This document provides a tutorial on how to download and use the audio editing software Audacity. It explains how to install Audacity on Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, and how to set preferences like choosing the default sound card for playback and recording. The tutorial also demonstrates how to import audio files into Audacity by dragging and dropping, and describes some basic editing functions like noise removal and changing the pitch or speed of tracks.

1. Kimberly
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2014

2. Welcome to
the tutorial for
Audacity

3. Audacity is a
powerful tool
for recording
and editing
audio

4. Go to
http://audacity.sourceforge.
net/download

5. Audacity
download
supports
Windows,
Mac OS X,
Linux
operating
systems

6. Next, download Audacity,
click your preferred
version

12. Click “Next” button continuously
to finish the installation

14. Once you’ve done with
installation,

15. you will see the
audacity box

17. Click “edit” button,and choose preferences

18. The
preference
box will
appear

20. For new users
to the world of
sound editing,

21. Choose
Audacity
default
settings

22. Devices-
Interface,
choose
Windows
Direct
sound

24. For
Playback,

25. Choose the built-in
default sound card
in your computer

26. Speaker (High Definition
Audio device)

28. For recording
device,

29. Choose built-in
default sound card
in your computer

30. Microphone (High
Definition Audio
Device)

32. For channels choose 2(stereo))

33. It is better
than
1(Mono)

36. For Default Sample Rate,
Choose 44100Hz

37. This is the
standard/default
for recording

38. Directories, choose folder
where recordings will be
store

39. Now let’s give it a
try

40. Be sure that
the
necessary
microphone
is set up

42. If you’ve made
mistakes, you could
edit them out

44. Importing an
audio file

45. There are many ways
to import an audio file

46. Let’s do the drag and
drop method

47. On Windows
and on
Macintosh

48. ∙Drag and drop the file in to
the Audacity window.

49. This is equivalent to
File > Import >
Audio.

50. ∙Drag and drop a file onto
audacity icon

51. This is equivalent
to File > Open.

52. Audacity
can import
WAV, AIFF,
AU, IRCAM,
MP3 and
OGG files.

54. Select region of the
waveform which contains
only noise

55. Click Effect > Noise Removal

56. Get Noise Profile

57. The Noise Removal
window will disappear,
this is normal.

58. Removing the
Noise

62. Change the
pitch and
speed of the
tracks,

63. Cut, Copy, splice or
Mix sounds together.

64. Incorporate fade ins
and fade outs

65. And add
effects such
as echo,
phaser,
wahwah,
and reverse