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Audacity 2.0.1 alpha development Manual

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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 [[Menu Reference| 1 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Menu Bar]]   [[Transport Toolbar| 2 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Transport Toolbar]]   [[Mixer Toolbar| 3 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Mixer Toolbar]]   [[Edit Toolbar| 4 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Edit Toolbar]]   [[Device Toolbar| 5 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Device Toolbar]]   [[Timeline| 6 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Timeline]] [[Audio Tracks#panel| 7 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Track Control Panel]]   [[Selection Toolbar| 8 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Selection Toolbar]]   [[Meter Toolbar| 9 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Meter Toolbar]]   [[Tools Toolbar| 10 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Tools Toolbar]]   [[Transcription Toolbar| 11 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Transcription Toolbar]]   [[Audio Tracks| 12 [[{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}]]   Audio Track]] Hover over and click on the image to learn more. Guide to the Project Window 1 Menu Bar   2 Transport Toolbar   3 Mixer Toolbar   4 Edit Toolbar   5 Device Toolbar   6 Timeline 7 Track Control Panel   8 Selection Toolbar   9 Tools Toolbar   10 Meter Toolbar   11 Transcription Toolbar   12 Audio Track Hover over and click on the image to learn more. Guide to the Project Window 1 Menu Bar   2 Transport Toolbar   3 Tools Toolbar   4 Meter Toolbar   5 Mixer Toolbar   6 Edit Toolbar   7 Transcription Toolbar 8 Device Toolbar   9 Timeline   10 Track Control Panel   11 Audio Track   12 Selection Toolbar 1  Menu Bar   2  Transport Toolbar   3  Tools Toolbar   4  Meter Toolbar   5  Mixer Toolbar   6  Edit Toolbar   7  Transcription Toolbar 8  Device Toolbar   9  Timeline   10  Track Control Panel   11  Audio Track   12  Selection Toolbar Hover over and click on the image to learn more.

More Details for the Project Window Mac users have two more menus: Audacity Window Arranging Toolbars As well as the Audio Tracks shown in the image there are: Label Tracks Time Tracks Note Tracks Details for importing and exporting: LAME MP3 export and FFmpeg import/export libraries for more formats On-Demand Loading of uncompressed files Importing Exporting Metadata Editor Preferences Preferences are at the bottom of the Edit menu (or in the Audacity menu on Mac). Many settings can be changed including keyboard shortcuts and the interface language. Devices Interface Projects Warnings Playback Tracks Libraries Effects Recording Import/Export Spectrograms Keyboard Quality Extended Import Directories Mouse Preferences settings can be reset to default at any time.

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