audacity-mcp-max

Analyze the contrast between foreground and background audio. Select a region first. Useful for checking accessibility compliance (WCAG).

Find clipping in the selected audio and create labels at clipped regions.

Open the Plot Spectrum window for the selected audio. Select a region first.

Find beats in the selected audio and add labels at beat positions.

Automatically label regions of sound separated by silence.

Export raw sample data from the selected audio to a text file for analysis.

Capture a noise profile from the currently selected audio region. IMPORTANT: Select a region of pure noise (e.g. 0.5-2 seconds of silence/background noise) before calling this. This profile is used by the noise_reduction tool.

Apply noise reduction to the selected audio. You MUST call get_noise_profile first on a region of pure noise, then select the audio you want to clean, then call this.

Normalize the selected audio to a target peak level.

Remove clicks and pops from the selected audio (e.g. vinyl recordings).

Truncate or compress silence in the selected audio. Great for removing dead air.

Apply dynamic range compression. Evens out volume differences.

Apply a limiter to prevent audio from exceeding a threshold. Use after compression.

Normalize audio to a target perceived loudness in LUFS.

Check the status of a running pipeline. Call this after starting any auto_ pipeline to monitor progress. Poll every 15-30 seconds.

Analyze the current audio track and recommend the best pipeline to use. This is SYNCHRONOUS — it returns the analysis directly, no job_id needed.

SAFE CLEANUP: Remove noise and artifacts WITHOUT changing loudness or dynamics. Use this when audio levels are already good and you just want to clean it up. Runs in background — returns a job_id immediately. Use check_pipeline_status to monitor.

ONE-CLICK PODCAST CLEANUP: Professional broadcast-quality processing. Runs in background — returns a job_id immediately. Use check_pipeline_status to monitor. Safe for badly recorded audio — only reduces peaks if too hot, never boosts.

ONE-CLICK AUDIOBOOK MASTERING: ACX/Audible compliant processing. Runs in background — returns a job_id immediately. Use check_pipeline_status to monitor.

ONE-CLICK INTERVIEW CLEANUP: Light-touch processing for dialogue and multiple speakers. Runs in background — returns a job_id immediately. Use check_pipeline_status to monitor.

ONE-CLICK VOCAL CLEANUP: Professional processing for singing and studio vocals. Runs in background — returns a job_id immediately. Use check_pipeline_status to monitor.

ONE-CLICK LIVE RECORDING CLEANUP: Aggressive processing for noisy/field recordings. Runs in background — returns a job_id immediately. Use check_pipeline_status to monitor.

ONE-CLICK MUSIC MASTERING: Professionally master your music track with genre-tuned settings. Runs in background — returns a job_id immediately. Use check_pipeline_status to monitor.

CREATIVE LO-FI EFFECT: Apply a vintage/lo-fi sound to your audio. Runs in background — returns a job_id immediately. Use check_pipeline_status to monitor.

Cut the selected audio to clipboard. Select a region first.

Copy the selected audio to clipboard. Select a region first.

Paste audio from clipboard at the cursor position.

Delete the selected audio (does not copy to clipboard). Select a region first.

Split the selected audio into a new track at the selection boundaries.

Split the clip at the cursor position or selection boundaries (in place, no new track).

Cut the selected audio without closing the gap (leaves silence where audio was).

Delete the selected audio without closing the gap (leaves silence where audio was).

Split the selected audio at detected silences, creating separate clips.

Join selected clips into one clip.

Trim audio outside the selection (delete everything except selected region).

Replace the selected audio with silence.

Duplicate the selected audio into a new track.

Amplify the selected audio by a ratio. Select audio first.

Apply a fade-in to the selected audio. Select the region to fade first.

Apply a fade-out to the selected audio. Select the region to fade first.

Apply reverb effect to the selected audio.

Apply echo effect to the selected audio.

Change the pitch of the selected audio without changing tempo.

Change the tempo of the selected audio without changing pitch.

Change speed of the selected audio (changes both tempo and pitch together).

Apply EQ curve to the selected audio.

Apply phaser effect to the selected audio.

Apply wahwah effect to the selected audio.

Apply distortion effect to the selected audio.

Extreme time-stretch effect (creates ambient/drone textures). Select audio first.

Repeat the selected audio a number of times.

Apply a high-pass filter to remove low frequencies below the cutoff. Essential as step 1 in mastering chains to remove sub-rumble.

Apply a low-pass filter to remove high frequencies above the cutoff.

Adjust bass and treble frequencies with a simple tonal shaping tool.

Reverse the selected audio. Select a region first.

Invert (flip phase) the selected audio. Useful for phase cancellation.

Repair a very short damaged section of audio (max 128 samples). Select the damaged region first — must be extremely short. Audacity will show an error popup if the selection is too long.

Auto Duck: automatically reduce volume when audio is detected on another track. Place the control track (e.g. narration) above the track to duck (e.g. music). Select the track to duck before running.

Remove a specific frequency (e.g. 50/60Hz hum) with a notch filter.

Vocal Reduction and Isolation: remove or isolate vocals from a stereo track.

Apply an adjustable fade with curve control.

Apply a professional studio-quality fade out to the selected audio. Uses a specially shaped curve that sounds more natural than a linear fade.

Crossfade between two adjacent clips on the same track. Select the junction point between two clips first.

Crossfade between two overlapping tracks. Align the tracks so they overlap, select both, then run this effect.

Attempt to repair clipped (distorted) audio by reconstructing peaks.

Change tempo and/or pitch gradually across the selection (sliding time stretch).

Apply tremolo (volume oscillation) effect to the selected audio.

Generate a tone signal.

Generate noise.

Generate a chirp (frequency sweep).

Generate DTMF (telephone) tones.

Generate a click/rhythm track.

Add a label at the current cursor position or selection.

Add a label at a specific time range.

Get all labels in the project.

Import labels from a text file.

Export all labels to a text file.

Create labels at regular time intervals across the selection or project.

Create a new empty Audacity project.

Open an existing Audacity project file (.aup3).

Save the current Audacity project. ONLY call this when the user explicitly asks to save. Do NOT auto-save after effects or pipelines — the user controls when to save.

Save the current project to a new .aup3 file. ONLY call when user explicitly asks. Do NOT auto-save after effects or pipelines.

Close the current Audacity project.

Import an audio file into the current project. Creates a new track.

Get the default folder for exporting audio files. Returns the user's Music folder path. Use this when the user doesn't specify where to save.

Check whether Audacity is reachable, and why not if it isn't.

Export the project audio to a file. Format is determined by file extension.

Export all labels to a text file.

Get information about the current project.

Open the metadata editor dialog to view/edit track metadata (title, artist, etc.). This opens a modal dialog in Audacity — the command waits until the user closes it.

Import a MIDI file into the current project.

Select all audio in all tracks. Selects both tracks and time range.

Deselect all audio.

Select a time region in the current track(s). Many effects operate on the selection.

Select one or more tracks by index.

Adjust the current selection boundaries to the nearest zero crossings. Useful before cuts to avoid audible clicks at edit points.

Select the clip under the cursor.

Move the cursor to a specific time position.

Move the cursor to the start of the selected track.

Move the cursor to the end of the selected track.