Imported .WAVs are oversaturated and unusable.

This section is now closed.
Forum rules
Audacity 1.3.x is now obsolete. Please use the current Audacity 2.1.x version.

The final version of Audacity for Windows 98/ME is the legacy 2.0.0 version.
Locked
basilwhite
Posts: 13
Joined: Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:43 pm
Operating System: Please select

Imported .WAVs are oversaturated and unusable.

Post by basilwhite » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:41 pm

V. 1.3.9, Imported .WAVs are oversaturated and unusable. I've tried multiple .WAVs, they all sound like I've pegged the meter way high. Other applications open these WAVs just fine. If I open the WAV file and save it in Audacity as a WAV file, then open THAT WAV file, everything works.

sule
Posts: 7
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:22 pm
Operating System: Please select

Re: Imported .WAVs are oversaturated and unusable.

Post by sule » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:58 pm

To complicate this question ( sorry I have no answer)
I use kabelradio digital; it is connected with my pc by a decoder and a optical-tube.
When I have play the radio I hear it by recording on audacity. All is fine !!
But there some stations who play and record to high and to quick. Perhaps you can say some radiostations are oversaturated.
Of course you can correct the result of recording but it is very diffulcult to find the right high and quickness.
Is there a possibility to get this right ?

Thanks for any reaction
Last edited by sule on Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.

waxcylinder
Forum Staff
Posts: 14685
Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:03 am
Operating System: Windows 10

Re: Imported .WAVs are oversaturated and unusable.

Post by waxcylinder » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:24 am

basilwhite wrote:V. 1.3.9, Imported .WAVs are oversaturated and unusable.
This does not happen with my 1.3.9 installation (on Windows XP-HE). I just tested it with a couple of WAV files that I created last week and they import (and open) at exactly the same amplitude tha I exported them at last week. So I'm puzzled.

WC
________________________________________FOR INSTANT HELP: (Click on Link below)
* * * * * FAQ * * * * * Tutorials * * * * * Audacity Manual * * * * *

Gale Andrews
Quality Assurance
Posts: 41761
Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:02 am
Operating System: Windows 10

Re: Imported .WAVs are oversaturated and unusable.

Post by Gale Andrews » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:07 am

waxcylinder wrote:
basilwhite wrote:V. 1.3.9, Imported .WAVs are oversaturated and unusable.
This does not happen with my 1.3.9 installation (on Windows XP-HE). I just tested it with a couple of WAV files that I created last week and they import (and open) at exactly the same amplitude tha I exported them at last week. So I'm puzzled.

WC
Try exiting Audacity then open the audacity.cfg settings file in a text editor and remove
all the content except "NewPrefsInitialized=1" at the top. See:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... reset_beta



Gale
________________________________________FOR INSTANT HELP: (Click on Link below)
* * * * * Tips * * * * * Tutorials * * * * * Quick Start Guide * * * * * Audacity Manual

Locked