I want to select a portion of audio and then move it by dragging it to different areas in the same track. How do I accomplish this?
9,187 14 14 gold badges 60 60 silver badges 71 71 bronze badges asked Oct 17, 2013 at 15:42 291 1 1 gold badge 2 2 silver badges 3 3 bronze badges Ctrl + I to split track, F5 to move selected by F1 part of the track Commented Jan 10 at 22:36Yes, you can move tracks around without cutting and pasting!
At the top of the Audacity screen, just right of the transport buttons there are several "Tool" buttons. Click this button:
This is called the Timeshift tool. Use the Timeshift tool to move tracks along the timeline. After selecting the Timeshift tool, select a track by clicking on the waveform and dragging it left or right to move it earlier or later in the timeline. Or you can click on the waveform and move it to any other track anywhere on the timeline.
Credit to wikieducator.org/Using_Audacity/Moving_tracks
