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BASIC RECORDING AND EDITING WITH AUDACITY

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6/6/2018 In this instructable I will show you the basic
Basic functions
Recording of Audacity.
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Step 1: Recording and Playback

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The rst thing I will show you is how to record and playback sounds in Audacity. These are
the most basic functions of Audacity.
To record just click the red dot in the upper left corner.
To stop recording click the orange square in the upper left corner.
To playback the sounds you have recorded or imported click the green triangle in the
upper left corner.

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6/6/2018 Step 2: Importing
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To import audio tracks click on the project tab in the upper left corner of the screen.
Then click on import audio.
Select the le you want to open.
Click open.

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Step 3: Selecting Audio

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--To select all of the audio click on the edit tab, then click on select, then click on select all,
or press Ctrl A on the keyboard.

--To select some of the audio track make sure the select tool in the upper left corner is
selected.
Then click and hold at the beggining of the section you want to select.
Then drag the cursor to the end of the section you want to select.

--To select from your cursor to the beggining or end click on the edit tab.
Then click on select.
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6/6/2018 Then click on "cursor to end" or "start to Recording
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(The selected section of audio will be dark grey)

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-To edit the tempo of the audio select the section of audio you want to edit.
-Then click on the effect tab.
-Then click on Change Tempo (DO NOT CLICK ON CHANGE SPEED, this will change the
speed AND pitch of the audio)
-Click and drag the meter to change the tempo (you will have to experiment to learn what
"percent change" you need to get the correct tempo)
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-Click preview to here a sample of the audio you edited
-When you like the tempo of the audio click on "OK"
(When you change the tempo the selected area will shrink because it is shorter and faster)

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6/6/2018 Step 5: Editing the Pitch
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-To edit the pitch of the audio select the section of audio you want to edit.
-Then click on the effect tab.
-Then click on Change Pitch
-Click and drag the meter to change the pitch (you will have to experiment to learn what
"percent change" you need to get the correct ptich)
-Click preview to here a sample of the audio you edited
-When you like the pitch of the audio click on "OK"

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To delete audio select the section of audio you want to delete and click on the edit tab then
delete, or press Ctrl-K, or press the delete key on the keyboard, or press the backspace key
on the keyboard

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Step 7: Spliting Audio Tracks

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To split audio tracks you have to select the second have of what you want to split.
Then you click on the edit tab.
Then click on split.
(The second half of the split audio will move to a seprate track)

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Step 8: Exporting Audio

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6/6/2018 To export the audio click on the File Basic
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Mattyboy211 (/member/Mattyboy211/) 1 year ago

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how do you make a recording and then edit or Delete it.

TvTekMike (/member/TvTekMike/) 1 year ago

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Hi,

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6/6/2018 May I offer something about losing an Audacity
Basic recording
Recording by changing
and Editing it's name? Audacity tracks are
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not recognised outside and it seemed I had lost the recording (file). I went back into the Audacity
Recent File list to the specific file and opened it, which should show the audio waveform. I highlighted
the whole track which changes it's colour and means it's selected . I then clicked on Export Selection.
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