Audacity Manual Contents

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Audacity 2.0.1 alpha development Manual

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Using Audacity

Quick Where and How Getting Started - Recording, Importing, Editing, Exporting... Finding the correct effect including generators and analyzers More help - Search the Wiki , ask on the Forum Understanding Audacity Foundations Digital Audio What is an Audacity Project? Audacity Setup and Configuration Playing and Recording Audio Tracks The Waveform Display Editing Selecting Audio Clips - separate audio regions within a track Splitting and Joining Stereo Tracks Sync-Lock Tracks Zooming Undo, Redo and History Mixing Audio Tracks Tutorials Editing an Audio File - Import the file, edit and export it Your First Recording - Connect and record microphone or guitar Mixing Voice with Background Music - For podcasts Recording Multi-track Overdubs - more complex recording Copying tapes, LPs and other media to CD or computer Recording streaming audio playing on the computer Vocal Removal and Isolation Making Ringtones - for your cellphone Example Workflows - Some sample workflows Help with Advanced Topics Accessibility (Audacity for the visually impaired) Audio CDs Batch Processing Crash Recovery Customization Latency when recording Recording Quality Scripting Simplifying Audacity

Reference

The Project Window Hover your mouse pointer over a window element to display the name of the item. Click to get details on the functions of that element.

More Details for the Project Window Mac users have two more menus: Audacity Window Other kinds of tracks: Label Tracks Time Tracks Note Tracks Details for importing and exporting: On-Demand Loading of uncompressed files Importing Exporting Metadata Editor Preferences Devices Playback Recording Quality Interface Tracks Import/Export Extended Import Projects Libraries Spectrograms Directories Warnings Effects Keyboard Mouse Details for libraries and shortcuts: Installing the LAME MP3 and FFmpeg libraries List of Keyboard Shortcuts

Index, Glossary and More

Index Glossary of Terms - digital audio terms and file formats Credits

Audacity License Information for Developers - join our developer community Information for the Media - Audacity and free, open software