That's exactly what I needed to know. Thanks again Jacob. From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:17 AM To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Multiple tracks and adding sound effects Makes sense, and, off-hand, while there might be a better way to implement it, you should easily enough be able to select the piece of the specific track, and remove it, or select the part you want to export as an actual MP3/audio file, and just export that piece, using export selection on file menu. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: Stewart A Overbey Jr. <mailto:saoverbey@xxxxxxxx> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 04:57 PM Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Multiple tracks and adding sound effects Thanks Jacob. I opened an audio file, then, selected a portion of that file, then imported a music file with opened a second track. I then aligned that second track with the beginning of the selected part of the first track, and it worked well. It started playing the music exactly where I wanted it during the audio. I now just need to trim the second file so that it only goes for the length of the selection in the audio track. Does any of that make sense, or am I rambling? From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:42 AM To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Multiple tracks and adding sound effects I would guess, and I use separate tracks for primarily relative alignment in relation to each other, and you can apply an effect to what's currently selected in the track listing - think you could apply it to multiple tracks, or if selection is only turned on in one track, then the effect would only be applied to selection in that specific track. And, aside from knowing which time chunk to apply selection to, you can easily enough, while listening to playback, use the [ and ] keys to start and end selection at current position, and then adjust it using either keystrokes or in selection section of interface, before then applying an effect to the selected piece, and after you have selected a piece, playback, toggled on/off using space bar, will only play back selection to you, to let you easily enough review what has effectively been selected. HTH Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: Stewart A Overbey Jr. <mailto:saoverbey@xxxxxxxx> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 04:18 PM Subject: [audacity4blind] Multiple tracks and adding sound effects Hello All, I'm producing a podcast for the first time, so, I'm using Audacity instead of my normal audio editor Goldwave. My questions to date are: Why use multiple tracks? And perhaps related, how can I rap music or a special effect around a particular section of a recording? I've been reading your help files, and am trying to learn from them. Thanks for your commitment. Sincerely, Stew