Audio EditingiTunes, Audacity & GarageBand

By Samantha HarlowInstructional Technology Consultant

School of Education, UNC Greensboro

Editing Audio: iTunesYou can do very basic editing in iTunes. iTunes comes free on most Macs. • You can trim the beginning or end to a

different start or end time and increase or decrease volume– Control click/right click, Get Info, Options

Editing Audio: Audacity

Audacity is an open source, free multi-track audio editor and recorder. This editor is best to use for extensive audio editing.

To download and access tutorials:http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/

GarageBand

GarageBand is good for adding effects to audio and layering audio. GarageBand comes free on many Macs.

• GarageBand Tutorial http://youtu.be/uIdNGO3xOYQ

• Apple support of GarageBandhttp://www.apple.com/support/garageband/

• To import into GarageBand, open up program, select film, music icon on the bottom right of screen

• Drag and click audio into editor

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• Cinematic tab allows you to add sound effects (bottom right hand of screen)

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• Can perform a voice over by pushing record at the bottom of the screen – this will allow you to layer voices

• The inspector button at the bottom of the screen allows you to add even more effects

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• Once you are done editing, you can save your file as a GarageBand file or share your files in the options shown below:

• You can also import your voiceover/audio directly into iMovie

CD Creation: iTunes

• You can burn a CD from iTunes (from digital audio files)

• On the new version of iTunes:– Create a playlist of audio you desire to

burn (Select the audio, right click/control click, choose “New Playlist from Selection.”)

– Once you are in playlist, go to wrench tool at bottom of the screen and select “Burn Playlist to Disc.”

– Select appropriate CD drive and type of CD you want to burn