The Audacity Interface - 05 | Introducing elements and tools
Controls:
The Playback Control Toolbar functions much like the buttons on a DVD or CD player, or perhaps more accurately the buttons on tape deck. It enables you to preview parts of your project and add (record) new ones.
Pause: pause playback or recording. Press again to unpause.
Play: plays your project from the position of the cursor. Use to listen to the audio in your project.
Stop: stops playback or recording.
Fast Forward: moves the cursor to the end of the project.
Backward: moves the cursor to the start of the project.
Record: pressing the record button will record a new track from your computer's sound input device.
Toolbar:
The Selection Tool use to select sections of an audio track to work on.
The Envelope Tool this tool allows you to control how tracks fade in and out.
The Draw Tool allows you to draw on the waveforms of individual tracks.
The Zoom Tool zooms in or out of a specific part of the audio.
The Timeshift Tool allows you to change the positioning of tracks relative to one another in time.
Edit Tools:
Cut - removes selected audio data and places it on the clipboard.
Copy - copies the selected audio data to the clipboard without removing it from the track.
Paste - pastes whatever is in the clipboard into the track at the position of the selection cursor.
Undo - undo the last editing operation performed.
Redo - redo any editing operations that were just undone.
Zoom In - zooms in on displayed tracks displaying less time and giving a more detailed view of the track.
Zoom Out - zooms out displaying more time and a less detailed view of tracks.
Fit Selection - fits selected audio into the width of the screen to show the selection in more detail.
Fit Project - shows the entire project on one screen.
Recording Monitoring:
Shows the input and output levels. You will use the input levels to test whether you are getting enough input through your mic or recording device.
Recording Volume and Playback Volume:
These sliders control the mixer settings of the soundcard in your system. The selector on the right (labeled Vol in this image) controls what audio input you wish to use.
The slider near the small speaker icon will control the output of your soundcard affecting the overall volume of your project.
The slider near the small microphone icon controls the input of your soundcard; adjust this to increase the level of input on your microphone.
Workplace:
New or existing tracks (or audio clips) in your project are lined up in the sequence that they are recorded or imported in this window. This example shows a stereo audio track; you can tell it is in stereo because of the two waveforms (one for left and one for right) that a present. Along the top of the Track window is a timeline in seconds or even fractions of a second.
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