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You Have Some Audacity!

You Have Some Audacity!. R2DII Cycle 6 Workshop Saturday, January 6 th , 2007 Fordham RETC: Center for Professional Development. First Things First. If someone told you about a free audio editing program, what steps would you take: to find more information, and

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You Have Some Audacity!

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  1. You Have Some Audacity! R2DII Cycle 6 Workshop Saturday, January 6th, 2007 Fordham RETC: Center for Professional Development

  2. First Things First If someone told you about a free audio editing program, what steps would you take: • to find more information, and • obtain a copy of the program?

  3. Step 1

  4. Step 2

  5. Step 3 Search for

  6. Step 4 Windows Click Here The More You Know: “Beta” software is a program not yet fully tested and officially released. If there is a “stable” version available, always download that. FYI: Most Google Software is considered “Beta”

  7. ALL USERS Mac Users Intel-Based Macs. Your laptops are OS X, PPC (above) iMacs are OS 8 (will not work) Step 5 Windows Users:

  8. Step 6 Internet Explorer Users Alert! Click the bar along the top and select “Download File…”

  9. That’s so LAME Windows: you will get the LAME Download page, select any from the list Easiest

  10. Step 7 Download the File to DESKTOP When finished, minimize the brower Double-click file to Install "YES" and "NEXT" everything!

  11. One more LAME tip • Double-click the “lame-3.96.1” file • Drag the file lame_enc.dll onto the Desktop

  12. Such Audacity! How to Work with Sound Files

  13. Recording Sound Make sure Micophone is selected, and the volume is not low or too high Record Button will start Recording and make a new track automatically

  14. Record:“I, um, like Saturday Sessions” As you speak you can see your waveform.

  15. 4. Click the SKIP TO START button Edit:Taking out the ‘UM’ 1. Replay the Audio 2. Visually Spot the ‘um’ 5. Click PLAY and hear it now! 3. Highlight the area and DELETE it

  16. Saving the Project • Audacity saves its file as a project. • Always use “Save … As” feature when you first save (for any application – Word, Excel, PP) • A project is not an audio file and cannot be played without Audacity! • A project saves the tracks so you can edit later.

  17. Create a New Folder on the Desktop and Save • Click the Desktop • Create New Folder icon • Call the folder “Audio Projects” • Type a Filename • Save

  18. Save as an audio file • Audacity, by itself, can not save a file as MP3 • Click “File > Export as MP3” • Audacity will ask where your LAME MP3 converter is located • Browse to Desktop, and select the LAME encoder “lame_enc.dll”

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