To delete the file I can now click on the Edit menu and choose 'cut' : In the above example you can see that I have highlighted the area from 1 minute ( 1:00) to one and a half minutes ( 1:30). If you do this correctly the area to be deleted will be highlighted in grey : You need to know select the area by clicking on where the cut should start, holding down the mouse button, and dragging the mouse to the end of the area to be cut.

Lets assume you have chosen the area to be cut. You need to know where a cut needs to be made so play the audio file and listen for where you want to make your first edit. The process of editing requires that you first know your source file (the file you will edit). You will of course have Audacity open in front of you with an audio file ready to edit. With these two methods you can already do quite a lot. We will look at deleting sections of audio ('cutting') and shifting audio. There are some simple methods that form the basis of editing with Audacity. You can either record some using Audacity, or open an audio file from your computer. However with a minimal of practice you should be able to make fast work of editing.įirstly, you will have to have some audio to edit.

Thats not to sayÂ its easy, if you haven't edited audio before then the whole concept can get a little bewildering. As far as audio editing software goes, Audacity is about as easy as it gets.

Audacity basic