Audacity Forum

... files (such as MP3 and OGG), Imported files are copied into the Audacity Project. Where you need to be careful is that by default, if you import uncompressed audio files (such as WAV files) the Imported files are NOT automatically copied. Audacity can access these files directly and will only ...

... utility. However, exporting from Audacity as "Other uncompressed files" and selecting "WAV - 32-bit float" then using foobar2000 to ...

... more complex things with Audacity than I ever will. >You said Any valuable capture -- any --should be exported immediately after capture as an uncompressed, perfect WAV file and backed up to safety storage medium. "The only thing I did after the cassette finished was to Save Project As. What ...

To Export as 32 bit you need to select "other uncompressed files" as the format, then select 32 bit WAV in "Options". However, ...

... awesome for helping! Oh, here is the message on the new audacity: Audacity did not recognize the type of the file management_takeover.aup If it is uncompressed , try importing it using "Import Raw". Oh yeah...and for kicks, I tried the import raw...same thing.

... Audacity window, then select the format as "Other uncompressed files" in the Export dialogue (File menu > Export) then click on ...

... Audacity window, then select the format as "Other uncompressed files" in the Export dialogue (File menu > Export) then click on ...

... Before long the beautiful music becomes a horribly metallic bubbly mess. The ideal way round this problem is to start with the music file in an "uncompressed" format (such as WAV) so that it does not need to be decoded. If the final file needs to be in MP3 format, for example if you want to put ...

... As for WAV importing, I have never encountered this before. Go to Audacity > Preferences then the Import/Export section and check "Make a copy of uncompressed audio files before editing (safer)" and see if that helps. How are you resetting the preferences in audacity.cfg? Clearing plugins.cfg ...

WAV was the default but since I hear about MP3 more often, I selected MP3 instead There are good reasons why WAV is the default; It is "uncompressed", so the Exported file will be virtually identical to the recording in Audacity, whereas MP3 (and all other "lossy" compressed formats) will ...