Getting started
You just opened the audio editor and you're staring at multi-track editing, enhancement, conversion, and extract-audio. Where do you start? This guide walks you through the most common path - take existing material and export a new version.
Step 1: Open your source
After launching the app you'll see the tool area (Edit / Enhance / Convert / Extract Audio) and a source entry point. Pick an audio file from Photos or Files - any of MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, Opus, AIFF, AMR, CAF.
If the audio came from a video, head to "Extract Audio" first - pull the audio track out of the video (MOV, MP4, M4V, AVI, MKV, WebM, FLV, WMV) and export it as an audio file, then come back to the editing flow.
Step 2: Drop it on the timeline
Open the multi-track editor. The clip you picked lands on the timeline automatically - if you picked several, each gets its own track. With a single clip you get one track, but you can also add more material and stack them into one piece.
Step 3: Trim and rearrange
Each clip has a handle on either end. Drag the start, drag the end, throw away the parts you don't want. You can also split a clip into two at any time point, and edit each half independently. Drag a clip to rearrange order.
Step 4: Add effects
Each clip can take its own enhancement stack:
- Noise reduction - run it first for outdoor recordings
- Voice enhancement - common for podcasts and interviews
- Loudness normalization - even out multi-clip work where levels differ
- Channel split / merge / stereo widening - pick what the material needs
Every effect has a real-time preview - listen until you're happy, then move on.
Step 5: Speed change / reverse (optional)
Need a different speed or reverse? Operate it directly on the track. A continuous slider from 0.25× to 4×; reverse is one-tap.
Step 6: Preview and export
Before exporting, listen to the whole thing inside the app - what you hear should match what you'll get out. Once it sounds right, hit export.
Step 7: Save
After export, the new file is first written to the app's sandbox folder, then a prompt asks you to pick "Save to Files". Choose a folder inside the iOS Files app, and the new file lands there.
The original source is never modified - keep the master if you want.