Use the Audacity Manager dialog box

Do any of these steps in the Audio Project Manager Desktop app. You cannot use Audacity with Audio Project Manager that runs in a browser.

Create a new Audacity project

  1. In the Sections & Passages tab, click (More) in the Extras column for the passage you will work with. Alternatively, open a step that uses a Record tool.

  2. Click PIC (Launch Audacity).

Audacity Manager dialog box opens.

  1. Click Create.

Audacity opens. The project name is added automatically.

  1. Do one of these steps:

  2. Save the project.

  3. Export the audio file in the desired format (e.g. *.mp3 or *.wav), and then close Audacity.

  4. Type the name of the speaker in the Speaker box. Provide rights if necessary.

  5. Then click Import in the Audacity Manager dialog box.

  6. To verify the audio file is correct, you can click (play) to hear it, or click the Audio tab to see the metadata for that file.

Open an existing Audacity project

  1. In the Sections & Passages tab, click PIC (More) in the Extras column for the passage that has the audio file you want to edit. Alternatively, open a step that uses a Record tool.

  2. Click PIC (Launch Audacity).

Audacity Manager dialog box opens.

  1. Click Open.

Audacity opens and you see the project name in the top title bar.

  1. In Audacity, if you do not see the audio file waveform, use Import on the File menu to import it.

  2. Edit the audio file in Audacity.

  3. Save the Project. 

  4. In Audacity, use Export on the File menu to export the audio file in the desired format (mp3, WAV or OGG).

  1. Close or exit from Audacity.

  2. Click Import in the Audacity Manager dialog box.

  1. After you see the notification that the file was uploaded successfully, click Close.

  2. To verify the audio file is correct, you can click (play) to hear it, or click the Audio tab to see the metadata for that file.

Use Unlink to remove reference to an Audacity project

  1. In the Sections & Passages tab, click PIC (More) in the Extras column for the passage that has the Audacity project you do not want to use any more. Alternatively, open a step that uses a Record tool.

  2. Click PIC (Launch Audacity).

Audacity Manager dialog box appears.

  1. Click Unlink.

The Audacity Manager dialog box appears again.
But now, no project is listed in the Audacity Project line, and Browse and Create buttons are available. Now you can browse for another Audacity project or create a new one.

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Related Topics

Audacity

Set-up procedures overview