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I cannpt slow down file to hear at normal pace
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:06 pm
by EKI
I have downloaded audacity, and I have opened a file from my digital recorder that shows up on the screen. However, when I hit play to listen to the recording, it goes through the entire 58 minute recording in 2 seconds. I can not figure out how to make the file play at "normal" speed so that I can edit it! PLEASE HELP!
Re: I cannpt slow down file to hear at normal pace
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:07 pm
by waxcylinder
You are almost certainly trying to import a file type that Audacity does not support. Audacity Supports WAV, MP3, OGG
and FLAC & MP2 in 1.3.
The screech thay you may hear is Audacity 1.2's inelegant way of telling you that it can't handle the file type you've given it - in 1.3.x a more appropriate and informative error message appears.
If this is the case you have two basic options:
1. find and use some converter software to convert your file to a type that Audacity supports
2. play the file in any music software that supports that particular file format and record it in Audacity.
stevethefiddle wrote:There's a free program called SUPER by erightsoft that can convert most media file types. If you can convert the files to WAV files that should fix the problem.
WC
Re: I cannpt slow down file to hear at normal pace
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:09 pm
by EKI
It is a WAV file, I atleast know that for sure!
Re: I cannpt slow down file to hear at normal pace
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:13 pm
by waxcylinder
We have a lot of users who say just that - but it always turns out when they examine the file in detail that it is not a proper WAV file.
It would probably help if you told the forum which digital recorder you are using.
WC
Re: I cannpt slow down file to hear at normal pace
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:22 pm
by EKI
It is an Olympus VN-5200PC
Re: I cannpt slow down file to hear at normal pace
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:45 pm
by EKI
Okay! I just recorded from media windows to audacity! Now I have one last question. the recording on the digital recorder is clear, but the recording on audacity contains a lot of static. How do I clean this up?