Combine (not merge) audio files in Audacity with time gap

Question

I would like to combine few audio files to one long audio file.

I was able to align them by Select All> Tracks> Align Tracks> Align End to End and then combine by Tracks> Mix and Render. But I would like to insert one second silence in-between, which I do not know how to do.

Kindly suggest

Attaching an image of what I managed to do.

Hi, pkj. Welcome to [so]! This question is not related to programming, and I would suggest deleting it. If you still have the question, it may be on-topic at https://sound.stackexchange.com/. — jpaugh, Apr 22 '18 at 02:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 01 '21 at 08:44

If there's only a few files, then the easiest way is:

Launch Audacity
"File menu > Import > Audio" and select the files
Zoom out a bit so that you can see some space beyond the end of the tracks (See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/zooming.html)
Use the Time Shift Tool to arrange the tracks as shown below (See https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/time_shift_tool.html) "File menu > Export" and select whichever options you need.

Combine (not merge) audio files in Audacity with time gap

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