Audacity Tracks and Clips

An Audacity project can contain as many tracks as you want. Each track can contain several audio clips which can be moved around independently, but share several properties of the track such as its overall volume, panning, sample rate, and sample format.

The Audacity project shown above has three tracks ("Sax 1", "Sax 2", and "Drums"). The first track has 2 clips, the second track has no clips, and the third track has 1 clip. A clip can be moved from one track to another simply by dragging it using the Time Shift Tool:

All audio files that are imported or new audio that is recorded goes into a new track. Afterwards, you can move or copy and paste audio into existing tracks. To split a track into multiple clips, select part of the track and choose Split Cut from the Edit Menu.

Many track properties can be accessed by clicking the title of the track, near the upper-left corner, bringing up a menu something like this:

The options in this menu are described at Track Drop-Down Menu.

Stereo

Stereo Tracks contain a single label area to the left with two waveforms on the right. The top waveform represents the left channel and the bottom waveform represents the right channel, as in this example:

By default, the two channels of a stereo track are always edited simultaneously. However, you can split them apart and work with them independently by opening the track menu (see above) and selecting Split Stereo Track.