hello. New here and wanna learn 2 blend

[mrsmith]

Im putting together a cd to listen to i my truck while on the road and I like mixes. well I have this desire to have my music fade into the upcoming track. Ive just started using audacity and want to know if anyone will teach me to crossfade with audacity. thanks in advance.

[strug,p]

I've used audacity alot, but only one song at a time (for a file). The only way I could think of that is to load multiple songs (as mp3's right?) into audacity as one file, all on different tracks... I'm guessing you'll have to fiddle about with cutting, copying and pasting to position the tracks correctly, then you can use the fade in and out options under affects on the end and beginning of each song.

I doubt audacity is the best software for this... Isn't this more more mastering?

[mrsmith]

i found out how to do it, only it will be copied and played or burned as one large trac.

1. open audacity
2. open file , scroll down to import click audio
3. find out where you keep your music, click on or highlight the songs you want then click ok.
4. highlight the second track in the list
5. open edit, click on find zero crossing
6. open edit click cut.
7. go to end of 1st track, or a few seconds till the end. (where ever you want track two to start from) but stay in track twos block. and right/left??? click the place. sorry, I dont have a mouse, Im on a lap top. a line should appear.
8. click edit then click paste, the place you put the line should be the place the 2nd track starts from.
9. now high light a small section of tracks 1 & 2 and see how they blend with each other.

This will be the same procedure for the entire album you make. i did this with a album and i love it. only down fall is when i want to hear a song al over I have to hold my rewind until it gets to the beginning,

If anyone finds out how to seperate a blended track, .plz share the wealth

[strug,p]

Maybe you could cut the section of a whole song (over all tracks), open in a new audacity file and export as a new wav or mp3 file...

Once you have it all separated into different songs, you can edit the mp3 properties by putting them all into one album and numbering them correctly...

The only thing is, once you do that, I'm guessing there may be a 'blip' or a small pause on whatever player your using when they cross tracks... I've noticed some players do that with albums that have blended songs (like in Radiohead for example...)