Audacity Forum

How do I consolidate short fragments from several different large AUP files into one? While I have two small fragments available now, the rest will arrive later. Which suggests archiving these fragments for later consolidation. I'd like to avoid consolidating all the associated Data folders into a g...

If you click precisely on the arrow (not the circle) and drag, then it will move just that one end of a region label. If you click on the circle and drag, then it will move the entire label (both ends together. To move a point label without expanding it into a "region" label, click carefully on the...

As a new Audacity user, I've just discovered the Labels function (select an segment and execute a Command-B). Is there a tutorial available? Labels, obviously, are a way to "grease mark" a section of the tape with a label. However I'm finding adjusting the area indicated troublesome. There are two i...

I'm editing out intermittent coughs during a lecture and frequently using Cmd-1 to enlarge and Cmd-3 to reduce.

Is there a visual indicator on screen showing the current level of magnification?

Is there a short cut to jump back the previous level of magnification?

Appreciated.

Are there recommended procedures for editing out coughs? Right now I'm enlarging sound wave to the point I can isolate a portion that comes close to aligning the start and stop. Are there better techniques? The most difficult is when the cough is simultaneous with speech needed. Any tips on this sit...

I'm very new to Audacity and also new to sound files in general. Can someone point me to a primer for the basics of Audacity's file structure? I've noticed there are hundreds of .au files added to my hard drive in four distinct groupings within a "data" folder for every .aup file, the editable file....

Step by step, how do I migrate some AAC files from iTunes 11.3.1 into Audacity 2.0.5 on a Mac running OS X 10.9.4.