R2DII Cycle 6 Workshop Saturday, January 6 th , 2007 Fordham RETC: Center for Professional Development You Have Some Audacity!
Jan 11, 2016
R2DII Cycle 6 Workshop
Saturday, January 6th, 2007
Fordham RETC: Center for Professional Development
You Have Some
Audacity!
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?
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
“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”
Windows Click Here
Step 5
Intel-Based Macs. Your laptops are OS X, PPC (above)
iMacs are OS 8 (will not work)
Step 6
Internet Explorer Users Alert!
Click the bar along the top and select “Download File…”
That’s so LAMEWindows: you will get the LAME Download page, select any from the list
Step 7
One more LAME tip
• Double-click the “lame-3.96.1” file
• Drag the file lame_enc.dll onto the Desktop
Such Audacity!
How to Work with
Sound Files
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
Record:“I, um, like Saturday Sessions”
As you speak you can see your waveform.
Edit:Taking out the ‘UM’
1. Replay the Audio
2. Visually Spot the ‘um’
3. Highlight the area and DELETE it
4. Click the SKIP TO START button
5. Click PLAY and hear it now!
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.
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
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”