Project Menu - DigiTech GE4056 Instructions Manual

Float Mixer Toolbar – moves the
Mixer Toolbar out of the window and
into its own floating window as above.

Project Menu

Import Audio... - This command is
used to import audio from a standard
audio format into your project. Use this
command if you already have a couple
of tracks and you want to add another
track to the same project, maybe to
mix them together. You cannot use this
option to import Audacity Projects. The
only way to combine two Audacity
Projects is to open them in separate
windows, then copy and paste the
tracks.
Import Labels... - This command
takes a text file which contains time
codes and labels, and turns them into
a Label Track.
Import MIDI... - This menu command
imports MIDI files and puts them into a
MIDI Track. Audacity can display MIDI
files, but cannot play, edit, or save
them yet.
Import Raw Data... - This menu
command allows you to open a file in
virtually any uncompressed format.
When you select the file, Audacity will
analyze it and try to guess its format. It
will guess correctly about 90% of the
time, so you can try just pressing "OK"
and listening to the result. If it is not
correct, however, you can use the
options in the dialog to try some other
possible encodings.
At the beginning of your imported
track(s), you may notice a little bit of
noise. This is probably the file's header,
which Audacity was not able to parse.
Just zoom in and select the noise with
the Selection Tool, and then choose
Delete from the Edit Menu.
Edit ID3 Tags... - Opens a dialog
allowing you to edit the ID3 tags
associated with a project, for MP3
exporting.
Quick Mix – This command mixes all
of the selected tracks together. If you
are mixing stereo tracks, or mixing
tracks that are marked as Left or Right
channel, the result will be a stereo
track (two channels), otherwise the
result will be mono. Your tracks are
implicitly mixed whenever you hit the
Play button and whenever you export.
This command offers a way to do it
permanently and save the results to
disk, saving on playback resources.
Note that if you try to mix two very loud
tracks together, you may get clipping
(it will sound like pops, clicks , and
noise ). To avoid this, drag the gain
slider on the tracks down to reduce
their volume before mixing.
New Audio Track – This creates a
new empty Audio Track. This
command is rarely needed, since
importing, recording, and mixing
automatically create new tracks as
needed. But you can use this to cut or
copy data from an existing track and
paste it into a blank track.
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