WAV Export Options
From Audacity Development Manual
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WAV is an uncompressed and lossless audio format PCM audio. The format is in Microsoft's Little-Endian byte order.
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WAV files are limited to a maximum size of 4GB - see this page for details of how that relates to maximum times. |
What you hear by previewing with playback prior to export is what you will get in the Exported audio file.
- When using Export Audacity will only export tracks that are not grayed-out by use of the Track Control Panels. or buttons in the tracks'
- Also note that any hidden parts of audio clips are not exported, see Audio Tracks and Clips.
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Format Options
The only option with WAV export is the Encoding option.
The default Encoding is 16-bit PCM which you can change from the Encoding dropdown menu.
If you do change it Audacity will remember and re-use your previous setting on next use.