Trouble aligning tracks

[stunnard]

Hello to all that view this. I have been using Audacity for the last couple of weeks and love the program. I recently purchased an old analog 4 track and began reliving the past by playing some old tapes that I recorded about 20 years ago. I was able to get the separate tracks into audacity, but because I cannot start the 4 track and hit record in Audacity at the exact time all 4 times I cannot get the tracks to perfectly start and end at the same time. On the original recordings, I only had a click track on the Drum track. I have tried to add or subtract data at the beginning of each track to get them to align with little success. Is it possible that the old tapes from the 4 track stretch with each playback going into Audacity not allowing for synchronization or that the 4 track just plays back at slightly different speeds? If anyone could offer any advice it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[kozikowski]

I think these tools are better in 1.3, but Project > Align Tracks.

For example, place the cursor someplace in the timeline. Project > Align Tracks > Align With Cursor, and the start of the track will snap to wherever you put the cursor.

Ad Lib.

Koz