Merge 3 tracks into one

[daqddyo1]

Hi,
I wish to combine 3 stereo tracks (each covering different parts of the time line) into one track so that I still see the original tracks now in sequence.
I have tried to copy track 2 and paste it into track 1 but the result looks noting like either of the starting tracks.
How do I do this task correctly?

Thanks,

John

[kozikowski]

Track management is enormously easier in Audacity 1.3.

Audacity 1.2 is very old and no longer supported,
patched, corrected, or updated. Audacity 1.2 can
be unstable on newer computers.

Download and install the latest Audacity 1.3 from here...

http://audacityteam.org/download/

You can install both audacity 1.2 and Audacity 1.3 on
the same computer, but only use one at a time.

Audacity 1.2 will not open projects made on Audacity 1.3.

If you use MP3 or some of the more modern audio
compression formats, get Lame and FFMpeg software
from the same web site. Do not use older software
or software from other web sites, even though they
may have the same names.


If you want each track to play individually -- like three parts of a lecture -- you can open the first one and import the other two. That will stack them up. Then use the Time Shift Tool (sideways black arrows) to push tracks two and three forward in time (to the right) until they are placed appropriately. Play the whole pile and Audacity will automatically shift from one to the other as needed.

Then Mix and Render or just Export as WAV and Audacity 1.3.12 will mix them together for you.

Koz

[daqddyo1]

Thanks,
I do have the latest version so I'll try your suggestion.
Thanks,

Jhon

[daqddyo1]

Koz,
I tried your suggestion but this is alredy what I had done: 3 different songs on 3 different stereo tracks spaced out as needed.
What I want to do is to convert the three tracks into 1 stereo track at the top of my pile of tracks in audacity. Copying and pasting just plants one sound file directly on top of the other so that they cannot be separated.

John

[steve]

Topic moved to the Audacity 1.3.x part of the forum.

Import each file into its own track, then use the "Time Shift" tool to slide the tracks left/right so that they play in sequence. http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tools_Toolbar

Optionally you may wish to fade-out / fade-in the tracks (Effect menu) so that they "cross-fade" from one track to another:

top track faded out. bottom track faded in.

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