Exporting to CD-Ready Files, Multiple Audacity Tracks

If you copied each song to an individual Audacity track, this is how you export them to individual CD-ready audio files. First open File > Open Metadata Editor and enter any information common to all the tracks, such as date, genre, or artist’s name. Leave the Track Title and Track Number fields blank, because Audacity will fill those in for you.

Next, go to File > Export Multiple and choose Export Format: WAV (Microsoft) signed 16 bit PCM. You’ll see a window like Figure 3-9. I recommend using a separate directory and not mixing your exports with your Audacity project files. Select the “Split files based on: Labels” and “Name files: Using Label/Track Name” radio buttons. Check the “Overwrite ...

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