Import Raw Data - Allows you to open a file in virtually any un-compressed 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 - 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: 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 - 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 command to cut or copy data from an existing track
and paste it into a blank track. If your existing track was recorded at a non-default
rate then you may need to use the “Set Rate” command from the Track Pop-Down
Menu to set the correct sample rate.
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