Audacity Forum

[quote="Irish"]Here's something that should work, though I haven't tried it myself with Audacity playing back. In Windows Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds tab, you can assign sounds to many everyday actions, including maximising and minimising windows. If you assign your second soun...

[quote="kozikowski"]I'm sure this isn't it, but the SOLO and MUTE buttons to the left will allow you to play two at once or mute only one, but you can't change things while Audacity is running. It's not real time production. You could play Audacity on two or more computers. Thanks Koz, I did "solve"...

Hi, I've successfully been using Audacity for sound effects at our local drama club (many thanks Audacity) and my usual technique is to open up a separate window for each of the sounds (say 6 ). I then click on the appropriate window and, at the appropriate cue, press the space bar to start or stop ...

Thanks Bill and WC,
I've taken both your comments on board and hopefully all should be well for our first performance tomorrow.
JohnT

Thanks Koz & Bill, Koz, I've given your suggestion a go but am having difficulty switching from mute to solo. Sometimes it works, others not. I like the idea of the label though. Bill, your idea sounds a distinct possibility if I can get it right. I can cut and paste the effects onto one track but w...

Any amateur dramatic people out there? I am helping out at our local drama club and I have a series of firework sounds which I need to play at relatively short intervals, each on a particular cue. At the moment I am doing this by opening 5 Audacity windows on my laptop, each with a different sound c...