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AudacityHow To Have Fun With Sound
by “Audacitydemo”
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To Open Audacity
o Go to the folder where Audacity is installed. On Windows this is usually C:\Program Files\Audacity. On Mac, this is usually your Applications folder.
o Double-click audacity.exe (Windows) or Audacity.app (Mac) to launch Audacity.
o On a Windows Network, open Application Explorer
o Click All
o Launch Audacity
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Recording Sound
Click on the buttons inside the red box to find out whatthey do.
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Editing Sound
Click on the buttons inside the red box to find out whatthey do.
These tools are explained in more detail in the following slides.
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Selection Tool
o Make sure the Selection Tool is selected
o Use the Mouse and highlight the sound on the track you want to edit or delete
Highlighted Area
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Envelope Tool
o Make sure the Envelope Tool is selected – blue lines will appear
o Drag the Blue lines in or out to change the volume of the whole track
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Envelope Tool #2
o Where I clicked to move in the line, white circles appear
o The volume will no longer be a straight line meaning the volume will change.
o Click inside the blue line near the white circle
Click Here
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Zoom Tool
o Make sure the Zoom tool is selected
o Keep clicking until you are zoomed in as close as you want to be
o Click on the track with the magnifying glass
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Drawing Tool
o You need to have zoomed in very close. Audacity will let you know if you have zoomed in enough.
o Using the Drawing tool you can move the individual handles
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Timeshift Tool
o The Timeshift tool is for when you have more than one track
o Move the track to where you want
o Make sure the Timeshift Tool is selected
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Recording Some Sound
o Press Record – to start recording
o Press Stop – to stop recording
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Playing Sound
o Click Skip to Start – to put the cursor at the beginning of the sound or click where you want to start from
o Click Play
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Importing Sound
o File >
o Select the sound you want and Open
Import > Audio
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Deleting Sound
o Using the Selection Tool select the sound you want to delete
o Press the Delete key on your keyboard
Selected Area that will be deleted
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Lets Have Some Fun
o To have fun with the sound, select Effect
o Play around with the settings for each effect to see what they do
o Select an Effect from the menu
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Exporting to an Audio File
If creating a Podcast for the internet, export as MP3.
To burn to an audio CD or use your sound in Movie Maker, export as WAV.
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What Else Can I Do?
Help Improve Audacity by contributing tothe
Audacity Wikihttp://audacityteam.org/wiki/
or the
Audacity Forumhttp://audacityteam.org/forum/
Every little improvement makes a big difference!