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Using Audacity To Create Digital Audio: Stuart Lennie ICT Curriculum Development Officer

This document provides an introduction and overview on how to use the free, open source audio software Audacity. It explains that Audacity allows users to record, edit, and export audio files and can be used for podcasting, adding narration to videos, and other audio projects. The document outlines the basic functions of Audacity like recording, playing, editing, adding effects and music, and exporting finished audio files. It also provides some resources for tutorials and help on using Audacity.

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Using Audacity To Create Digital Audio: Stuart Lennie ICT Curriculum Development Officer

This document provides an introduction and overview on how to use the free, open source audio software Audacity. It explains that Audacity allows users to record, edit, and export audio files and can be used for podcasting, adding narration to videos, and other audio projects. The document outlines the basic functions of Audacity like recording, playing, editing, adding effects and music, and exporting finished audio files. It also provides some resources for tutorials and help on using Audacity.

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Using Audacity to create Digital Audio

Stuart Lennie
ICT Curriculum Development
Officer
Falkirk Council
Education Services
Contents

• Introduction to Audacity
• Where do I get it?
• When do I use it?
• How do I use it?
• Where can I find help?
Audacity

• Free software for audio creation


• No licensing issues
• Can do advanced effects/multitracking
• Ideal for Podcasting
• Works on a Mac too!
Where do I get it?

• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download
• Pick the stable version!
When do I use it?

• Adding audio narration over a video clip in


Windows Moviemaker/Pinnacle Studio
• Creating MP3 files
• Podcasting
• Other broadcasts such as school radio
How do I use it?
Recording

• Click on the red recording icon on the top


taskbar
• Click on the yellow square to stop recording
Recording

• You should now have a wave shaped pattern on your


screen. This is a track
• Every time you select Record a new track will be added
on the screen
Playing

• Selecting the Play button allows you to hear the


track you have recorded
• The green bars indicate the level of sounds in
the Left and Right channels of the recording
Tools

• In the top left of the screen are 6 tools


• The magnify icon allows you to enlarge the track with
your left mouse button and reduce the track with your
right mouse button
• Enlarging the track allows you to see the sound
patterns more clearly for editing
Editing

• Sometimes we want to remove parts of the


audio track
• Use the selection tool to highlight the area you
wish to remove, using your left mouse button
to select
• Pressing the delete key on your keyboard will
remove the selected area from the clip
Adding Effects

• You can use the same selection technique to


add effects
• Select a part of the audio clip with the selection
tool
• Go to the top menu and choose an effect
• You can add as many effects as you like!
Adding music

• You can add MP3 or other audio music to your


tracks
• Select Project, then Import Audio
• Select the audio track you wish to import
Adding music

• The music file is added on a separate track


• If we want to have music before our audio recording
we will need to move the position of our top audio
track
Time shift tool

• Select the Time Shift Tool


• Click on our voice recording and drag the track
to the right
Fade In/Out

• Highlight the start of the


Music track
• In the top menu select
Effect, then Fade In
Gain
• To balance the levels of sound in
your recording you can use the gain
control
• Moving the gain control at the far
left of your track increases or
decreases the relative sound
volume
Exporting Audio to MP3

• To convert your
finished file to MP3
select File from the top
menu, then Export as
MP3
• Choose your location
to save
• Select Save
LAME Encoder

• You may get an error appearing when you try to


export
• The Lame encoder file needs to be downloaded
from the Audacity website
Where can I get Help?

– Tutorials on Audacity available from:


http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/

– Video tutorials for schools on using Audacity and on


creating a school radio podcast:
www.bteducation.org/img/lib/dialogics/schoolradio/in
dex.htm

– Other tutorial:

http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-
tutorial.htm
Falkirk Council Education Services
Using Audacity to create Digital Audio

Stuart Lennie
ICT Curriculum Development
Officer

Falkirk Council
Education Services

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