COMMON EDITING COMMANDS VOLUME CONTROL INSERT SILENCE
REPEAT MONO AND STEREO SHIFTING MERGING

VOLUME CONTROL

Volume control falls into two categories: controlling the recording volume and controlling the output volume. In ALTEC's labs, the headphones have a fairly good volume control for output volume. If that is insufficient, then you must change the playback volume using the operating system. Please contact the attendants for any help in this regard.

On the audio track itself, below the mute and solo buttons, is a volume control slider labeled with a - and +. If you move the slider towards the + (as seen in the image below) you will increase the output volume. You will not see any changes in the track itself, but when the track is saved, it will be saved at a higher volume than before.

Another way to amplify a track or just part of a track is to use the Amplify function. Select the portion of the track you want to amplify and select the menu item Effects -> Amplify

Again we have a slider to set amplification. The further right the slider is set, the greater the amplification will be. You may also type in a specific amplification. If you are amplifying sound (not making it quieter) you must unselect the Don't allow clipping option. Clipping happens when the sound becomes too loud and starts distorting. Clipping could occur anytime the sound volume is increased. That doesn't mean that it will happen, but to protect you, Audacity forces you to accept clipping before it will proceed with amplifying the selection.

The results of the amplified volume can be seen in the screenshot below. Notice that since we only selected part of our track, only that part was amplified. You can of course select the entire track in order to amplify all of it.