Using Audacity for Editing Audio

1. Open Audacity (Downloadable for free at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
2. Also download (for Macs) http://spaghetticode.org/lame/

 (the LameLib file need to be present for you to later export this project as an MP3 file) 

Here are some extra instructions on lame downloading if you need them.
Choose the third option: Lame for Audacity 1.2.6 on Mac OS X (PPC)

3. Upon starting Audacity, it will open up a new Project window for you.

4. Go to the top menu:  Project, Import Audio.  Select an MP3 track.  Audacity will create a new stereo track for the file.  Repeat as needed for additional MP3 tracks.

Hints:

1. Space Bar or Green “play” button will play tracks.
2. To listen to one track at a time, select MUTE button on the other tracks.

You can zoom in and out of the waveform view by using the magnifying glass buttons at the top.

Audacity Tutorial

* Import and export WAV, AIFF, AU, and Ogg Vorbis files.
* Import MPEG audio (including MP2 and MP3 files) with libmad.
* Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library.
* Create WAV or AIFF files suitable for burning to CD.
* Import and export all file formats supported by libsndfile.
* Open raw (headerless) audio files using the “Import Raw” command.
* Note: Audacity does not currently support WMA, AAC, or most other proprietary or restricted file formats.