Audacity Forum

... without harming the other to solve exactly the problem you have. Are you sure the software will not allow you to export in WAV, AIFF, or other uncompressed, high-quality format? Software packages that will allow you to do production like you want can't stay in MP3. They have to decompress the ...

... So for example if in Audacity you chose "Other Uncompressed Files" then clicked Options and chose IMA ADPCM with WAV header, ...

... by default, I only discovered the "Files of type: FFmpeg-compatible files" setting the other day by total accident. It sure seemed to be the ... multiple files. I'm dealing with files that are native mp3, no uncompressed WAV version exists. The editing I perform on these files is ...

... of ADPCM. In the Export dialogue, choose "Other Uncompressed Files" then hit Options. ADPCM is always 4-bit. Sample rate is chosen ...

... but GR doesn't seem to playback during the import. Set it aside, for the moment. Followed the above suggestions for export multiple; 'other uncompressed files' (AIFF, signed 16 bit PCM), imported into iTunes, burnt my third CD, nuked the AIFF tracks from iTunes, re-imported into iTunes, ...

... Conversion -- Change Project Rate (Hz) lower left > 48000 -- Track Name > Set Sample Format > 16-bit PCM -- File > Export > Format > Other uncompressed File Types <<<I've done this whole process before with earlier versions of Audacity.>>> In any of this, have you Exported As WAV? If you're ...

... posts and files must be really small for fast download, so some sacrifice in quality is usually made. For production, use WAV, AIFF or other uncompressed sound formats. They're clear and perfect and don't degenerate as you apply effects and edit. They're also very large in file size. Just ...

Yes. Choose "Other uncompressed files" in the "Format" box of the file export dialog, then click the "Options" button. In the "Specify Uncompressed Options" dialog, choose "WAV" in the Header popup menu, then choose the format in the "Encoding" popup.

-- bill

... dependent _data folders and files) from within Audacity. As I've said before, I think it highly unlikely that the "safer" preference to "copy in" uncompressed files will be default in 1.3 (and 2.0 when it comes out). We've invested too much in On-Demand immediate loading of WAV files (which is ...

... other application? If they are only 44 bytes, they are CD header files. If they are big (several megabytes), they may be WAV files, or some other uncompressed format. How did you convert them from .cda to mp3, as you mentioned in your first post? PO'L