How to Divide Tracks in Audacity

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open Audacity.

   This program's icon resembles a blue pair of headphones with a red and orange sound wave in the middle of them.
   
   If you haven't yet installed Audacity, you can download it for Mac or PC from the official site: http://www.audacityteam.org/ You may encounter bugs while running Audacity on MacOS Sierra.
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   Step 2: Click File.

   This option is in either the top-left corner of the screen (Mac) or the top-left corner of the Audacity window (Windows). , It's about halfway down the File drop-down menu. , Doing so invokes a window wherein you can select an audio file. , If your audio file in question isn't readily available on your computer's desktop, you may have to search through the folders listed on the left side of the window here.
   
   Once you find the audio file you wish to edit, click it to select it. , Audacity will begin assimilating the file.
   
   Once the track finishes uploading, you'll be able to proceed with dividing the track.
   
   Depending on the file's size, importing it into Audacity may take a few minutes. , It's in the top-left corner of the track, to the right of the song's name.
   
   Clicking it will prompt a drop-down menu. , You'll see this option near the bottom of the drop-down menu.
   
   Doing so will convert your synchronized two-channel track into two separate channels: one for the left speaker, and one for the right.
   
   You can also click Split Stereo to Mono to create two identical mono tracks. , It's on the left side of the track; clicking it will select the track.
   
   Your track is a mono track if there is only one blue sound wave (as opposed to a stereo track's two blue sound waves). , To do so, you can click Edit in the toolbar at the top-left side of the screen and then click Copy, or you can press either ⌘ Command+C (Mac) or Ctrl+C (Windows). , This is where you'll paste your copied track. , You can either click Paste in the Edit menu, or you can press either ⌘ Command+V (Mac) or Ctrl+V (Windows). , It's in the top-left corner of the track, to the right of the song's name.
   
   Clicking it will prompt a drop-down menu. , It's near the bottom of the drop-down menu.
   
   This will cause your selected track to play from the left channel (and your left speaker). , Doing so will set the track to play from the right channel.
   
   Your previously mono track is now a stereo track with two distinct channels.
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   Step 3: Hover over Import.

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   Step 4: Click Audio.

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   Step 5: Select an audio file.

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   Step 6: Click Open.

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   Step 7: Click ▼.

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   Step 8: Click Split Stereo Track.

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   Step 9: Click the grey track window.

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    Step 10: Copy the track.

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    Step 11: Click the grey space below your track.

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    Step 12: Paste the mono track copy.

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    Step 13: Click ▼ on the first track.

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    Step 14: Click Left Channel.

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    Step 15: Click ▼ on the second track

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    Step 16: then click Right Channel.

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