Volume Drops After Trimming and Exporting Audio File

[oz0707]

Hi, I’m encountering an issue with Audacity that I hope someone can help with.

I start with an audio file that sounds perfectly fine and has a good volume level. However, after I trim a few seconds (removing some unneeded parts) and export the edited file (WAV), the exported audio sounds noticeably quieter than the original.

I haven’t applied any effects or changes other than trimming — no normalization, compression, or gain adjustment. I’m simply cutting and exporting, yet the output volume drops significantly.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a setting or export option I might be missing that causes this volume drop?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Wrecks0]

This post is just an observation by me for the experts in the forum to evaluate. It is not meant to be an answer to the question.

I noticed that the saved wave file is converted from the native 32-bit float of the editing environment to 24-bit PCM. Could that have anything to do with the change in volume?