> Loren wrote: > yes, did that. Then tried everything i could think of to get > it to save the file.
If you want it to be a .wav file, you will need to choose "export as wav". "Save" will save in the unique Audacity format. Can you get to "Edit > Preferences"? Under the tab "Directories" it should report the free space in the chosen directory. Is "Export as Wav" grayed out? > It has been sitting on my desktop for a > few days while I tried to figure out how to save the file. It > is about an hour and 20 minutes long. Oooh. That's a pretty long file. I'm not sure why you aren't seeing an option to save, but for future reference - especially for long recordings... Audacity is a common choice, but I would advise against using it for the _recording_. Internally, it handles the audio by chopping it into small (less than 5 second) pieces and the stitches them together when you playback. This works great most of the time. But should the program or the computer crash during a recording, the "audio file" is likely a folder full of randomly named, short sound clip that Audacity may _or_my_not_ be able to put back together. Thus I would recommend either of the following two programs for the actual recording. For editing, Audacity can be great. http://audacity.sourceforge.net My two favorite MS Windows recorders are: EZTracker http://www.aletheia.tv/EZTracker.html http://aletheia.tv/EZSetup.exe is very simple, and as such has very few options. It is freeware, but I don't remember the details of the license. The current version records only .wav files. HDOgg http://www.fridgesoft.de/harddiskogg.php is licensed under GPL, it has a reasonable ( I think! *smile*) set of options including an automatic level control. This one can record a .wav file, or Ogg Vorbis file http://www.vorbis.com/faq/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg or .mp3 with the help of LAME. http://lame.sourceforge.net/about.php Once you have a .wav file on the disk, you can use Audacity to trim, alter, tweak, warp, etc. -- Philip _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
