AUDACITYRenee Gigax

WELCOME TO AUDACITY

Audacity is a free tool that records and edits sounds

If you need to download Audacity, go to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and select Download Audacity 1.2.6 instead of Audacity 1.3.12, because the later edition is still a “work in progress”.

IN THIS DEMONSTRATION, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: Import existing music (you own legally, i.e.

from Amazon.com downloads) into Audacity so you can edit it

Change the pitch (highness or lowness of sound)

Change the tempo (speed of the steady beat) without changing the pitch

Cut away unwanted sections of music or sound

Record your own sounds for future editing Export what you created as a WAV file or as

an MP3

LET’S GET STARTED!VIDEO ALSO ON YOUTUBE – SEE NEXT SLIDE FOR

URL

LET’S GET STARTED! YOUTUBE COPY OF VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn4IYcuxrBk

VIDEO TUTORIAL SUMMARY POINTS

Import AudioClick on Project , and then import audioSelect music you have already downloaded

on your computer, or ripped from a CD Press play to preview To change the pitch:

Click on Edit, and then select allClick on Effects, and then change pitchChoose the interval (the distance from the

original pitch) that you want to change up or down to by clicking on the new key

VIDEO TUTORIAL SUMMARY POINTS(CONTINUED) Undo option

Click on Edit, and then undo (or, click on the undo command from the middle of the toolbar)

To change the tempo: Click on Edit, and then select all Click on Effects, and then change tempo with

one of the following options: Move the selection arrow + or – Enter the specific percent change Enter the beats per minute Enter the exact time that you want the audio to

be stretched or condensed to

VIDEO TUTORIAL SUMMARY POINTS(CONTINUED) To cut parts out:

Click-drag one part of the spectrogram (digital audio display) at a time that you want to remove

Click on the Edit menu and select cut, or click on the cut command (scissors) from the middle of the toolbar

To record live audio:Press the red record command only (not at

the same time as play)Press stop when done recording

TRY IT! Import audio from your media player or

other digital source, and edit it by changing the pitch or the tempo

OR Record your own voice (singing would

be great, but not necessary), and change the pitch higher or lower

OR Import a song and cut the beginning or

end of the song out

SAVE IT AS A “WAV” FILE – VIDEOVIDEO ALSO ON YOUTUBE – SEE NEXT SLIDE FOR URL

SAVE IT AS A “WAV” FILEYOUTUBE COPY OF VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl28G3La2Wo

GET FEEDBACK Once your Audacity project is saved as a

WAV file, you can send it to me in an e-mail for feedback

Send your audio file as an attachment to rgigax@kent.edu as a demonstration of your new skill

You can forward any of your questions to this e-mail, or you can use the Audacity wiki as a resource: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audacity_Wiki_Home_Page

THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR WAV FILE

Burn your audio onto a CDmake sure it is a CD-R or CD-RW

Play it from your Media Player (Windows)

Continue to edit it in Audacity Save it on your computer’s hard drive or

on a memory stick Send audio/verbal feedback on a

student’s assignment to their e-mail

CHANGE THE FILE FORMAT FROM WAV TO MP3

When you want to download your newly created audio to another device, you need to save your Audacity file as an MP3

Audacity itself cannot encode audio as an MP3, so you need to download Lame MP3 Encoder Go to http://lame.buanzo.com.ar to download Once you have it, you will have a file called

lame_enc.dll, LameLib or libmp3lame.dylib The first time you want to export an MP3 file,

Audacity will ask you for the location of this file, so remember where you saved it