Audio Editor / Documentation
Know your editor.
Find the controls, understand what they change, and keep your audio editable. A practical reference for Audio Editor.
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Get started with Audio Editor
Open a file, make your first edit, and save both a shareable export and an editable project.
Find your way around the editor
Learn what each part of the window does, from the menu bar to the level meter, and how mouse, touch, and keyboard reach the same controls.
Import audio and record takes
Open, insert, replace, or record audio, including long takes saved directly to disk.
Puter cloud and Voice Recorder
Open cloud files and bring Voice Recorder audio and transcripts into the editor.
Offline use, mobile, and appearance
Install the app, choose a theme, and understand which features depend on the browser.
Timeline and text
Edit regions and time selections
Cut, copy, paste, split, merge, trim, replace, and arrange audio precisely.
Playback, snapping, and zero crossings
Loop a passage, preview a cut, detect beats, and refine edit boundaries.
Edit audio through a transcript
Transcribe speech, select audio by words, and remove filler words in one undoable edit.
Keyboard shortcuts
The editing, playback, navigation, and file shortcuts in one place.
Effects and analysis
Effects, fades, and level controls
Target the right audio, set gain, normalize peaks, and repeat successful processing.
Compressor and limiter
Control level differences and peaks with adjustable dynamics processing.
Noise reduction and noise gate
Reduce steady background noise or quiet the gaps between phrases.
Filters, Bass and Treble, and Graphic EQ
Remove unwanted frequency ranges or shape tone with shelves and a 31-band equalizer.
Change pitch, tempo, or playback speed
Choose whether pitch, duration, or both should change.
Echo and reverb
Add discrete repetitions or room ambience with control over the dry and wet sound.
Silence audio and shorten pauses
Understand the difference between muting, inserting quiet time, and removing excess silence.
Convert mono and stereo channels
Mix to mono, extract one channel, swap stereo, or duplicate mono to stereo.
Analyze frequencies and generate audio
Inspect a spectrum or insert tones, colored noise, and silence.
Save and share
Labels and multiple-file export
Mark points or ranges, exchange Audacity labels, and download named audio files in a ZIP.
Export WAV, MP3, or a selected passage
Choose a playable format, export locally or to Puter, and distinguish audio from project files.
Project files, autosave, and recovery
Save a portable editable project and understand what local autosave retains.
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