my first day with audacity

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sherrynadra
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my first day with audacity

Post by sherrynadra » Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:40 pm

I made a simple recording. I pressed "stop." I listened to it. Now I want to start a second track. But when I hit the record button again, it goes to the same track, as though continuing the first track instead of starting a new one. What am I doing wrong?
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steve
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Re: my first day with audacity

Post by steve » Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:44 pm

"Shift + Record button"
or
"Shift + R"
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
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sherrynadra
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Re: my first day with audacity

Post by sherrynadra » Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:58 pm

Thank you. I knew it would be something stupidly simple!
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kozikowski
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Re: my first day with audacity

Post by kozikowski » Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:04 pm

If you stack them like that, Audacity will try to play them all at the same time. You can stop that with the MUTE and SOLO buttons.

If you File > Export a sound file, Audacity will try to smash all the tracks into one show. You can stop that with File > Export Selected and pick the ones you want.

Koz
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