Use the Time Shift Tool to move this so it aligns with 0 on the timeline. The Trim Tool leaves the audio where it is, but that’s not particularly useful in our case. You can see that the Trim Tool acts just like a Crop Tool does in image editors. When you’re ready, click on the Trim Tool, which is right next to the Paste button. Notice how the dark gray background appears on both tracks in the above screenshot. Use the selection tool to highlight what you want to keep.Īdjust your start and end points, but be sure to drag your mouse down into the second track while making your selection. Next, I decided to cut some of the audio after the pasted clip.įinally, the portions of the track I wanted to align are properly done.īut wait, I only want the middle sections of this track! Instead of cutting out areas of the track before and after, we can use the trim tool to make this easier. Instead of cutting and having the latter part of the track jump forward, this will keep it as-is because the silence acts as a placeholder. Next, click on the Insert Silence tool, located next to the Undo button. You’ll see that you can snap to that area. Click on the selection tool and highlight the portion of the first track that’s directly above the second. Let’s insert some silence in the first track. This works well for mixing different tracks, but not here. When you hit play, however, Audacity will play both tracks over each other. You can also have it snap to other locations, like the beginning or end.Īlright, I have it where I want it in relation to another section of the track. Now you can click and drag anywhere in your selection and the whole thing will slide side-to-side. Now, I want to change its linear placement, or in other words, move it in time. The dark background is not in the top track at all, despite being visible in the timeline. Note that the bottom track has an active selection.
This has no effect on the audio, it just makes it easier to see things.Īnd now, click where you want to paste the clip in the second track and click on the Paste button or hit CTRL+V. Two tracks ending up being too tall for good screenshots, so I clicked on the bottom of each track area and dragged up to resize them vertically. Sometimes, it’s more work to use multiple tracks, and sometimes it’s a necessity, but it’s process you should familiarize yourself with if you plan to do audio editing. Using different tracks can help keep things straight, so you can think of it like using Layers in an image editor. While it’s possible to paste that clip in the same track at a different point, it’s much easier to make arrangements using multiple tracks. You can see that the rest of the track after my selection got pushed up to where the selection started. I can just click the Cut button or hit CTRL+X. What I want to do is cut this section and move it to another area. You can see my selection encompasses a quiet beginning point and a quiet ending point, which makes it sound clean and natural. Repeat the same process with the left boundary. If you move your mouse close to that area, you’ll see the cursor change to a hand that’s pointing.Ĭlicking and dragging while this cursor is shown will allow you to change that particular selection boundary. That’s where I want my selection to end, but it’s not properly aligned. That’s much better, isn’t it? You can see that on the right side of the selection area, there’s a spike in amplitude. This will help us identify more precisely where to end our selection.
You can hit CTRL+1 to Zoom In, or click on the icon that’s a magnifying glass with a plus. I know that the song changes somewhere in here.
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