Audacity Manual Contents

Audacity 2.0.0 Manual

Using Audacity

Quick Where and How Diagram of Audacity - Find your way round the interface Getting Started - Recording, Importing, Editing, Exporting... Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) More help - Search the Wiki , ask on the Forum Tutorials Editing an Audio File - Import the file, edit and export it Your First Recording - Connect and record microphone or guitar Mixing Voice with Background Music - For podcasts Recording Multi-track Overdubs - more complex recording Copying tapes, LPs and other media to CD or computer Recording streaming audio playing on the computer Example Workflows - Some sample workflows Understanding Audacity Digital Audio What is an Audacity Project? Audacity Setup and Configuration Playing and Recording Audio Tracks The Waveform Display Selecting Audio Clips - separate audio regions within a track Splitting and Joining Stereo Tracks Sync-Lock Tracks Mixing Audio Tracks Zooming Undo, Redo and History Help with Advanced Topics Accessibility (Audacity for the visually impaired) Audio CDs Batch Processing Crash Recovery Customization Latency when recording Recording Quality Scripting Simplifying Audacity

Reference

Project Window Timeline   Tracks   Details for Tracks: Track Control Panel and Track Drop-Down Menu Audio Tracks Label Tracks Time Tracks Note Tracks Menu Bar Audacity* File Edit View Transport Tracks Generate Effect Analyze Window* Help Items with * for Mac only. Details for importing and exporting: On-Demand Loading of uncompressed files Importing Exporting Metadata Editor Toolbars Device Edit Meter Mixer Selection Tools Transcription Transport Details for the Tools Toolbar: Selection Tool - audio and track selection Envelope Tool - make smooth amplitude changes Zoom Tool - seeing details or the big picture Multi-Tool - combining all tools in one Preferences Devices Playback Recording Quality Interface Tracks Import/Export Extended Import Projects Libraries Spectrograms Directories Warnings Effects Keyboard Mouse Details for libraries and shortcuts: Installing the LAME and FFmpeg libraries List of Keyboard Shortcuts

Index, Glossary and More

Index Glossary of Terms - digital audio terms and file formats Credits Audacity License Information for Developers - join our developer community

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