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*AUDACITY INSTRUCTIONS*
*VIA ‘WIKI-HOW’*
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*TO ZOOM* –>
“zoom in” –> “command 1”
“zoom out” –> “command 3”
“zoom normal” –> “command 2”
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*TO CUT A CLIP* –>
*select with ‘mouse’ your desired ‘split clip’ position*
*drag to (“end’ / “beginning”) to cover the area in ‘gray’*
*then ‘delete’ the highlighted section*
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TO FADE IN / OUT* –>
(select fade section)
(go to “effects” –> “fade in/out”)
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*TO COMBINE 2 CLIPS* ->
*IMPORT 2 CLIPS*
*SELECT 2ND CLIP BY CLICKING IN ‘LEFT AREA’*
*GO TO “EDIT” –> “CUT”*
*CLICK TO END OF ‘AUDIO SECTION’ IN ‘FIRST CLIP*
*GO TO “EDIT” –> “PASTE”*
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This wikiHow teaches you how to split a stereo music track into 2 distinct left/right tracks using Audacity.
You can also split a mono track into a stereo track by making a copy of the mono track and editing each copy’s settings
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Importing the Audio File
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Open Audacity.
This program’s icon resembles a blue pair of headphones with a red and orange sound wave in the middle of them.
If you haven’t yet installed Audacity, you can download it for Mac or PC from the official site…
Home
You may encounter bugs while running Audacity on MacOS Sierra.
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Click File
This option is in either the top-left corner of the screen (Mac) or the top-left corner of the Audacity window (Windows).
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Hover over Import.
It’s about halfway down the File drop-down menu
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Click Audio.
Doing so invokes a window wherein you can select an audio file
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Select an audio file.
If your audio file in question isn’t readily available on your computer’s desktop, you may have to search through the folders listed on the left side of the window here.
Once you find the audio file you wish to edit, click it to select it
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Click Open.
Audacity will begin assimilating the file.
Once the track finishes uploading, you’ll be able to proceed with dividing the track.
Depending on the file’s size, importing it into Audacity may take a few minutes.
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Dividing a Stereo Track
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Click ▼
It’s in the top-left corner of the track, to the right of the song’s name.
Clicking it will prompt a drop-down menu
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Click Split Stereo Track.
You’ll see this option near the bottom of the drop-down menu.
Doing so will convert your synchronized two-channel track into two separate channels:
one for the left speaker,
and one for the right.
You can also click Split Stereo to Mono to create two identical mono tracks.
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Dividing a Mono Track
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Click the grey track window.
It’s on the left side of the track;
clicking it will select the track.
Your track is a mono track if there is only one blue sound wave
(as opposed to a stereo track’s two blue sound waves)
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Copy the track.
To do so, you can click Edit in the toolbar at the top-left side of the screen and then click Copy,
or you can press either ⌘ Command+C (Mac) or Ctrl+C (Windows)
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Click the grey space below your track.
This is where you’ll paste your copied track
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Paste the mono track copy
You can either click Paste in the Edit menu,
or you can press either ⌘ Command+V (Mac) or Ctrl+V (Windows)
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Click ▼ on the first track
It’s in the top-left corner of the track, to the right of the song’s name.
Clicking it will prompt a drop-down menu
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Click Left Channel
It’s near the bottom of the drop-down menu.
This will cause your selected track to play from the left channel (and your left speaker)
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Click ▼ on the second track
then click Right Channel.
Doing so will set the track to play from the right channel.
Your previously mono track is now a stereo track with 2 distinct channels
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Can I extract audio from a video, increase the volume and paste back into the video?
Community Answer
You can do it with a bit of trickery.
Usually, downloading the video and audio separately, modifying the audio and paste it back with video editing programs such as Vegas Pro, iMovie or Windows Movie Maker.
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