Audacity Forum

I recorded some music on Audacity. I exported it as a WAV file to Wavepad. Got message when I tried to open in WP - "Can't open file...because ACM Codec is not installed..."
Meanwhile I CAN open WAV files in WP exported in the past.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS : In Audacity I had chaged some of the quality settings such as I went to 32 bit float and export as a 16 bit WAV. Can these have caused the problem? If so, any solution or should I return to default settings (what would they be ?)

My objective is to record some of my LP records to high quality sounding CD's so suggestions on settings to be used would be appreciated.

<<<Can these have caused the problem? >>>

Yes. PCM/WAV 16-bit, 44100 (or 48000) are common as dirt and everybody understands them. Not so 32-bit floating. Those are a little odd.

<<<My objective is to record some of my LP records to high quality sounding CD's so suggestions on settings to be used would be appreciated.>>>

Stop trying to help. If you record them at 16-bit, 44100 WAV, then the Music CD burning program can import them directly with no transcoding, adapting or processing. That's the format of the music on the CD.

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If you expect to do extensive processing, production, and cleaning, then yes, leave the show in 32-bit floating to do the cleanup, but then convert it back to 16 for the burn.

<<<LP records to high quality sounding CD's>>>

Did you rebalance your tone arm? Replace the stylus and check the pressure? How are you cleaning the records before the transcription? Pre-production makes an enormous difference to the quality of the transfer, and no, you can't just filter out the mistakes later. Post production filters and tools are considered desperation methods. That's what you do when you have no choice and it's too late to do anything else.

Koz

Wow, thanks for such a great reply! So many replies that I get are really obtuse!

Can you tell me how to convert the 32 bit WAV back to 16?

Thanks again for the help.