Hello:
I’m new to this and just learning Audacity. I’ve recently made some recordings and saved them as MP3 tracks.
When I open them up in Audacity to try and edit them, they look like they are compacted, and I can’t edit anything in this format.
I’ve looked on Youtube for tutorials on this, but haven’t found one.
How do you get the original format back on a saved track, so it can be edited?
All that does is make the line longer and skinnier, almost where it’s just a thin line.
And why does my tool bar look different from everybody elses?
You can also zoom-in on the vertical-scale to make the “thin line” thicker.
When you saved the track as MP3 it’s possible the track gain-slider was turned down,
so the mp3 version you created has a smaller waveform (i.e. quieter) than what you were looking at previously.
If you’d saved your work as an Audacity project that particular mistake is reversible.
Hello-
The gain slider was at the maximum that I could have it without distortion.
When I try and save a track it tells me it can’t save it unless I export it, and Audacity Project is not one of the options.
I did mess around with the vertical scale and that seemed to help, even though it didn’t revert to original waves, it did help!
Thanks a lot!
I did notice that I I had already edited the entire track already. I thought I had left part of it, but it seems I finished it before I saved it.
All this info is good to know, working on my next track!!
Thanks again!