The Book of Audacity

Creating Loops

Some folks are totally overboard into loops. Loops are clips played over and over, such as when turning a few seconds of drumming into a long drum track, creating a backing music track from a short clip, or being hypnotically repetitious—whatever pleases you. You’ve probably seen low-budget documentaries that used loops to stretch a few minutes of music into background soundtracks.

A simple loop is easy. Start with a single short clip. Select Effect > Repeat. Enter how many times you want it to repeat. Audacity even does the arithmetic for you (Figure 9-29).

Figure 9-29. Creating a simple loop by using a short clip and selecting Effect ...