Manage presets

Most effects, generators and analyzers in Audacity have a Manage button in their dialog. Clicking on this gives a dropdown menu enabling you to manage presets for the tool and to see some detail about the tool.

Accessed by: Pressing the Manage button at the bottom left of effects, generators and analyzers

Example of the Normalize effect showing the "Manage" dropdown menu

Import

I've no idea what this is supposed to do.

Export

I've no idea what this is supposed to do either.

About

Selecting the "About" from the "Manage" dropdown menu will display a dialog giving information about the tool.

Example of the Normalize effect showing the "About" dialog

• Type: Indicates whether the tool is a native Audacity one (as the Normalize example is) or a Nyquist or LADSPA plugin.
• Name: Is the name of the effect, generator or analyzer.
• Version: If available this shows the software version of the tool.
• Vendor: Shows who has proved the tool.
• Description: A brief description of the tool and what it does.