Why Does The Waveform Look Like This After Importing

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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After Importing AUP files why does the Waveform look so different, And after saving it, is renamed AUP3 ? Now there is an AUP and an AUP3 file.
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Also, why does the " Tracking Marker " move ever so slowly now?

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Different from what?
(and which version of Audacity are you using?)


“AUP” is the project file format for Audacity versions 1.x and 2.x (These projects have an “AUP” file and a “_data” folder).

“AUP3” is the project file format for Audacity 3.x. The AUP3 project is self contained (no separate folder for the audio data).

Audacity 3.x can open AUP project and AUP3 projects, but can only save in the new AUP3 format.

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Also, why does the " Tracking Marker " move ever so slowly now?

It will move very slowly when zoomed out completely, as that is a long clip, over 3 hours.

After Importing AUP files why does the Waveform look so different,

Are you referring to the very flat tops?
That is caused by severe clipping,
Perhaps you applied gain (or other effect) that caused the audio to clip?
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