Hi Dave, Are these recording of speech? In the mp3 options when saving, is the bit rate mode set to constant? If so you could set it to average, and see if this is an improvement. Unfortunately, there will be at least some loss in quality after decoding from and then re encoding to mp3 format. David. ________________________________ From: David Van Der Molen <dvm975@xxxxxxxxx> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, 13 October 2012, 12:27 Subject: [audacity4blind] Exporting Files in Audacity I record my files in MP3 format (96 KBPS) with a Zoom H1 recorder. When I edit the recordings, I'm quite okay with the sound quality. When, however, I export these projects back into MP3 format, 96 kbps, I find that the quality deteriorates. The recordings kind of sound tinny, like radio stations' web broadcasts used to sound like. Can I fix these MP3s somehow? Is there a particular equalizer that anyone would suggest that I use? Dave