To add an intro/outro music to your recording:

1. Open your project/WAV file that you wish to add an intro/outro music to by going to the Menu Bar > File > Open > double click on your file

2. Import your intro/outro music by going to the Menu Bar > File > Import > Audio… > find your music and double click on your file. (Audacity allows you to import audio in WAV and MP3 formats.) Audacity will add it as a new track below your recorded audio. The music file you have imported is likely in stereo, so it looks different from the track you have recorded with the microphone having two waveforms, one for stereo right and the other for stereo left.

3. After importing your music file, you may find the volume needs to be adjusted to match your recording. To do this, go to the Track Control Panel and click and drag the volume slider.

4. Now you need to move the original track that you have recorded to the right, by 5,10 or 15 seconds, completely up to you how long you want the intro to last for so that you allow the intro music to be heard without overlapping with your recording. To do this, you need to use the Selection Tool in the Tools Toolbar and highlight your entire waveform recording and then click on the Time Shift Tool and click on the highlighted waveform and move it to the right depending by how many seconds you would like the intro to last.

5. You may wish to create a gradual fade in at the beginning of your audio track to create smooth transitions between your audio clips to make a seamless listening experience for your audience. To do this, use the Selection Tool and highlight the intro music track from the beginning until your original audio track starts, and then go to the Menu Bar > Effect > Fade In.

6. Now when you playback, you will notice that after the intro, your audio recording starts but the background music is too loud and you may wish to adjust the volume manually to fade away to nothing. The Envelop Tool gives you more flexibility and allows you to manually fade in and out. To do this, go to the Tools Toolbar and click on the Envelop Tool, you will notice grey bars appear at the top and bottom of each clip, bordered at the edges by a purple line. Click on the waveform of the background audio, this will create a control point. You may wish to create multiple control points to give you more flexibility when adjusting the volume. Now click and drag up or down the control points to adjust the volume.

7. For your outro, you may wish to create a gradual fade out at the end of your audio track similar to the intro in step 6. Use the Selection Tool and highlight the portion for your outro music, go the Menu Bar > Effect > Fade Out.

8. If the music track you have imported is too long and you wish to delete the end of it, use the Selection Tool and go to the waveform and highlight the portion you wish to delete. Then press the Delete key on your keyboard to delete it or go to the Menu Bar > Edit > Delete.

9. At this point, if you are happy with your editing, save your project or export it as WAV/MP3 file.

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