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Audacity® 1.2.4 is a fast, open-source, multi-track audio editor and recorder. It supports WAV, AIFF, Ogg, and MP3 formats. Features include envelope editing, mixing, built-in effects, and plug-ins, as well as unlimited undo. On top of all that, it's free!
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Audacity
A. Downloading and Installing Audacity
Downloading from the Audacity site
Finding and downloading the LAME mp3 encoder
B. Setting Up Audacity and Its Features
Understanding the Audacity window
Becoming familiar with the Audacity Toolbar buttons
Understanding the rules of Audacity
Customizing the preferences
Setting up your project for stereo vs. mono recording
Setting up a new project
Using keyboard shortcuts and creating your own
C. Recording with Audacity
Setting up Audacity to record directly from your computer
Using Audacity to record from a microphone
Tweaking your settings for the best possible recording
D. Basic Editing with Audacity
Importing and playing audio files
Creating and saving an audio project
Naming your tracks within an audio project
Making a selection with the Selection tool
Making different types of selections
Trimming and cleaning up audio files
Cutting, copying and pasting selections
Adding silence to an audio project
Duplicating selections in a project
Splitting selections in a project
E. Audacity's Editing Tools
Using the Time Shift tool to move pieces of a track
Using the Trim Outside Selection and Silence Selection buttons
Creating a Quick Mix and exporting as wav
Using the Draw tool
Using the Envelope tool
Using the various Zoom tools
Viewing your edit history
Panning a stereo track
F. Tips and Tricks for Better Audio Editing
Creating your own harmonies
Adding a voiceover to background music
Creating a multi track recording
Aligning tracks in your project
Moving tracks in the timeline
Using the Multi Tool mode
Adding label tracks
G. Using Effects
Amplifying and normalizing audio tracks
Creating echo
Using the noise removal effect
Using the reverse and repeat effects
Using the fade in and fade out effects
Adding bass boost
Changing pitch and speed
Using the wahwah effect
H. Exporting Audio Files
Setting up LAME to convert wav files to mp3
Exporting a selection
Exporting mp3 and Ogg files
Exporting multiple tracks
Labeling your mp3 files with ID3 tags
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