Audacity : Import File

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Hello there

I have several bits of recording and would like them to show up,
one under the other on different tracks, in the Same project window.

I've tried "File/Import", but audacity replies : " Audacity does not recognise file type"
although the file is an .AUP.

Import "Raw" imports an empty track.

Is there a way around this ?

Thanks,
Philippe.
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Post by annise »

think you need to open it in a second window , then copy and paste into the first , etc - but I have never tried with .aup files, just with mp3 or flac. I can't imagine Audacity importing an aup file .

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Post by RuthieG »

  1. Open the first .aup file by double clicking it.
  2. Click Track | Add new | Audio Track
  3. Open the second .aup file by double clicking it. Ctrl+A to select it all, then Ctrl+C to copy it.
  4. Go back to the first Audacity window. Place the cursor at the beginning of the empty track you added. Ctrl+V to paste in your new content.
  5. And repeat from step 2 as many times as you wish.
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Post by dumbo »

Thank you both for your answers.

Copy / Paste to new track, yes I’ve already done that. But it’s a bit of a hassle.
That’s why I was looking for a quicker way.

Oh well ! I’ll have to like it or lump it, won’t I ?

Have a great week,
Philippe.
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Not quite sure why you have to do it at all. Why not record it all in the same Audacity file to start with?

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Hello Ruth

As this is my very first recording and I’m not yet all that familiar with Audacy,
I’m afraid of mucking up the whole recording while “cleaning” it.

So for the time being I think it’s better operate on the patient bit by bit,
and if anything should go wrong it’s just one section that would need re-recording.

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Ah yes, I understand your caution :). You could save a copy (File | Save as with a different file name) and work on that, so that you always have the original untouched.

Alternatively, you could export the raw recording as a WAV or FLAC (File | Export) so that you could re-import into Audacity if anything went wrong. Both WAV and FLAC are 'lossless' formats, so that, unlike MP3, there is no loss of quality when you re-import into Audacity.

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Post by annise »

Hi Philippe
What I do
1.Record the section
2. export it as title_1.flac
3. Try out your cleaning or amplifying or whatever
4. Listen
5. If it's awful use the undo in the edit menu - this should get you back to step 3
6. it it sounds OK export as title_2.flac
6. If you want to do something else try , listen , undo if you want
When you are happy that it is usable export as an .mp3 file and upload it
I use .flac as it is lossless and much smaller than the Audacity files , so if Audacity freezes or the power goes off you do not have to start again , just open the .latest flac file.

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Thanks Gang.

Ph.
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