Mastering Audacity in simple steps

AudacityMaster has published a number of useful screencasts which offer some practical tips and techniques for using free sound-editing tool Audacity to create mp3 files on your computer. The 16 part guide is a sound introduction to the basics of audio production. Hope you find it useful:

• Audiobook intro
• Podcast intro
• Install Audacity
• Download Lame
• Download Lame2
• The cut tool
• Trim outside tool
• Fade in and out
• Manual fade
• Silence selection tool
• Change speed effect
• Adding music
• Mixing your podcast
• Audiobook example
• Adding ID3 tags for audiobooks
• Adding ID3 tags for podcasts
• Exporting your audiobook
• Exporting your podcast

For sound effects to embellish your recordings, have a look at sites such as Soundsnap or Soungle, but don't forget you can't publish anything unless you have permission to do so.

Comments

[Esther Hardman]

Hi Joe

This is really helpful. Needing to remind myself how Audacity works before a training session. Great comprehensive notes!

Esther