Audacity 3.5.1 - Extreme Slow Down with Almost Every Operation I Attempt

[Penelope416]

So it turns out my files or the AUP.3/Audacity project was corrupted. I could not open it because Audacity kept “Not Responding” basically. But I did some digging and was able to open my corrupted file and make it work like new.

There is another forum post regarding opening or recovering corrupted files. Here:

Corrupt or Otherwise Broken Audacity Project Recovery

A new 64-bit Windows/Linux command-line utility is available to help repair broken or corrupt 3.x.x .aup3 Audacity projects. These include projects that fail to open with Error codes 11, 13, 101, and/or with the message “Audacity failed to read from a file in X:”. The utility will not run under 32-bit Windows or under MacOS and it will not work with older 2.x.x .aup files and _data directories. Complete or partial recovery is not guaranteed. Before attempting a project “recovery”, it is best …

I just followed the instructions when opening the CMD black screen and typed what was needed, per the instructions. Keep in mind to recover any corrupted Audacity projects, you need to first install and Unzip the “Audacity Project Tools” from GitHub. I am not computer savvy, but If I can do it, anyone can do it.

Also, after the corrupted file was recovered, I was able to open it in audacity, then export the file as a WAV. file. Then I opened the exported WAV file in a new Audacity project. And wahlaa! It works MUCH BETTER, now with no freezes or crashes.