For Windows 7 and earlier, legacy versions of Audacity are available on the Legacy Windows downloads page.Open the audio file and listen to the audio file to make sure that it is what you expected from the export.Enter some Metadata or leave it blank, and click on ' OK'.

If all went well, this should bring the recording to the start of the track.

Press ' Ctrl+V' on the keyboard or click on the 'Paste (Ctrl+V)' button.

This should hopefully bring the audio snippet to the start of the recording.

Press ' Ctrl+A' on the keyboard or go to the 'Select' menu, and then the 'All' sub-menu option.

Press ' Ctrl+X' on the keyboard or click on the 'Cut (Ctrl+X)' button.

Press ' Ctrl+T' on the keyboard or click on the 'Trim audio outside selection (Ctrl+T) button.

The selection will change to highlight the change if done correctly.

00h = Hour, 00m = Minute, and 00.000s = Second/Nanosecond.

The audio position will be presented as 00h00m00.000s or hour, minute, second, and nanosecond.

And the second box is the end of the selection.

The first box is the start of your selection.

Under 'Start and End of Selection' enter your timestamp.Click into the audio file to select the track.Press ' F1' on the keyboard to make sure you are on 'Selection Tool (F1)' or click on the 'I' button.Browse for the MP3 file and click on ' Open'.Open ' Audacity' through the 'Start' menu.This will help you get started on editing and trimming files in Audacity. The tutorial Editing an Existing Audio File has more detailed information on how to edit audio. If no audio is selected, Audacity by default selects all the audio in the project window. You can then delete/edit the selected audio. To select a particular region, click and drag on the track with the mouse, creating a shaded region.

We recommend the Audacity Installer which includes the manual.Įditing on Audacity is quite simple. Audacity applies each edit to a selected region of the audio track or tracks. It can be downloaded for free at this link. Audacity is a free program that can be used to cut or trim.

Audacity user guide