Hi Gale, wow, thanks a lot for the great tips and info. I will follow that up soon. :-) Appreciate that a lot. On 2011-11-19, at 9:44 AM, Gale Andrews wrote: > > | From Brad Erhardt <bookmanbrad@xxxxxxx> > | Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:20:24 -0800 > | Subject: [audacity4blind] Project to CD >> Hello everybody, I have a thought for a Christmas gift idea but I don't >> know if it is possible. What I would like to do is import many files into an >> audacity project, then trim each one so that we have a long clip; then >> edit each and finally set them up as tracks for a CD. >> >> ... >> So long clips about a verse long and then fading into the next one. Lastly, >> What I would like to do is take the finished product and somehow burn it >> to a CD. I don't know if I have to export each track as a mp3 then use CD >> burning software to do the job or how I might go about it. > > Brad, > > If you import many files, they import in separate tracks underneath each > other in Audacity, so you would have to solo each track to work on each > one, otherwise they would all play together. > > If preferred, select the second track, cut it, paste it to the end of the > first > track and remove the now empty second track and repeat as needed to > make one long track. Then make the splits between the tracks using > labels. If using labels, read this: > http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=split . > > Then you would File > Export Multiple to export separate files based on > tracks (if you kept the tracks underneath each other), or based on > labels if you made one long track. > > For burning to audio CD for use in standalone CD players, export as > 44100 Hz stereo 16-bit WAV files, not MP3 which will reduce the audio > quality. Here is the FAQ: > http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=files&i=burn-cd . > > > > > > Gale > > > The audacity4blind web site is at > //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind > > Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, > Audacity keyboard commands, and more... > > To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to > audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with subject line > unsubscribe > Brad Erhardt bookmanbrad@xxxxxxx The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject line unsubscribe