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Cant seem to save recordings on comp
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:12 am
by ShadowWolf
Ok um a close friend of mine recorded something but she cant seem to figure out how to save the recording onto her computer.... can someone help with it? either send me an email or on here so I can explain to her, please and thank you!
Re: Cant seem to save recordings on comp
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:06 pm
by waxcylinder
SW,
You may be getting confused between the Save and the Export functions - this catches a lot of people out - and has provoked much comment on earlier postings.
When you are working on Audacity project you can Save the project to an Audacity project - this is a complex file structure usable only by Audacity and is optimised for speed of processing on recording and editing. This file format/structure cannot be used by other music software, nor can it be loaded onto MP3 players, iPods etc.
Once you have finished the recording and editing of a particular project you can the Export the project to a usable music file, or set of music files. Typical export formats are MP3 (compressed but lossy). WAV (lossless but big) and other less common formats like OGG and FLAC.
A WAV file or MP3 file is what you need for playing on your portable player, sending to your mum so she can hear it.
BTW to export a set of MP3/WAVfiles brolken up into tracks like an LP or CD - just insert labels at track breaks (use CTRL+B) and don't forget to put one right at the beginning for the first track. Then use Audacity's Export Multiple function.
WC