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Float Mixer Toolbar - moves the
Mixer Toolbar out of the window
and into its own floating window as
above.
Project Menu
Import Audio... - This command is
used to import audio from a
standard audio format into your
project. Use this command if you
already have a couple of tracks and
you want to add another track to the
same project, maybe to mix them
together. You cannot use this option
to import Audacity Projects. The
only way to combine two Audacity
Projects is to open them in separate
windows, then copy and paste the
tracks.
Import Labels... - This command
takes a text file which contains time
codes and labels, and turns them
into a Label Track.
Import MIDI... - This menu
command imports MIDI files and
puts them into a MIDI Track.
Audacity can display MIDI files, but
cannot play, edit, or save them yet.
Import Raw Data... - This menu
command allows you to open a file
in virtually any uncompressed
format. When you select the file,
Audacity will analyze it and try to
guess its format. It will guess
correctly about 90% of the time, so
you can try just pressing "OK" and
listening to the result. If it is not
correct, however, you can use the
options in the dialog to try some
other possible encodings.
At the beginning of your imported
track(s), you may notice a little bit of
noise. This is probably the file's
header, which Audacity was not
able to parse. Just zoom in and
select the noise with the Selection
Tool, and then choose Delete from
the Edit Menu.
Edit ID3 Tags... - Opens a dialog
allowing you to edit the ID3 tags
associated with a project, for MP3
exporting.
Quick Mix - This command mixes
all of the selected tracks together. If
you are mixing stereo tracks, or
mixing tracks that are marked as
Left or Right channel, the result will
be a stereo track (two channels),
otherwise the result will be mono.
Your tracks are implicitly mixed
whenever you hit the Play button
and whenever you export. This
command offers a way to do it
permanently and save the results to
disk, saving on playback resources.
Note that if you try to mix two very
loud tracks together, you may get
clipping (it will sound like pops,
clicks, and noise). To avoid this,
drag the gain slider on the tracks
down to reduce their volume before
mixing.
New Audio Track - This creates a
new empty Audio Track. This
command is rarely needed,since
importing, recording, and mixing
automatically create new tracks as
needed. But you can use this to cut
or copy data from an existing track
and paste it into a blank track. If