Topic: "Unable to open target file for writing" message when tracking in Audacity!Help!

[Bdifr78]

Ok, so I downloaded Gr8tful98's tape of NMAS at HOB in New Orleans.  He is a newbie like myself and didn't know how to track it.  So, I downloaded the show as two giant files(one for each set).  So I start tracking the show last night using audacity and everything is going great, get the first 7 files tracked flawlessly.  Stopped to go to sleep last night and saved project.  Now I have resumed this project and am unable to save the tracks.  After I select "export selection as mp3" and name the file it pops up with a little window that says "Unable to open target file".  Does anyone know what has happend here?  Or how I can fix it.  Thanks, I have just put my first rig together and will go out to do my first taping at Haymaker Festival next weekend so this is the first tracking project I have undertaken.  Help a newbie out!  I am doing this file in mp3 because my computer is sucking real ass right now and I tried to start this as a .wav and it took forever just to load it into audacity and eventually my computer just shutdown.  I guess it over heated.  Any input on this would be great.

Thanks,
Joe

[Gordon]

use cd wave.

[Bdifr78]

I thought thats what people would say.  So should I edit in audacity then track in CD Wave?  Or does CD Wave have editing functions too!

[Gordon]

no editing just tracking.  so yea edit in whatever program you want.  I use wavelab or soundforge.  then track in cd wave. also you can save as flac in cd wave. 

[Bdifr78]

Sweet!  +T!