Audacity Tutorial

HOW TO USE
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A GUIDE TO
THE BASIC
FUNCTIONS OF
AUDACITY
RECORDING
and SAVING
AUDIO
THIS IS
AUDACITY
IN SIMPLE
WORDS
IS A PROGRAM
THAT CAN BE
USED
TO
RECORD
LIVE
AUDIO
RECORD
COMPUTER
PLAYBACK
CUT,
COPY
AND
SPLICE
AUDIO
10
MIX SOUNDS
TOGETHER
11
CONVERT
AND
SAVE
12
AUDIO
FILES
13
TO
OTHER
FORMATS
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ADD
EFFECTS
15
CHANGE
SPEED
AND
PITCH
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LETS
START
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Download
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Open browser
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Click on the
browser
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This will open
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Go to
audacity.sourceforge.net
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Click to download
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Click to install
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Click Next
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Click
OK
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Click
Next
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Again,
click
Next
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Click
Next
again
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Click
Next
once
more
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Click
Finish
to
complete
installation
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To record
audio,
you need
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a microphone
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Or a
headset
microphone
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Connect the
microphone to
the computer
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Here are
samples of
microphone
to computer
connection:
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For a headset
microphone
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After the
hardware
setup
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Let us now set

the preferences
for recording
and playback
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Preference
setup is an
important
step
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to make
sure
that the
options
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for the
audio host,
recording
and
playback
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are
correctly
set.
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Open the program
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Click this icon
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Audacity will open
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Click Edit
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Move cursor down

then click on
Preference
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Click on this
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A dialogue box
will appear
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Click on Devices
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From the drop

down window
under
Interface,
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Click Host
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Select MME
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MME is the
Audacity
default
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And the most

compatible
with all audio
devices
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Next,
from the drop
down window
under Playback
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Select Speaker
or the primary
sound driver
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Then,
from the drop
down window
under
Recording
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Click Microphone
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Lets see if the

microphone is
working
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Click this arrow
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This will appear
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Click
Start Monitoring
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Red indicator
should move
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You can now

record using
your microphone
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Click the
Record botton
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Here it is
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An audio track
will appear
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Speak into the

microphone
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A waveform
will appear
during recording
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You can click

Pause
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To put recording
On Hold
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Click Pause
again to resume
recording
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If you are done

recording, click
on Stop
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Here is Stop
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If you want to
hear your
recording,
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Click on the
Play button in
the transport
toolbar
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Click Play
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Click on Stop to
end playback
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Satisfied with the

recording?
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You can now

save your
recorded audio
to different
formats
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Click
on
File
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Click
Save
Project
As
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Window will appear
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In the Filename
box, type the title
of your recording
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Right here!
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Then click on
Save
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Now, to export
the audio to a
wav file,
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Click
File
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Click on
Export
Audio
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Window will
appear
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From the Save

As Type
dropdown box,
click on WAV
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Here it is
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In the Filename
box,
type the title of
the file
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Right here!
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Then click Save
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You can even

export your
audio
to mp3
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But first,
download
the LAME MP3
encoder
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To allow Audacity
to export mp3
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Go to
audacity.sourceforge.net
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Click to download
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This page will

appear
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Follow the
instructions
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Left click this
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Youll be
redirected here
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Left click this
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Click this to start

installation
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Follow instructions
to install LAME
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After LAME
installation,
you can now
export audio to
mp3
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Go back to
Audacity
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Click
on
File
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Choose
and
click
Export
Audio
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Window will
appear
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From the Save

As Type box,
click on MP3
files
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Like this
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In the Filename
box,
type the title of
the file
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Type here
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Finally, click
Save
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There you go,

your first
recording
using Audacity.
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Now you know

how to record
and save in
Audacity.
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In my next
tutorial,
you will learn..
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how to edit, cut,

paste and add
effects in
Audacity
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Happy recording!
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HOW TO USE

This will open

Let us now set

Open the program

Click this icon

Audacity will open

Move cursor down

From the drop

And the most

Lets see if the

Click this arrow

This will appear

You can now

Speak into the

You can click

If you are done

Satisfied with the

You can now

Window will appear

From the Save

Then click Save

You can even

This page will

Left click this

Left click this

Click this to start

From the Save

There you go,

Now you know

how to edit, cut,

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