How to merge audio files audacity with 0.8 seconds of silence between each clip?

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How to merge audio files audacity with 0.8 seconds of silence between each clip?

I am using Audacity on Windows 10, and using the latest audacity version 3.0.5

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How many audio files do you want to merge?
If there’s only a few, then the easiest way is:

  1. Launch Audacity
  2. “File menu > Import > Audio” and select the files
  3. Zoom out a bit so that you can see some space beyond the end of the tracks
    (See: Zooming Overview - Audacity Manual)
  4. Use the Time Shift Tool to arrange the tracks as shown below
  5. “File menu > Export” and select whichever options you need.

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It’s many tracks and usually, I was able to align them by Select All> Tracks> Align Tracks> Align End to End and then combine by Tracks> Mix and Render. But I would like to insert one second silence in-between, which I do not know how to do.

I do not want timeshift tool, which I need to do it manually, I want to write the number of seconds of silence to add it, is there is anyway to do it in bulk?

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You could run this macro (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/macros.html) on each track (one track at a time)

SelCursorToTrackEnd:
SelectTime:End="-0.8" RelativeTo="SelectionEnd" Start="0"
Silence:Use_Preset="<Current Settings>"

To make it easier to use, create a keyboard shortcut to the macro (See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/keyboard_preferences.html)

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Alternatively, copy one second of silence, then:

  1. Click on the first track
  2. Press “K”
  3. Press “Ctrl + V”
  4. Press “Enter”
  5. Press “Down cursor key”
  6. Press “Enter”
  7. Repeat from step 2