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To import audio, click File -> Import -> Audio from the menu as shown in the first image above. Choose the music file from your computer, and then click on Open. Once you import an audio clip it will appear in Audacity as an audio track as you can see in the second image. If you want to add multiple tracks, you can do so by clicking on Tracks -> Add new -> Audio track from the Menu as shown in the same second image. With the use of multiple tracks, you can record and at the same time import several audio tracks to work in Audacity as shown in the third image above.
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To import audio, click File -> Import -> Audio from the menu as shown in the first image above. Choose the music file from your computer, and then click on Open. Once you import an audio clip it will appear in Audacity as an audio track as you can see in the second image. If you want to add multiple tracks, you can do so by clicking on Tracks -> Add new -> Audio track from the Menu as shown in the same second image. With the use of multiple tracks, you can record and at the same time import several audio tracks to work in Audacity as shown in the third image above. See below animation to know the steps to import second track.
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[[File:Import 2nd audio track to Audacity.gif]]
    
==== Basic audio editing ====
 
==== Basic audio editing ====
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File:Cut selected audio clip for moving to other place - audacity.png|Cutting selected audio
 
File:Cut selected audio clip for moving to other place - audacity.png|Cutting selected audio
 
File:Paste selected audio clip to other place - audacity.png| Pasting selected audio
 
File:Paste selected audio clip to other place - audacity.png| Pasting selected audio
</gallery>Similar to how we do cut (or copy) paste a selection of text in a text document, we can cut (copy) and paste a selection of audio in an audio file in Audacity. To delete a part of the track, we can select the area of the track we wish to delete as shown in the first image above and then press '''delete''' key on the keyboard to delete. To move a part of the audio to another place on the same track or to another track, we need to select it first as we did before and then click on the cut icon on the toolbar as shown in second image. Then the same audio can be pasted by clicking on paste icon on the toolbar as shown in the third image above. The usual keyboard shortcuts for cut(<code>'''Ctrl+X'''</code>), copy(<code>'''Ctrl+C'''</code>) and paste(<code>'''Ctrl+V'''</code>) will also work on Audacity. Once you are done with editing, the final audio can be exported to any audio format from the Menu by clicking on File->Export and then Save.
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</gallery>Similar to how we do cut (or copy) paste a selection of text in a text document, we can cut (copy) and paste a selection of audio in an audio file in Audacity. To delete a part of the track, we can select the area of the track we wish to delete as shown in the first image above and then press '''delete''' key on the keyboard to delete. To move a part of the audio to another place on the same track or to another track, we need to select it first as we did before and then click on the cut icon on the toolbar as shown in the second image. Then the same audio can be pasted by clicking on the paste icon on the toolbar as shown in the third image above. The usual keyboard shortcuts for cut(<code>'''Ctrl+X'''</code>), copy(<code>'''Ctrl+C'''</code>) and paste(<code>'''Ctrl+V'''</code>) will also work on Audacity. Once you are done with editing, the final audio can be exported to any audio format from the Menu by clicking on File->Export and then Save.
    
==== Saving and exporting to different formats ====
 
==== Saving and exporting to different formats ====