DynV wrote:I'm sensing you're taking me away from my goa
I'm trying to understand your goal and work out how I may help you.
Audacity Project files are always quite small.
Typically they will be less than 100 KB. Audacity Project files have a ".aup" file extension.
They do not contain any audio data, just plain text and can be opened in a plain text editor such as NotePad..
Here is an example of the contents of a small Audacity project file:
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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE project PUBLIC "-//audacityproject-1.3.0//DTD//EN" "http://audacityteam.org/xml/audacityproject-1.3.0.dtd" >
<project xmlns="http://audacityteam.org/xml/" projname="silence-test_data" version="1.3.0" audacityversion="1.3.15-alpha-Dec 21 2011" sel0="0.0000000000" sel1="7.6373469388" vpos="0" h="0.0000000000" zoom="80.6039416847" rate="44100.0">
<tags>
<tag name="TITLE" value="1"/>
</tags>
<wavetrack name="Mix" channel="0" linked="1" mute="0" solo="0" height="150" minimized="0" rate="44100" gain="1.0" pan="0.0">
<waveclip offset="0.00000000">
<sequence maxsamples="262144" sampleformat="262159" numsamples="336807">
<waveblock start="0">
<simpleblockfile filename="e0000f94.au" len="262144" min="-0.899561" max="0.899561" rms="0.394026"/>
</waveblock>
<waveblock start="262144">
<simpleblockfile filename="e0000bb1.au" len="74663" min="-0.710397" max="0.710398" rms="0.29363"/>
</waveblock>
</sequence>
<envelope numpoints="0"/>
</waveclip>
</wavetrack>
<wavetrack name="Mix" channel="1" linked="0" mute="0" solo="0" height="150" minimized="0" rate="44100" gain="1.0" pan="0.0">
<waveclip offset="0.00000000">
<sequence maxsamples="262144" sampleformat="262159" numsamples="336807">
<waveblock start="0">
<simpleblockfile filename="e0000f94.au" len="262144" min="-0.899561" max="0.899561" rms="0.394026"/>
</waveblock>
<waveblock start="262144">
<simpleblockfile filename="e0000bb1.au" len="74663" min="-0.710397" max="0.710398" rms="0.29363"/>
</waveblock>
</sequence>
<envelope numpoints="0"/>
</waveclip>
</wavetrack>
<labeltrack name="Label Track" numlabels="5" height="73" minimized="0">
<label t="0.16303855" t1="1.10226757" title="Track 1"/>
<label t="1.13809524" t1="1.53990930" title="Track 2"/>
<label t="2.33764172" t1="4.53990930" title="Track 3"/>
<label t="5.33764172" t1="5.74172336" title="Track 4"/>
<label t="6.53945578" t1="7.63734694" title="Track 5"/>
</labeltrack>
</project>
The audio data for a project is typically stored in a "Project data folder".
This folder has the same name as the Audacity Project file with "_data" added to the end.
Data folders are typically very large and may be several hundred MB or more, depending on the amount of audio data in the Audacity Project.
You will find a more complete description of the structure of Audacity Projects in the manual:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Projects
(The manual is also available in the Audacity Help menu if you installed using the recommended installer).
DynV wrote:This is alike what my goal would be
You can achieve something similar to that by creating "labels" at the points that you wish to edit and then Export the label track.
Label Tracks are described here:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Label_Tracks
Here is an example of the contents of an Exported "labels.txt" file for a 3 minute track that is to be edited:
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0.000000 0.986848 delete this
13.653333 25.727710 amplify by -6 dB
40.309841 48.669025 cut
62.415238 74.303855 fade out
74.303855 88.235828 delete
88.235828 98.081088 fade in
121.486803 180.000000 delete