# Audio channels look different **URL:** \ **Category:** Audacity 3 Help Forum\ **Tags:** design, podcast, ui\ **Created:** [September 10, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audio-channels-look-different/148945 "2025-09-10T21:12:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Radio\_Mecatol](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@Radio\_Mecatol](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/Radio_Mecatol)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audio-channels-look-different/148945/1 "2025-09-10T21:12:31Z")
I am recording in two different channels and in previous versions of Audacity, both channels looked the same. Now they look different and there is a lot of drag and drop that I accidentally press. If you look in the image I added, you see that the color coding is different. The thick lines on the top view get more and more narrow as time passes. Does that change the sound? ![Skärmavbild 2025-09-10 kl. 23.04.23](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/3X/5/2/5295b5907d0b025b1eeb577db0e3cde585d6660e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Trebor](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/trebor/32/45854_2.png) [@Trebor](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/Trebor)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audio-channels-look-different/148945/2 "2025-09-10T21:35:02Z")
> [@Radio\_Mecatol](#): > > the color coding is different. Multi-tool has been selected … [Multi-Tool - Audacity Manual](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/multi_tool.html) ---
**Author:** ![Radio\_Mecatol](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@Radio\_Mecatol](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/Radio_Mecatol)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audio-channels-look-different/148945/3 "2025-09-10T21:39:57Z")
Thank you! How do I remove that? ---
**Author:** ![Trebor](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/trebor/32/45854_2.png) [@Trebor](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/Trebor)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audio-channels-look-different/148945/4 "2025-09-10T22:08:34Z")
> [@Radio\_Mecatol](#): > > How do I remove that? Click on the I-beam button … ![image](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/3X/3/e/3e4000cf90c635b3f8ad9c2174391d660b728881.png) [https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tools\_toolbar.html](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tools_toolbar.html) ---
**Author:** ![Radio\_Mecatol](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@Radio\_Mecatol](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/Radio_Mecatol)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audio-channels-look-different/148945/5 "2025-09-11T19:16:38Z")
Thank you so much! Now I just wonder how I change the top channel so that it “is light blue” all the way. When I try to grab it I get a “forbidden” icon. ![Skärmavbild 2025-09-11 kl. 21.15.14](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/3X/f/f/ff0c30a867fbc7de4ffdf890b3e87618f4a717ff.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Radio\_Mecatol](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@Radio\_Mecatol](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/Radio_Mecatol)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audio-channels-look-different/148945/6 "2025-09-11T19:46:52Z")
I am just doing simple cutting (removing small parts here and there) yet still it changes form. Now it looks like this! : ![Skärmavbild 2025-09-11 kl. 21.45.54](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/3X/2/9/2994394ca5b999b2c99ee2c23bb75952bb0f5cf4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Radio\_Mecatol](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@Radio\_Mecatol](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/Radio_Mecatol)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audio-channels-look-different/148945/7 "2025-09-11T20:36:45Z")
> [@Trebor](#): > > [Multi-Tool - Audacity Manual](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/multi_tool.html) Fixed it! Not my favourite part of Audacity. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/1X/81a69b20bcd548215067cfaceccc8a10bfa2d176.png) [@system](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audio-channels-look-different/148945/8 "2025-10-10T21:12:46Z")
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