Audacity For Language Classes

Audacity Ms. Caitlin Cornell Haigazian University 2011 Haigazian UniversityLanguage & Technology Workshop

Overview  Intro  What for?  How to?  Converting Files  ResourcesMs. Caitlin Cornell

Intro  Audacity is FREE recording and editing software  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/Ms. Caitlin Cornell

What Can You Use It For?  To evaluate language:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-bxTP3vagc  Students can record themselves (ex, in pairs)  Instructors can record practice listening  To learn music:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHhXQu3kncoMs. Caitlin Cornell

How To?  Who knows?!  There are a LOT of functions of Audacity!  Recording  Saving  Exporting  Converting  ImportingMs. Caitlin Cornell

Recording  Recording is EASY!Ms. Caitlin Cornell

Saving  Saving is also EASY!Ms. Caitlin Cornell

Saving  Audacity saves in .aup (this saves the whole project, to be continued in Audacity later)Ms. Caitlin Cornell

SavingMs. Caitlin Cornell

Exporting  Instead of saving (.aup) you can export (.wav or .mp3)Ms. Caitlin Cornell

Exporting  You can export files in .wavMs. Caitlin Cornell

Exporting  You can also export .mp3…Ms. Caitlin Cornell

Exporting  …but you need the appropriate plugin Ms. Caitlin Cornell

Converting Files  Instead of downloading LAME, you can easily download conversion software  I downloaded the FREE software “Switch,” which allows you to convert from .wav  .mp3  http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html  Ms. Caitlin Cornell

Other Functions  Importing  Mixing (to create Podcasts from separate clips)  Anything else?  http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_can_audacity_doMs. Caitlin Cornell

Resources  http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/ Category:Tutorial  http://www.ehow.com/how_5061510_mix-songs- audacity.html  http://homerecodrings.cz.cc/mixing-a-simple- podcast-using-audacity/Ms. Caitlin Cornell

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