How to Mix an Audio File and Change to MP3 format

How to Mix an Audio File and Change to MP3 Format

Mixing audio files is a great way to take the best parts of all of your favorite songs and combine them into one awesome track. With MixPad Audio Mixer, you can mix a variety of audio types together to create mixes and mashups of your very own. After you have made a mix you love, you can change to MP3 format and share it with the world.

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Load/Record Tracks

Click on the Load icon underneath the Home tab to add audio clips to your mix. You can add clips from your computer, rip a clip from a disc, or add an empty midi clip to record on a track using a midi controller. Imported clips will be added to the selected track. You can also record your audio tracks directly into MixPad by enabling recording  on the selected track, then clicking on either the record icon underneath the Home tab or on the record button at the bottom of the program.

Arrange your Clips

Use click and drag to rearrange the position of the tracks in your mix. Under the Editing tab, you can choose from a variety of options to cut and trim the clips in your mix. Select a portion of audio in a track to trim, delete, or silence it. Click on any point in an audio clip and choose the Split Clip option to divide it into two separate clips. You can then move the clips around or move them to different tracks in your mix. You can also Merge two separate clips into one clip anywhere you would like within your mix.

Adjust track settings

Adjust the play volume of an entire track using the volume slider in the track controls. You can also adjust the volume at different points in your track by clicking on the red line in the waveform and then dragging the square box that appears up or down to increase or decrease the volume. Click on the envelope icon to choose whether you are adjusting the volume or the pan in your track.

Apply Effects

You can apply live effects to the audio tracks in your mix by selecting a track and then clicking on the FX button to launch the effects window. Layer multiple effects on top of one another and edit and adjust them as you please. Effects will be applied to the audio in the selected track.

Change to MP3 Format

Now that you are finished mixing your audio, you can export your mix and change to MP3 format. Click on the Export Mix button located underneath the Home tab. Use the Browse button to select your output destination, name your file, and set your output file type to MP3. You can also change your file to MP3 directly from the Export Options window by clicking on the dropdown menu and choosing MP3 from the list of output file types. Click Export when you are ready to export your audio mix as an MP3 file.

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For more on MixPad and audio editing, check out these tutorial videos:

• How to Make Beats Using the MixPad Beat Maker
• How To Record Instrumental and Vocal Tracks with MixPad MultiTrack Mixer
• How to Edit Audio Files with WavePad
• Navigate Speech in WavePad
• How To: Convert WAV to MP3 files with Switch Audio Converter

How to Edit an Audio File and Change it to MP3

How to Edit an Audio File and Change it to MP3

The MP3 audio file format is the most commonly used format for sound today. MP3s are the preferred file type for sending and receiving audio files as well as storing them on discs and devices. Learning how to change an audio file to MP3 will provide you with virtually unlimited sharing and storing possibilities for your music and audio files. With a simple audio editing software such as WavePad Audio Editing Software you can easily learn how to edit audio files and save audio as MP3.

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Import Audio

To begin editing audio files to export as MP3, you will first have to import those files into WavePad. You can add files to a WavePad project directly from a disc, from your computer or external drive, from the NCH Sound Library or you can record audio directly into the program.
 

Edit Audio

Before changing audio to MP3, you may first want to edit your music or sound file. Click on the Edit tab in the main toolbar to view the options for editing your audio files in WavePad. From here you can perform basic audio editing such as splitting and trimming clips, removing silences, mixing audio files, and performing general audio file cleanup.

Adjust Audio Levels

Adjusting audio levels is something both seasoned music producers and beginners alike can quickly accomplish in WavePad. Adjusting audio levels will allow you to clean up and improve the sound quality of audio files. Click on the Levels tab in the main tool bar to view the different options for adjusting audio levels. Use the Noise Reduction feature to eliminate any unwanted background noise in your audio. You can also use the Amplify function to increase the sound volume or the Normalize function to further optimize the overall sound quality.

Apply Effects

WavePad comes loaded with a variety of exciting and useful audio editing effects that you can use on your files. Choose from a list of classic effects such as Reverb, Chorus, and Echo or experiment with the many other effects available such as the Voice Changer. WavePad even allows you to combine and layer effects over each other to in order to create your own unique and original sound effect.

Use Tools

Make use of the many tools available in WavePad while you learn how to edit audio files and save them as MP3. Use the Surround Sound Editor to edit and apply a surround sound effect to your audio for playback with a surround sound system. The Batch Converter Tool allows you to add multiple files for editing and converting all at once within your project. You can access the NCH Sound Library from the Tools tab and access a library of free sound effects and audio samples to use in your audio editing project.

Save as MP3

Now that you have successfully learned how to edit an audio file with WavePad, you are ready to learn how to change audio files to MP3. Click on the Home tab in the main toolbar and then click on the drop down arrow next to the Save button. Here you can select the option that says Save File As... to launch the file finder window. Select your preferred output destination and name the file what you would like. Then click on the drop down menu that says Save as File Type and choose the option MPEG Layer-3. This is just a longer way of saying "MP3." Once you click Save, your newly edited audio file will appear as an MP3 in your chosen output folder.

Download WavePad for Windows

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For more on audio editing, checkout these posts: 

• How to Make Beats Using the MixPad Beat Maker
• How to Edit Audio Files with WavePad
• Navigate Speech in WavePad
• How To Record Instrumental and Vocal Tracks with MixPad MultiTrack Mixer
• How To Record Instrumental and Vocal Tracks with MixPad MultiTrack Mixer
• How to Record Streaming Audio
• How to Edit MP3 Tags and Metadata with Switch Audio Converter