Hello,
I am using windows XP 32bit and installed the .exe of Audacity.
I am blind and do not have visual assistance to help with an issue I am having.
I am trying to figure out how to select a track, IE, Track 3 and edit that track alone while leaving the other tracks alone. I can’t seem to do it. I am selecting and de-selecting tracks just fine, (or at least I think I am) but I end up editing all of the tracks.
I have read through the Jaws guide and although what it says makes sense, it isn’t translating over. In other words, it isn’t working as explained.
To explain further…
***I have the overdubbing selected ***
I record myself narrating a poem on track 1.
I hit record again and while I am hearing my narration from track one, I play music onto track two.
Okay, great but lets say I want to correct something with my narration.
How can I only select track 1, and when I hit the play button, I hear only track 1 playing? I’d like to be able to edit track one separately from track 2 and not hear track 2, the music, playing because it would be distracting obviously.
Or does this multitrack behave differently? Is it automatically, each time you record a new track, combining everything onto a solo track in the background?
Any help would be most appreciated!
Suffice it to say, there are very very few multitrack based audio editing programs that are compatible for the blind. I love Audacity’s simple easy multitracking! But I need to be able to edit tracks and play them separately so has to harness the full ppower of mixing and producing a mastered track.
James