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More About Audacity

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In the Manual

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• Effects
• navigating
• aligning
• selecting audio
• playback

How do I...

These are mostly on the Tutorials and Tips pages. These are some of the most popular or important pages on this wiki.

Specific Tasks

• installing LAME for MP3 export
• digitizing records and tapes
• splitting recordings into separate tracks
• multi-track mixing 
• podcasting
• making ringtones
• removing vocals
• exporting to iTunes or iPod
• changing languages
• file management
• sending audio to others ...
• Recording Tips
• troubleshooting recording problems
• Mixer Toolbar help
• Recovering data after a crash
• help for blind users
• how to import files from iTunes

Hardware

• Sound Devices
• USB turntables

Platform Specific

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• Vista
• Mac
• Linux
• OS/2

CDs

• CDs
• importing
• burning

Technology

Terminology

Our Glossary  explains a great deal of the audio terminology and has links to encyclopedia style articles on wikipedia.

• DMA mode
• ASIO
• bit depth
• sample rates

Plug-ins

• Plug-ins using LADSPA, Nyquist or VST
• develop your own plug-in

Audio File Formats

Audacity Supports numerous file formats including:

• WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3, OGG
• M4A/M4P and protected formats.

More 'Beyond Audacity'

• Portable Audacity
• Software for specific tasks
• audio restoration
• creating drum tracks

• Recommended audio software
• Other Windows programs
• Other Mac programs
• Other Linux/Unix programs

• comparisons with Audacity
• Audio file processing services

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