web wrote:I think you lost me.
[edit] Gale replied while I was composing my reply so attend to what he said first!
Sometimes we elves over-estimate the abilities or understanding of the user to which we are replying; sometimes our replies are a bit over-detailed and boring; it is hard to strike a good balance; my apologies in advance for the excruciating details which follow!
First, it looks like you may be running an old (and maybe even non-authentic) Audacity. Unless you are running Windows98, ME or 2000 you should go here:
http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_windows
and get the current
1.3.14 beta Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 installer. If you are running Win2000 you should try that version also but make sure Win2k is completely updated to the most current service patch first.
If this update does not resolve your issue look here:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Pref ... references
for details on how to reset your configuration file. Do
NOT delete your old config file--rename it; this will allow you to restore it after testing!
If these do not resolve your issue we will need to have a sample of what you are trying to export so we may test and recreate your issue. To do this we will need an Audacity Project (which is both an AUP file and a data folder containing the actual audio) and a bad WAV file created from the Project.
Before doing anything else, make sure all files are copied in by choosing menu item
File > Check Dependencies; if you have questions on this let us know before proceeding!
If your "bad" WAV is longer than 4 minutes (or you have limited network access):
Try to create the smallest Project which displays the problem--start with a "bad" Project and shorten each Track by 50% (assuming all tracks are the same length, the idea is to shorten the WAV by 50% but keep the first half audibly intact), Save As with a new name so the original is kept intact, export and test a WAV...
1) If the problem is still there close the 50% Project, reopen the original and shorten all tracks by 75%, Save As with a new name, export & test--continue shortening the original and testing until you get as small a practical (when your % difference gets down to under a minute that is plenty good enough).
2) If the problem is gone close the 50% Project, reopen the original and shorten all tracks by 25%, Save As with a new name, export & test--continue this process until you get as small a Project as practical (if 25% reduction yields a good WAV jump immediately to 5% reduction of the original).
When you have reduced your example (if needed) you will need to post it some where for us to download. It will need to be zipped up (7Zip is fine as is standard Zip); you will need to zip up the AUP, its data folder and the WAV. If you have a Project called
badWave there will be a file called:
badWave.aup
and a folder called:
badWave_data
both will be in the same folder in which you saved the Project.
Zip both of them along with the WAV file which exhibits the problem and post them to one of the locations Gale suggested:
After you do so let us know the URL (the upload service will supply this when you do the upload--copy & paste that info into your reply to this).