Fast-Forward sound/AAC format

[Missclawdy]

I imported a song into Itunes, where it became an AAC format. When I import it into audacity and push play to test it out all I get is a "fast-forward tape" sound. why? Everything else seems to be on the up and up. There is a left and right channel and I can split the track, but why do I hear the fast forward sound with no music or vocals, just a jumbled-rush mess.

I can't figure out how to change the AAC format to WAV in Itunes. I tried the preferences thing and what you are supposed to do. I tried again afterwards but it made no difference in trying to switch formats.

I want my audio back.

Any ideas?

Thank you!

[Locopomo]

The nasty blip you're hearing when you open a native iTunes file is due to the fact that Audacity has a bad habit of opening file formats it doesn't actually support, then playing the noise you describe. You need to export from iTunes in WAV or MP3 format before you can use the track in Audacity.

I don't use iTunes, but 5 seconds with Google and I found this. If you're following these steps but still having a problem, then either another iTunes user around here can help out or a post on an iTunes forum might be an idea.

To convert music files from one format (e.g. AAC) to another (e.g. MP3):

1. Open iTunes
2. Click on iTunes – Preferences
3. Click on the Importing button at the top of the window
4. From the Import Using pop-up menu, click on the encoding format (AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, MP3, WAV) to which you want to convert your music files
5. Click on OK to save the settings
6. Select one or more songs in your iTunes library to convert (Command-Click to select specific individual files or Shift-Click to select files in a row)
7. Click on Advanced – Convert Selection to... (the format you selected in preferences above is displayed)
8. A copy of the file (or files) will be created in the new format