LINKS TO VIDEO TUTORIALS USING AUDACITY

AUDACITY, THE BASICS

WEBSITES FOR SOUND FILES…

Here are some websites that you can get more samples from:

•http://www.findsounds.com/•http://simplythebest.net/sounds/•http://www.soundamerica.com/•http://www.wav-sounds.com/

Audacity basics:

play

recordpause

stop

Fast forward/end

Rewind/start

‘Wave form’ of the sound you have imported or recordedTime shift tool:

move a clip forwards or backwards

Select tool

Envelope tool: trim a wave down to make it quieter

Magnify tool

Multi-tool: use a number of the other tools at once

Draw tool: for making small changes when zoomed in

Audacity basics:

Starting a new project:

Open Audacity and save your project to a new folder in your area

If you make a copy of the audio filebefore editing, it will copy the whole file into your project. If you read directly from the original file, it will draw a ‘picture’ of it and play unchanged parts of the file straight from the original sound file. So if you lose it, your in trouble!

Importing audio clips:

Audacity basics:

1. drag and drop the audio file in to the Audacity window

OR 2. Select Import Audio ... in the Project menu

Audacity can import WAV, AIFF, AU, IRCAM, MP3 and OGG files

Editing… Adding effects

Save as an MP3. In school, you will be asked to find the ‘lame.dll’ file. This can be found on the school network

Exporting audio clips:

AO2: DESIGN AN AUDIO CLIPAudacity basics:

To find out how to do some of these things, check out the ‘Tutorials’ section on www.ictpro.org, OR, have a look at these online video tutorials that help show some of the tools in action…

Screencasts

Audacityteam.org

Msiwebvideo.com