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This is a known problem, but only in Export Multiple with the "Other Uncompressed files" filter, which gives you 16-bit WAV irrespective of what you ask for. Can you confirm the precise menus and dropdowns being used please?


Thanks


Gale

... the entire track. I select the track by clicking on the track control box (like I have always done). Export Selected. With 1.3.6 I use Other Uncompressed Files with the option for a 32 bit WAV with the default encoding. If you want I'll zip up the sine wav test project along with my WAV files ...

... This means that the audio must have two channels, 16-bit samples and a sample rate of 44100 Hz. For the CDDA audio specification they must be uncompressed audio - in other words WAV (or AIFF) files. You need to decode (un-compress) the files before putting them into infraexpress. To save disk ...

... dither : Triangle ------------------------------------------------------- -File formats tab- Read directly from original file - radio button on. Uncompressed export format : WAV (Microsoft 16 bit PCM) OGG qaulity : 5 No Mp3 Plug in on my computer for Audacity --------------------------------------------------------- ...

... top of this page. Basically, the "Red Book Standard" is the standard for audio CDs. This specifies that the audio should be 16 bit and 44100 Hz uncompressed audio data (among other things). Using WAV or AIFF you can have uncompressed audio with these exact specifications, and that is why it ...

... quality that Audacity uses for recording or importing, but is the default quality setting when Exporting as mp3. Audacity (all versions) record uncompressed audio (like WAV). The quality of uncompressed audio is governed by two things: the bit depth and the sample rate. The higher the numbers, ...

Long files could indeed be a problem. Even though you intend to export as MP3, Audacity processes all audio as uncompressed data. 4 tracks at CD quality 4 hours long is around 5.6 GB Normalize each track, then with the "undo" data, Audacity will be using (or trying to use) 11GB ...

... lost, there is no way of getting it back. MP3 encoding makes files smaller by throwing away some of the data (lossy compression). WAV format is an uncompressed format - files are larger, but quality is better.

... :D but I did say "something like" It should be done before import of uncompressed files, if at all. I think that a pop-up before import would ... "advertise" new features such as "On-demand summarising of uncompressed files". setup_screen.png After all, the "Power User" is going to go to set ...

... don't care or want to keep direct reading, so it won't change. Power users want fast importing of their 2 GB WAV files. On-demand summarising of uncompressed files which is a Google Summer of Code project, means you can start playing and editing that 2 GB file after a few seconds. If it makes ...