yes, WAV files take up a lot more room. Clear, uncompressed audio files do that. Koz

... to Export Audio I have to set the File Type to "Other uncompressed files" to get a 8-bit option. I set the header to WAV (microsoft) ...