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Audacity shortcuts will bring many powerful editing features to your fingertips. As you get experience in audio editing, you'll find yourself using those shortcuts quite often.

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Audacity shortcuts will bring many powerful editing features to your fingertips. As you get experience in audio editing, you'll find yourself using those shortcuts quite often.

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0	Ctrl + O	Open
1	Ctrl + W	Close

-1	Ctrl + Z	Undo
1	Ctrl + K	Delete
1	Ctrl + Alt + X	Remove Special > Split Cut
1	Ctrl + I	Clip Boundaries > Split
0	Ctrl + Alt + I	Clip Boundaries > Split New
1	Ctrl + J	Clip Boundaries > Join
1	↑ Shift + Alt + C	Labeled Audio > Copy
0	Ctrl + A	Select > All
1	]	Select > Right at Playback Position
2	←	Move Cursor to Selection Start
1	⌘ Cmd + ,	(Mac) Preferences
1	→	Cursor Right

0	Ctrl + 3	Zoom Out
1	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + F	Fit Vertically
1	F11	Full screen on/off

Ctrl + ↑ Shift + N

Add New > Mono Track

0	F2	Chooses Envelope tool
0	F5	Chooses Time Shift tool

For more information about these shorcuts, refer to Audacity Wiki.

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Program name: Audacity Audacity (General)

Audacity is free multi-track audio editor and recorder. This easy to use tool ise quite long list of features and works in Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and more.

Web page: http://www.audacityteam.org

Last update: 5/10/2023 10:13 AM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 82%

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Updated: Updated program information. (2 updates.) 5/13/2021 9:54:23 AM Updated program information.
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Ctrl + ↑ Shift + N

Add New > Mono Track.

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