When you record an LP you end up with one file that has maybe 5 or 6
songs in it. You can see the separate songs in the waveform. So, when
you're done recording, select each song separately by dragging from the
beginning of the first song to the end of that song, which is usually a
space in the waveform. With that selected, make a label by choosing Add
Label at Selection from the Project menu (there's also a key command for
that to make it easier). Audacity will create a new Label track, and you
can then type in the name of the song. To select the next song, with the
previous one still selected grab the left side of the selection (the
cursor will turn into a finger) and drag it to the right, past the end
of that song to the end of the next song, and make another label just
like you did for the first one. Doing it this way ensures that each
selection starts where the previous one ended. Don't forget to save the
file! When you're done, you can export the songs individually by
choosing Export Multiple from the File menu. In the dialog box choose
your file format (for CD it would be WAV or AIFF on the Mac), then
choose Using Label/Track Name from the section on the left under where
it says Name files. Each song will then be exported individually,
according to how you made the selections, and they will have the names
you gave them in the title track. If you need to select one song from
the file, you can click on its label and the whole song will be selected.
Jack
bscottg Green wrote:
> Hi and many thanks for this helpful link. I have the system working
> fine now but still have a few bugs to work thru. I am not
> understanding the meaning of a "label". I tried to name each song as
> a seperate label but the software carried each new label forward.
> Then after exporting multiple mp3 files I had to rename them. No big
> problem just would like to understand what is meant by a label?? Also
> I would like to record and edit at the same time. Is there a way to
> split the window to show both recording and editing? many thanks.
>
> */Gale Andrews <
gale@...>/* wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:58:03 -0800 (PST)
> bscottg Green ///NOT SUBSCRIBED/// wrote:
> > hi audacity gang
> >
> > I bought a new USB turntable and tried to "burn"my vinyl into mp3
> > but I am not clever enought to get thru the part where u break the
> > recorded waveform into tracks with track names. help me pls..
>
> Sorry your mail got held up somehow and only just arrived.
>
> If you are playing the CDs on a standalone CD player like in a car,
> export the tracks as WAV then burn them to CD - exporting them
> as MP3 is throwing away quality without saving you space on the CD
> (because the burn process decompresses the MP3s anyway).
>
> If you are still stuck with exporting separate tracks please see:
>
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Splitting_recordings_into_separate_tracks>
>
> Gale
>
>
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