Note that the mono tracks are mixed to both the left and right channels of the resulting stereo file. Tracks > Mix > Mix and Render to New Track - which adds the mixed track to the project, preserving the original tracks.īy default, multiple stereo tracks are mixed down to a single stereo file on Export.Īlso by default, multiple mono tracks are mixed down to a mono file, but if you pan any mono tracks to left or right or if there are any stereo tracks in the mix, the tracks are mixed to a stereo file.Tracks > Mix > Mix and Render - which replaces the original track(s) with the mixed track.

Within an Audacity project, you can physically mix selected multiple selected tracks into a single mono or stereo track using either of two explicit mix commands: Concatenating songs (for example, playing three songs one after the other) does not necessarily involve mixing, but if you wanted the songs to fade into each other it would involve mixing. Mixing can be done for a number of reasons, for example mixing speech with background music to make a podcast, or adding different instruments into the same song. For example, if you have four tracks:Īnd you select them all and perform a Mix and Render, you will end up with one stereo track: the left channel will contain a mix of tracks 1, 2, and 4 and the right channel will contain a mix of tracks 3 and 4. The channel of a track being mixed affects whether it will be mixed into the left channel of the resulting track(s), the right channel, or both (mono). All selected tracks are mixed, regardless if the Mute or Solo buttons on any tracks are set to silence their playback. Mixing refers to the process of combining multiple Audacity tracks which play simultaneously into a single track.Īudacity mixes automatically when playing or exporting, but it can also physically mix selected multiple tracks together into one within the project.

Ocenaudio cut one track into multiple