Converting to MP3

[ivolod]

Hello,

I've recorded and edited a song with Audacity, and it's finished. I have converted it to MP3, but now half of the song is gone. The file is as long as before, but there is just silence between certain times...

What should I do??

ivolod

[steve]

Do you still have the Audacity Project? (both the AUP file and the _data folder)
Does it play correctly?

[ivolod]

Yes, I still have the Audacity project and the _data folder.

And well, no, it doesn't play correctly. The song is playing, both in Media Player and in Audacity, but there is just silence. That's the trouble.

[ivolod]

Does nobody know?

[donp]

I've seen something like this.. best guess is you ran short of disk space or memory during some operation. "undo" has gotten me back in those cases.

In the flow I usually use for recording LP's (remove DC bias, rumble filter, remove some clicks, amplify, export) disk space needed is about 10x what a .wav file of the album side would take.

[steve]

Is the waveform still visible in Audacity?
What happens if you apply the Amplify effect to the track?
Do other projects play correctly?

[ivolod]

Thanks for these replies... I'm going to try these things tomorrow, I'm very tired now.

(I live in The Netherlands, so it's 0:43 AM here now )