[NTLUG:Discuss] sound issue with audio editing and cd burning

[Mike Hart]

The default sample rate on unconfigured Audacity is frequently 48000 or 96000, depending on the distro and audacity version you have. 

The default (and likely hardware restricted) sample rate on your off the shelf audio sound card is likely 44.1khz.  The error message you are quoting is audacity telling you it can't play audio at sample rates higher than the hardware supports (it doesn't do dynamic downgrade from the rate you specify in the file.)

Create a new audio session using 44khz as the sound rate, and you should not get this error. or (if you're doing pro sound you intend to sell or broadcast on production TV or radio) -- Go get a sound card capable of 192kbps audio, then pretty much any bit rate will be supported.  

If I read your message a different way, You already have a "RIPPED" CD that you are trying to open with Audacity. If this is the case, the issue I describe above is the same, but you must find the default sample rate in audacity and make it lower.   I've forgotten how to set the default bit rate, but you should be able to find it in the settings. If you're changing the default rate like that, you may need to quit/restart audacity or even the X session before it takes. 


Importing from CD media into digital media on a Hard drive -> RIPPING
Writing digital media on your drive onto a CD -> BURNING