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Using Audacity
Created by: Stephanie Anderson
Dublin Unified School District Dublin, California
Download Audacity at:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You will also need a LAME encoder in order to export your files in MP3 format
Go to the LAME download page at
http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/WindowsUnder "For Audacity on Windows", left-click on the link "libmp3lame-win-3.97.zip" and save the zip folder to anywhere on your computer.
Mac OS 9 or XDownload either libmp3lame or the version of LameLib for your operating system.
• Windows• When you have finished downloading the ZIP folder, unzip
it and save the file lame_enc.dll that it contains to anywhere on your computer.
• The first time you use the "Export as MP3" command, Audacity will ask you where lame_enc.dll is saved.
• In case of difficulty, please view our more detailed instructions at the Audacity Wiki.
• Mac OS 9 or X• When you have finished downloading, use Stuffit Expander
to extract the files. (This may happen automatically.) • Save the file called "LameLib" or libmp3lame.dylib
anywhere on your computer. • The first time you use the "Export as MP3" command,
Audacity will ask you where LameLib or libmp3lame.dylib is saved.
NOW, Finally! Getting started…
Here is how the tools work…Selection – use it to select sections that you want to edit or listen to.
Envelope – use it to change volume over time
Drawing – use to modify individual samples
Zoom – zooms you in, zooms you out
Timeshift – use it to move tracks to the left or right
Multi tool – allows you to access multiple tools at once
Skip back – allows you to restart project from the beginning
Play – audio starts at the cursor position. If you use the selection tool it will play the highlighted part only
Loop – this is cool. If you hold down the shift key, the play button changes to a loop, which lets you play the selection over and overRecord – starts recording audio. The new track will begin at the cursor position you have selected.
Pause – temporarily stops playback or recording until you press pause again
Stop – stops playback or recording. You must press stop before applying any effects, saving, or exporting
Skip to end – moves the cursor to the end of the last track
Cut
Copy
Paste
Trim – trims audio away from the outside of the selection
Silence – quiets the selected audio
Undo
Redo
Zoom in
Zoom out
Fit selection to window – does just that
Fit project to window – does just that
So…Plug in a microphone (or just
yell at the machine, that works too)
• Press the record button• Record your voice• Press pause• Edit
• Go back and check the different tools, use the editing tool to highlight and cut things that you don’t want
My advice?Microphones work better than yelling. Get one with a USB port.Be sure to make a test run so that you can adjust levels, etc.
Hey?Want to get all fancy
schmantsy?• The great thing about audacity is
that it allows you to mix multiple tracks together.
• So, have an MP3 of background music that you made?
• Go to project, then click import audioHate the track? Click the X
Have multiple tracks?•Mute helps when editing
•Adjust the separate volumes to help multiple tracks flow together better
What happens next?
• As you go be sure to click on “save project”
• Done for the day? Remember to re-save!• Done forever?• Click Export as an MP3
• Be sure to enter your tagging information before you are done!