Hi, I am rather new to Audacity, however I have used it successfully to create a CD and it worked, but only on my personal computer. I burned it on my IMAC. It does play on my Lenovo. However, when the venue tried to play it for me on a boom box, it would not work. I need to create another disc and want to avoid that issue !
But before I create the next disc:
Second question: I just finished a new music edit recording and tried to create a file. Sound quality was horrific. Reverberation and static. I did the same thing as I did the last time, so maybe I hit some button not knowing what I did? I tried to make a WAV and an Mp3. Previous file I made I played it on my MP3 no problem. The sound is horrific vibrating and reverberation. It does not play that way if I play it on Audacity. What have I done? I need this ASAP so I can burn the file. Needed it yesterday, of course! 
Thank you for any help.
Pam
it worked, but only on my personal computer.
That usually means you made a Data CD with music files on it and not an Audio CD. iTunes and Windows Media support burning both and you have to lay attention in the CD Authoring instructions which one to pick. I have a little stand-alone, personal CD player to check that my Audio CDs will play everywhere. That and the CD player in my truck will not play anything but Audio CDs. If it plays in both, it should play anywhere.
I need this ASAP so I can burn the file.
You know you posted in a volunteer forum, right, not a help desk? It’s possible the person who knows your answer could be multiple time zones away and won’t post until tomorrow.
Think about what you would do if we don’t fix it in time.
Koz
Kozikowski, Thank you. I was hoping I not to have to start all over. I don’t remember having to make a choice between a data file and an audio recording, I will look for that next time!
I did go back and try to play the file and it does reverberate in audacity now! Unfortunately I did not save my working file. I was hoping not to have to start over. Perhaps that is my only option. 
What did I do differently this time to create the bad sound? I used all the same methods, converting Youtube videos into Mp3 files, put the files into Audacity and spliced them into the recording I needed.
Kozikowski,
Thank you, I will look for that option next C?D I burn.
I did check and my saved project does have the same sound defect. This happened when I saved the file, because it played fine while I was editing it. I hope a volunteer will know what I did. I was hoping not to have to start over, but I’m afraid that is what I must do.
This is the CD Authoring Dialog for iTunes. You can tell you got the right one because it will ask you to select the gap between songs. Other types of CD don’t have that option.
I have seen CD burners that aren’t CD Authoring Programs. They only burn Data CDs. Full stop.
Run away.
Koz
I just finished a new music edit recording and tried to create a file. Sound quality was horrific.
In the new file? But everything is OK inside Audacity? Does one of the broken files open in a fresh Audacity?
You have to create a sound file to burn a CD. Audacity is the only program that knows about Projects, AUP files and _DATA folders.
Production Note: The default WAV (Microsoft) export and the music on a Music CD have the same uncompressed, very high quality. I wouldn’t put a ratty MP3 in the middle. That gives you a CD with ratty MP3 music.
Audacity note: If you do reinstall Audacity, check the install box to reset preferences and settings. If you don’t, you may get a fresh, pure, clean Audacity with all the old problems.
Koz
Thank you!! After trying to clear the garbage that has taken over my old Mac I managed to figure out how to get the file from my school laptop, which has no burner, to google drive and then to itunes. Somehow I got there. Blind squirrel here, helped by you! I wasn’t sure what speed to use. So do you recommend using 8X? I had to create a whole new edit. I burned an Audio this time, and selected no spaces between songs. This may be what I did wrong last time. I’d still like to know what I did wrong. I used the new version, 2.2 version this time. Thank you so much for your advice. Your help has made all the difference! 
Sound quality was horrific. Reverberation and static. I did the same thing as I did the last time, so maybe I hit some button not knowing what I did? I tried to make a WAV and an Mp3…
…The sound is horrific vibrating and reverberation. It does not play that way if I play it on Audacity.
Are you sure it’s reverberation? Reverb is an echo-like sound that you get in a hard-tiled bathroom or concert hall, etc. The only way to get that accidentally would be to record with a microphone so that you’re picking-up “room sound”. (There is a reverb effect if you wanted to add it intentionally.)
I suspect you have [u]clipping[/u] (distortion). Audacity itself won’t clip (because it uses floating-point) so you may not notice anything wrong until you export to a regular (integer) WAV file. The way to prevent that is to run the Amplify effect to bring-down the level before exporting. Just accept the default Amplify setting and the volume will be adjusted up or down as needed for 0dB maximized (normalized) peaks.
DVD Doug, I’m not thinking it’s from clipping however, it’s a static throughout the entire project. I redid my project and there is no static.
I played my CD in a little player, and it skipped a bit, just one place. I can’t have that! Perhaps there was a speck of something on the blank when I recorded it. I’ll try again with a clean disc.