Audacity Forum

A further observation from one who is following this out of curiosity.... Surely "something is better than nothing"? By which I mean, if you think you have a solution that will address, let's say, 80% of the items correctly, that will be worth having for someone who really needs this automation. If ...

That's not the way to do it in Audacity. Start by launching Audacity by double-clicking its desktop icon (or go via the Start button...All programs route). That will give you an "empty" Audacity window. Now in that copy of Audacity, do File...Import...Audio... and navigate to your MP3 file and open ...

Sure, Judy! Audacity uses standard Windows features so just select the bit you want to copy and paste then Ctrl+C to copy to clipboard, go click where you want to paste and then Ctrl+V to paste. There are also icon buttons that will do the same job in the toolbar (Scissors for Cut, Two documents for...

It's two lines in one track because its a Stereo track. Those two lines are the left and right channels. I cannot help with the second part of question because I don't use Audacity to achieve those kinds of effects. I only do straight recordings.

Effect...Change Tempo will speed up or slow down a selection without altering the pitch. For music I have found changes up to +/- 5% are OK, Haven't tried it on the spoken word.

Gale, I've been trying to follow this discussion, not always successfully, I admit! It seems to me as, I hope, an intelligent layman, that you are actually talking about two different philosophies of sound/silence finding. I'll call them "Ignore" and "Allow". If that really is the case, perhaps ther...

Having downloaded and listened to the first two minutes of this recording I don't understand what you mean by "harsh". The speaker has a slightly husky voice but is perfectly intelligible. There are still some instances of clipping but these do not distract me from listening to the words. There is a...

If you already have the track (I presume you mean in Audacity) then I do not understand why you are importing it again. If the "track" is a recording that you have made or a file you have ripped or downloaded then some extra details would useful. What kind of file are you are importing? How did you ...

An alternative which might be better depending upon just what your tracks contain (assumes you are using v1.3.14 and that your tracks are stereo tracks): Select the section that is out of alignment and then: - Edit...Remove Audio...Split Cut - Tracks...Add New...Stereo Track - Edit...Paste Assuming ...

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