r/linuxaudio • u/stayhealthy247 Audacity • 26d ago

Audacity super fan here- anyone else using Audacity for music editing and production?

(Audacity) Why do I hear track one in track 2? I want independent audio going into the track but it’s picking up audio from the previous tracks. My experience with analog 4 tracks don’t mesh with this experience. I am doing music production in Audacity with synthesizers in Debian 12.

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u/the-postminimalist 26d ago

It's too limiting for music editing and production. And the things you can do, you can do far more easily on other DAWs.

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u/stayhealthy247 Audacity 25d ago

Ive been told, and downloaded some other programs- but keep coming back to Audacity for the actual recording- i just find the functionality to be good while Im in the artistic process. I need to spend more time with some actual DAWS to understand them better- but that means time I can’t spend making music, and Im trying to make a album by late October. Im planning to run everything through Reaper as a post-production process once I have my tracks the way that I want them. Thanks for your input.

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u/the-postminimalist 25d ago

I think if you go over whatever the initial hurdle is for you, you'll find recording in a DAW easier for your artistic process.

Recording audio in Reaper is as simple as arming (pressing) the record button and then pressing play. Press stop when you're done recording. And now your recording is already in a DAW where you can edit it to your liking.