Please help! 2 Separate chapters of audiobook have merged into one after a bug/system crash...

[kozikowski]

There's another trick to this. As you shut down, pay attention to the tiny spinning daisy. That's the mac cleaning up all the odds and ends in the system, trash and old coffee cups. The first time you do it, it may hang there for a good long while.

Start and let the Mac settle down. The second time you shut down, after a couple of minutes, the daisy may flash once and that's it.

Shut Down and Start if you have a crash of any kind. Crashes leave trash all over.

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The idea is to announce some work and Export as WAV (Microsoft) 16-bit. That's your backup if Something Happens and your edit goes into the mud. You don't have to go back to the microphone. Save a Project if you wish.

When you get the final show, Export the Edit Master as a WAV. That's your Mastered Archive. Then a Project (if you wish). Only Then make the MP3 file for ACX. If there's a change to the show, edit the WAV or Project, not the MP3. MP3 files create sound damage and it gets worse each time you edit one.

We are trying to avoid the New User process of announcing into a Project, Edit that Project and then Export the MP3. If anything fails at any time, it can put you all the way back to the microphone.

Koz

[kozikowski]

All that and I still can't whip up a way to scatter shot two Project files across one show. I mean I can, but it involves things like sector errors on the hard drive. It's basic: "I put stuff here on the drive and it's not here any more!"

Besides being amazingly evil, it's also unstable. Do all your old shows open OK?

Koz

[fmarrello]

Hey Koz,

Just wanted to say thanks again... I did end up re recording with no more probmels yesterday so am just keeping fingers and toes crossed for now. I did shut computer down and restart and Audacity opened np......phew!

Cheers,

Fiona