Mac 1.0.0 and Windows (Transferring)

[Norris3]

Hey there,

-I've recorded a session using OS 9, Audacity ver. 1.0.0.
-I've put it on a flash drive and taken it to a Windows computer runing Audacity ver. 1.2.6.
-The resulting waveform is all pink noise..Doesn't look or sound like my original recording at all.
- If I was able to burn the session to a CD, or export it via MP3, I would have.
*Please keep these in mind when responding*

I have all of the Audacity raw data files from the Mac, though I don't really want to piece them together - results in loud popping noises for each clip imported. Do you people know of any way to restore the session to the manner in which it was recorded on the Mac? Am I doing something wrong?

[alatham]

This is beyond my personal level of expertise since you were using such an old version. I'm going to pm one of developers and point them here.

[richardash1981]

On the Mac, Audacity > Export as WAV or Export as AIFF (not sure which you'll have). Then take the exported files to Windows and import them there. If you have multiple tracks and need to keep them separate, then you need to select each track, and do Export Selection to make each track into a file, then move the files.

The reason you can't copy the project is because audacity on the (PPC) Mac writes big-endian data files (because that is what is native there), but audacity on windows writes little-endian data files (because that's native). After audacity 1.2.2 or so the endianness of the data is recorded and audacity can convert on the fly, allowing you to move projects, but this doesn't apply to audacity 1.0.0

[alatham]

Mac writes big-endian data files (because that is what is native there), but audacity on windows writes little-endian data files (because that's native). After audacity 1.2.2 or so the endianness of the data is recorded and audacity can convert on the fly, allowing you to move projects, but this doesn't apply to audacity 1.0.0

Aha! Hence the "pink noise" that apparently isn't actually pink noise. Though it does sound the same, I just tested it, swapping endianness is fun!

[Gale Andrews]

For anyone else who reads this, here's a summary of the restrictions on opening projects on other computers which use different versions of Audacity or are on different operating systems:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... _to_others