Chapter 9. Multitrack Recording
Editing and mixing multiple tracks is a whole lot easier in the digital realm than it is in the analog world. No waiting for tapes to rewind, no physically cutting and pasting tapes—it’s all just pointy-clicky bit shuffling. Although Audacity isn’t the most sophisticated application for heavy-duty multitrack recording and editing, you can make excellent mono and stereo recordings with it and even 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound. It’s the real deal, with discrete tracks.
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That’s as in separate, not as in able to keep a secret. Discrete is an important term in audio because it tells you when you’re getting the real deal, ...
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