Audacity info

[Al Marcus]

Hi guys, How do you cut off the superfluous beginning and end of a recording, in Audacity ? I've tried a few things but dosn't seem to take. thanks...al.

[Robert Tripp]

Drag your cursor to highlight the area you want removed, then click on the scissor icon and save or export. That should do it.

[Steve English]

Another option is to highlight the part you want to keep, and then click on <edit> then <trim>. Or Cntl-T.

This trims off the unwanted head and tail at the same time.

[richard burton]

Open Audacity recording



Select area that you want to keep (by holding down the left-click button on your mouse, and dragging the cursor over the recording)



Click on 'Edit', then click on 'Trim'



You will then get this:



Click several times on 'Magnify' button




Find the start of your recording




Drag the cursor to shade in the part that you want to delete




Click 'Edit, then click on 'Silence'




You will then get this:




Shade area up to 1/2 a second before music starts, click on 'Edit', then click on 'Delete'

[richard burton]

Click on 'Fast Forward' button



Shade the end portion of the recording that you want to delete



Click 'Edit' and then 'Delete'



Shade last three to four seconds of recording



Click on 'Effect' and then click 'Fade Out'



Click on 'File' then click on 'Export As Wav'



Give your file a name, then press 'Save'



Click on X to close Audacity



Click 'No' to 'Save changes before closing?' (if you have other tunes on the same Audacity recording), or click 'Yes' if that is the only tune on the recording

[Al Marcus]

Wow! Thanks guys for all the good advice, and thanks Richard Burton for all the graphics. This Forum is a good place to be. I knew about the shading, but wasnt able to save it as corrected. Now I do. Thanks again for all your help...al.:)

[Robert Tripp]

I tried to put up some graphics, but couldn't seem to get it accomplished. Anyone give me some tips on the print screen function and how to paste those grapics into a msg?

[robert kramer]

Answering AM's question:

Record Track
>View: Fit In Window (Ctrl+F)
Click & Drag cursor over track to highlight selection
>File: Export Selection As WAV (or MP3)
This will open window to name & save file

[Michael Maddex]

... Anyone give me some tips on the print screen function and how to paste those graphics into a msg?

Robert, if you post this question over in the Computers section and mention what operating system you are using, I'll bet that you get a prompt response. I'd answer it here myself, but I'm guessing that you're using some OS from MS and I don't have clue about their products.

HTH.

[Charlie McDonald]

Thanks, Richard, I'm gonna get me some of this Audacity.

[Robert Tripp]

Thanks for the reply Michael.