How to Change Audio Bitrate in Discord Using Audacity

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Changing the audio bitrate of your songs can greatly affect their quality, especially when streaming them online through platforms like Discord. While there are several software options available that claim to achieve this task with ease, not all of them may live up to our expectations.

In this article, we'll be taking a closer look at Audacity - an open-source audio editor developed by volunteers and how you can use it to change the bitrate of your MP3 files in Discord.

What is Audratey?

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Audacity was initially released back in 2000 as a replacement for another popular audio editing software called A SoundForge. Since then, it has undergone several major updates that have seen its features expand greatly.

Some of the key benefits you can expect from using Audacity include:

* Cross-platform compatibility: This means that regardless of whether you're running Windows, Mac OS X (now known as macOS), or even a Linux-based operating system like Ubuntu, you'll still be able to use this software without any issues.

* Free and open-source development model: Unlike many other audio editing tools on the market today which require users to purchase licenses before they can fully utilize them, Audacity follows an entirely different approach. It is completely free for anyone to download and distribute under a permissive license that allows others to modify its source code as well.

How to Change Audio Bitrate in Discord Using Audacity

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### Step 1: Download and Install Audacity

Before you can start using Audacity, naturally enough, you'll need to have it installed on your computer. Fortunately for those who prefer not having to go through the hassle of manually downloading individual files from various websites (and potentially exposing themselves to malware in the process), there are several ways that this can be achieved without much trouble at all:

* From Audacity's official website: Simply head over to 'https://www.audacityteam.org/download'(https://audacityteam.github.io download) and follow the prompts provided on screen until you reach a page where you'll see links available for downloading different versions of the software depending upon what operating system(s) your computer runs on (Windows, macOS or Linux).

* Through a third-party repository: If you're using an alternative operating system like Ubuntu, you can also install Audacity through their built-in package manager. Simply search for 'audacity' in the respective repositories and follow the installation instructions provided.

### Step 2: Import Your MP3 File into Audacity

Once Audratey has been successfully installed on your computer, it's time to import your MP3 file(s) that you want to change the bitrate of.

To do this:

1. Launch Audiate (or whatever name your operating system decides to call it).

2. Click 'File' > 'Import...' from within the main interface.

3. In the subsequent dialogue box, select '.mp3 files' as the file type you wish to import and then click on 'OK'.

4. You should now see a list of all .mp3 files present in your system's default music directory appear below where you initially clicked 'Import...'. Double-clicking on any one of these will open it within Audacity.

### Step 3: Export Your Edited MP3 File with the Desired Bitrate

Now that we've successfully imported our target file into Audiate, let's proceed to export it back out again but this time around with a different bitrate.

To do so:

1. Click 'File' > 'Export As...' from within the main interface.

2. In the subsequent dialogue box:

* Ensure that '.mp3 files' is selected as both the file type and container format you wish to export your edited audio in.

* Underneath these dropdown menus, there should be a section labeled 'Bitrate (kbit/s)'. Clicking on this will reveal three different options for setting the bitrate of your exported MP3 file:

- Constant Bitrate (CBR): This option sets an absolute maximum bit rate in kbps that Audiate must not exceed when encoding any given portion of audio data. For example, if you choose 128kbps here then regardless of how much information actually needs to be compressed into each individual frame, no single one will ever contain more than this amount.

- Variable Bitrate (VBR): In contrast with CBR mode where every bit is treated equally regardless of its importance during encoding process; VBR instead dynamically adjusts the quality based upon what's being encoded at any given time. So if there are long stretches without much audio activity then less bits will be used overall whereas when things pick up again more resources become available because they're only allocated as needed.

not exceeding this limit per second respectively.

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And that concludes our step-by-step guide on how to change the audio bitrate of your MP3 files in Audacity using Discord. By following these simple instructions, you should now be able to enjoy high-quality music without worrying about consuming too much internet bandwidth or storage space on your computer.

If you have any further questions or concerns regarding this article or would like more information on other useful software tools available for editing audio and video files alike, feel free to leave a comment below!

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