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Selecting the tool will add blue volume bars onto the timeline.ġ) Activate the library music track “ Lib_ICMRS” by hitting solo.Ģ) Select the Envelope tool you should see the blue lines appear.ģ) Click around :06 to make your first point, then another around :08. The envelope tool is useful for ramping audio levels. On your own: Tighten-up “02 Soundbite” by deleting the “ums” and “pauses”. This will record the background noise that you have highlighted.ĥ) Go back to “02 Soundbite” and highlight the entire clip.ħ) You can now adjust the faders and preview how it sounds.Ĩ) Once you have set your desired levels, click OK.ĩ) This tool will extract the background noise from your soundbite

Paste your selection into this track by hitting COMMAND-V.ĩ) Name this new track “ 01 Soundbite” by clicking the the arrow on the left.ġ0) Delete “Interview 1” by clicking on the “X.”ġ) Navigate to “ Interview #2” and select the dialog “itʼs probably a bad thing for affordable housing …, ” which begins around 01:38:05, through “…mixed blessing I guess,” which ends around 02:03.Ģ) Repeat the steps from previous page and create a new track called “02 Soundbite.”ġ) In “02 Soundbite,” there is a bit of dead space towards the end of her dialog between “businesses, and um” and “ … so mixed.”Ĥ) Click Get Noise Profile. You can select all four (4) files at once by holding down the COMMAND key.ĥ) When they are finished importing, you should have a project screen that looks like this:Ħ) You can listen to each individual track by clicking the Solo button, then hitting Play.ħ) If one track is too loud or soft, you can adjust its master volume by sliding the fader.ġ) Navigate to “ Interview 1.” Make sure everything else is muted.Ģ) Use the zoom tool to get in a little closer.ģ) Use your selection tool to place your cursor, and the space bar to play/stop.Ĥ) Highlight the dialog beginning with “Whatʼs your perception of downtown Los Angeles …,” which begins around 00:12, through “… since I came back from Vegas, I think it looks a lot nicer,” which ends around 00:24.ĥ) The play button will preview your highlighted selection, and you can use the tool that looks like a hand to adjust your intro and outro points.Ħ) Once you have your selection highlighted, hit COMMAND-C to copy.Ĩ) A new unlabeled audio track will appear at the bottom of your screen.

Audacity will save it as an “.aup” file (we will export to other formats later).ģ) To import the sample audio files, go to File > Import AudioĤ) Select the “ Audacity Sample Files” folder from your desktop. If you plan to import your audio into a video project, use these settings:įormats that can be imported: WAV, AIFF, AU, MP2/MP3 or OGG Vorbisġ) When you open the application, it will immediately open a new project screen.Ģ) Select “ Save Project As” to name your project and save a copy to the desktop. If you are going to stream your audio as a podcast or burn to CD, use these settings: In addition to quality and resolution, these settings also affect file size.

AUDACITY TUTORIALS FOR MAC

For this workshop, we will be using version 2.0.4 for Mac which can be downloaded here: ġ) Click on Audacity in the upper lefthand corner, then select Preferences.ģ) Here you can select your “ Sample Rate” (measured in Hz) and your “ Sample Bit Format” (resolution).

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IntroductionĪudacity is a free digital audio editor and recording application that runs on Mac or PC.

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