Splitting an Audio Track Using Audacity

  1. Open Audacity
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  2. Go to File, Open and find the audio track you want to split
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  3. You will see your audio file displayed as below
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  4. If you want to stretch out your track use the +magnifying glass
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  5. Make sure you have the Selection Tool selected
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  6. Click into the grey area at the end point of the first section
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  7. Start dragging left to the start of the section. A hand will appear when you start dragging (don’t worry if it’s facing the wrong direction).
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  8. When you have highlighted the desired section go back up to File & choose Export Selected Audio…
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  9. Save the required section
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  10. A dialogue box will appear with a lot of different options. Just select OK.
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  11. When that section is saved you can start on the next section.
  12. Here is a short screen recording

 

 

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