Audacity Loop Tutorial : How to Loop Sound Samples

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This Audacity loop tutorial shows how to loop a section of a sound sample many times over to create a pattern or texture in Audacity.

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Open up a sound sample that you would like to work with in Audacity. Once open, pick out the portion of the sample that you would like to loop. Remove any unwanted sound at the end of this section by selecting the sound with your mouse and deleting with your delete key.

Next, place your cursor at the very beginning of the section that you wish to repeat. You can do this by just clicking your mouse in that spot. Now go to the EDIT menu in Audacity and go to SELECT - CURSOR TO TRACK END. This will select everything from the cursor's position to the end of the track.

Next, we need to copy that sound section. Go to the EDIT menu again and select COPY. Now press the RIGHT ARROW key on your computer%27s keyboard. This will place the cursor at the very end of your sound sample. PASTE is next. You need to go back the EDIT menu and select PASTE.

Now you will have 2 copies of the sound sample. To add more copies all you need to do is RIGHT ARROW and PASTE over and over and over.

That is it. Have fun and please leave comments and suggestions for new tutorials in the comments section of this page.

Happy recording,
Andrew