Mixer Board

The Mixer Board is a new feature that first appeared in Audacity 1.3.8 (Figure 1-31).

The Mixer Board puts Pan and Gain controls front and center.

Figure 1-31. The Mixer Board puts Pan and Gain controls front and center.

This is a slick little board with volume units (VU) meters for each track, plus Pan and Gain sliders. It puts your essential mixing controls within easy reach, without having to make your tracks extra wide so that you can access the sliders on the Track panels.

To use the Mixer Board, play your tracks in Audacity and adjust the relative volumes of your tracks with the Gain sliders, which are on the left side of the VU meter, and the left-right balance of each track with the Pan slider. ...

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