WAV files are incomplete!

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WAV files are incomplete!

Post by mahano » Tue May 19, 2009 12:36 am

Hey folks......
I've created some audacity files (individual tracks of a song) that I'm attempting to convert to wav files......each audacity file is about 2min30secs long, but when I attempt to "capture" them as wav files and save them onto a floppy, the wav file's only a partial representation (about 2-7 secs each).....
what am I doing wrong?
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mahano

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Re: WAV files are incomplete!

Post by steve » Tue May 19, 2009 1:19 am

You need to use "Export" (File menu) to create a normal audio file.

Also, note that a 2mins 30 second WAV file at CD quality will be about 25 MB and will not fit on a floppy disk. The maximum length WAV file that you can fit onto a floppy disk at CD quality is about 8 seconds.

If you install the "Lame" encoder and export as an MP3 file, the size will be around 3MB, which is still twice as big as the capacity of a floppy disk. If the track is mono and you Export as MP3 with a high compression amount (small file but low quality) you should be able to just about squeeze it onto a floppy disk.
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