Difference between revisions of "Tools - Audacity"

Revision as of 13:53, 30 January 2018

Tools

Transport Toolbar

- controls playback and recording

• Pause (P) : Click Pause to temporarily pause playing or recording without losing your place. Click Pause a second time to resume.
• Play (Spacebar) : Playback begins wherever the editing cursor is. Or if an area of track is selected, only that selection will be played.
• Loop Play (Shift Spacebar ) : Play the track or selection over and over until you stop. Hold down Shift while clicking Play.
• Stop (Spacebar) : Stops playing or recording immediately, and releases Pause if depressed.
• Skip to Start (Home) : Move the cursor to the beginning of the project.
• Skip to End (End) : Move the cursor to the end of the project.
• Record (R) : Starts recording at the end of the currently selected track(s).

Tools Toolbar

- chooses various tools for selection, volume adjustment, zooming, time-shifting of audio and a multi-function tool

• Selection : Click to select a start point for audio playback, or click and drag to select a range of audio to play or edit.
• Envelope : Use to add points to adjust the volume level.
• Draw : enables you to manually redraw the waveform; it can thus be used to make volume changes to individual samples or to effect repairs to clicks/noise.
• Zoom : Use to zoom in by clicking on the waveform. Shift click to zoom out.
• Time Shift : Use to move clips forward or back in the Timeline or up and down between tracks.
• Multi Tool : Combines all tools. Function change as depending on the position.

Meter Toolbar

- displays levels for playback and recording

Mixer Toolbar

- controls the mixer settings of the sound card

Transcription Toolbar

- plays audio at a slower or faster speed, affecting the pitch

Edit Toolbar

- cut, copy, paste, trim, silence, undo, redo, zoom

• Cut (⌘ X) :
• Copy (⌘ C) :
• Paste (⌘ V) :