Hi Sean! The procedure I described is correct. The only thing I can think of that might cause it to go wrong is the selection. Are you familiar with the difference between selecting a track and selecting audio within a track? I had to ask, as I can'T think of anything else. Perhaps someone else has an idea? Cheers, Robbie From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean Paul Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 2:57 PM To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity Well, apparently I just can't get this. That didn't work for me either. I imported both files, selected the music track, found the location where I wanted the voice track to come in, placed the cursor, unselected the music track, selected the spoken or voice track, alined the tracks using the aline with cursor, & had the music track in both tracks in the table then with no spoken track @ all. Exported it in MP3 just to make sure, & played the exported MP3 track which was just the music track. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean Paul <mailto:newsandtraffic@xxxxxxx> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 08:40 Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity Perfect, I'll give this a try. Thanks so much. ----- Original Message ----- From: Robbie <mailto:tickleberryfun@xxxxxxxxx> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 08:31 Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity Hi Sean! Using the music track, you need to put the cursor where you want the spoken word track to begin. You can set the cursor by pressing shift-a, then adjust it with the arrow keys. Next make sure to unselect the music track and select the spoken track. Now you need to align the selected track with the cursor position. You'll find this option in the Align Tracks submenu located in the Tracks menu. Note that if you change the length of the music track later on, this will effect the position of the cross fade. Cheers, Robbie From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean Paul Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:46 PM To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [audacity4blind] Help using audacity Hello: Thanks so much for this list & any help which anyone is able to give me going forward. I have read the manual several times but I'm not able to figure out exactly what it is that I'm doing wrong. I am attempting to put together my first podcast. I have both the files I intend to use. My intro music & my recorded spoken audio. I am wanting the spoken audio to come in when the music begins to fade. I've already got the file set, the music fading in the right place but I'm not exactly sure how to place the spoken audio where I want it to go. I've tried pulling both files in to a table, selecting all of the audio on the spoken file & pasting it where I want it in the music track. No go. What is the best way to make this happen? Thanks again.