HOW TO USE

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 A GUIDE TO
THE BASIC
FUNCTIONS OF
AUDACITY
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 RECORDING
and SAVING
AUDIO
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 THIS IS
AUDACITY

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 IN SIMPLE
WORDS

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IS A PROGRAM
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 THAT CAN BE
USED

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 TO
RECORD
LIVE
AUDIO
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 RECORD
COMPUTER
PLAYBACK

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 CUT,
COPY
AND
SPLICE
AUDIO
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 MIX SOUNDS
TOGETHER

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 CONVERT
AND
SAVE
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 AUDIO
FILES

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 TO
OTHER
FORMATS
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 ADD
EFFECTS

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CHANGE
SPEED
AND
PITCH
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 LET’S
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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 Let’s 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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 You’ll 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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