Editing & Mixing Your Masterpiece

Now that you've got your recordings in the can it's time to put the polish to them and make them shine. Adding a jingle to the front and back of a podcast, mixing levels to get that perfect blend of ambient, effects and dialogue, or just cleaning up some hum from the florescent lights can drastically improve any recording. let's take a look first at some mixing techniques in Audacity.

Editing in Audacity

Zooming tools (you'll find yourself going in and out of your audio files often in a project
Selection Tool
Screenshot from course author Jordan Epp
Other Tools
Cut, Copy, Paste
Trim and Silence Audio

Adding Another Track

Recording a Multiple Tracks

Deciding where to begin your second track
Time shift tool
Re-sizing Tracks

Importing Other Tracks

File > Import > Audio and then locate the file on your Hard Drive
Adjust position using Time Shift tool

Mixing and Fading Tracks

Individual track gain control
View > Mixer Board
Envelope Tool for fades

Here's another Demo of the same editing techniques discussed above from Dr. Jay Wilson

https://youtu.be/P68lZ3L4iUo