Audacity: The “How To’s” Jeff Barnes Career & Technology Northwest High School

What is Audacity? Digital sound editor Allows students to record and play sounds Cut, Copy, Paste within recordings Import Music Multi-track mixing

What in the world would I use this for? FluencyELL Assistive technology Universal Design for Learning Podcasting Sound editing Class radio broadcast Recording speeches for grading

Basic Tool Bar Selection Tool Envelope Tool Draw Tool Zoom Tool Time shift Tool Multi Tool Skip to Start Play Record Pause Stop Skip to End

“How To” Click on the red Record button to begin recording. Click on the blue Pause button to pause the recording. Press it again to continue. Click on the yellow Stop button to cease recording. The cursor will return to its previous position, before the recording was started.

Editing Toolbar CutCopyPaste Trim Outside Selection Silence Selection UndoRedoZoom InZoom Out Fit Selection In Window Fit Project in Window

Full Screen Voice or sound is recorded and displayed by the purple line Louder the sound the greater the wave looks **Hint** - Only “Stop” the recording when you are completely done. It is better to “Pause” the recording and continue when you are ready

Do-Re-Mi…… Come on up and lend me your musical voices!!!

Saving Audacity AUP – Audacity Project Format WAV – Windows Wave Format AIFF – Audio Interchange File Format Mp3 – MPEG I, Layer 3 –You must download a “Lame Encoder” to save as Mp3 or wav file!!! Lame EncoderLame Encoder

Other Applications You can upload Audacity into Itunes Pod-o-maticBlabberize Photo Story 3 for Windows Garage Band Garage Band

Reference Sites utorials utorials tutorial.html tutorial.html Freeplaymusic.com Podsafe Music Network Podsafe Music Network Professor Amy Boehman’s Podcasting Power Point

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