Skills: simple audio editing, exporting the result, finding free sound effects and music Concepts: audio editing operations, audio effects, audio utility software, Creative Commons This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. Editing speech with Audacity
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Shift track left/right Zoom Select Make fine adjustments Draw envelope for fades Multi tool Editing tools Shift Pause/play (selection or entire track)
Ctl-z: undo last edit Ctl-y: redo last undo Save project (all the history): File > Save Save audio (several file formats): File > Export The rest of this “getting started” manual
Select Cut: Ctrl-X Removing an “uhm” then
Zoom in, select, cut and paste Paste: Ctrl-V
Audio effects
The amplify effect
Multiple tracks
Save projects; export files
Audio utility programs Levelator Gizmo’s
Shift track left/right Zoom Select Make fine adjustments Draw envelope for fades Multi tool Summary Shift Pause/play (selection or entire track)
Self-study questions What is the difference between the Change Speed and Change Tempo effects? How do you switch from zooming in to zooming out? What happens if you zoom in repeatedly? The following are on the Audacity command menu bar. What does each do?
Resources Audacity audio recorder and editor: Topic module on configuring Audacity to export.mp3 files: Audacity audio recorder and editor, portable version: Audacity "how to" videos: Audacity keyboard shortcuts: 1.2/keyboard_shortcuts.html Audacity how-to presentation: Audacity Wiki: Audacity threaded discussion forum: Audacity tutorial (on Mac, but good for Windows too): Audacity on del.icio.us: Audacity tutorials: Editing voice tracks like a pro, Jay Rose: Sound effects you can use: Creative Commons licenses: Creative Commons music: Creative Commons licensed work: