Raw data into WAV

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Hi, I’m a very basic user of audacity as I only use it to record DJ sets.
I normally save the raw data and once this is done I also convert to WAV which I can then playback. I forgot to do the latter a few weeks ago and now have a folder with a few hundred clips that I need to get back into Audacity to convert to WAV but this has me stumped.
I’ve tried to import but it will only let me import one at a time and I’ve tried to open file but it opens every clip as an individual in Audacity which usually crashes my system due to overload.
Being a total novice with this I’m hoping for some help on what is likely to be the most basic functionality but I’ve got to start somewhere.

Thanks in advance
Paul

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Do you mean that you Save the Audacity Project?
If you do, then unfortunately you are faced with the task of opening one project at a time and exporting the WAV file.
We strongly encourage users to export WAV files immediately after recording if for no other reason than as a back-up.

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Are you trying to open the AU files in the _data folder? If so, open the AUP file instead. See here:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_opening_and_saving_files.html#aufolder .


Gale

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thanks for the replies.
If I have to open one at a time then it might take a while as the set was almost 5 hours long.
I’ll try the AUP route and see what happens with that

Cheers
Paul

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You don’t manually open the .AU files, just open the project .AUP files (as Gale wrote).
See here for an explanation of what an Audacity Project is: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/audacity_projects.html