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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LETS
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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Lets 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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Youll 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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