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Set Rate - sets the number of

samples per second of the track.

44100 Hz is used by audio CDs.

Tracks can have different sample

rates in Audacity; they are

automatically resampled to the

project sample rate (in the lower-left

corner of the window).

[MENU]

File Menu

New - creates a new empty window

Open... - opens an audio file or an

Audacity project in a new window

(unless the current window is

empty). To add audio files to an

existing project window, use one of

the Import commands in the Project

menu.

Close - closes the current window,

asking you if you want to save

changes. On Windows and Unix,

closing the last window will quit

Audacity, unless you modify this

behavior in the Interface

Preferences.

Save Project - saves everything in

the window into an Audacity-

specific format so that you can save

and quickly continue your work later.

An Audacity project consists of a

project file, ending in ".aup", and a

project data folder, ending in

"_data". For example, if you name

your project "Composition", then

Audacity will create a file called

"Composition.aup" and a folder

called Composition_data. Audacity

project files are not meant to be

shared with other programs - use

one of the Export commands (below)

when you are finished editing a file.

Save Project As... - same as Save

Project (above), but lets you save a

project as a new name.

Recent Files ... - brings up a list of

files you have recently opened in

audacity to be re-opened quickly.

Export As WAV... - exports all of

the audio in your project as a WAV

file, an industry-standard format for

uncompressed audio. You can

change the standard file format

used for exporting from Audacity by

opening the File Format

Preferences . Note that exporting

will automatically mix and resample

if you have more than one track, or

varying sample rates. See also File

Formats.

Export Selection As WAV... -

same as above, but only exports

the current selection.

Export as MP3... - exports all of the

audio as an MP3 file. MP3 files are

compressed and therefore take up

much less disk space, but they lose

some audio quality. Another

compressed alternative is Ogg

Vorbis (below). You can set the

quality of MP3 compression in the

File Format Preferences. See

alsoMP3 Exporting.