2. LAB WORK STRUCTURE
• LAB TIME is built into the structure of the class in order to work on
projects. Even so, students work at different speeds so there are also
OPEN LAB hours you can use to work on your projects outside of
regular class meetings.
• LAB TIME = PRODUCTION EXERCISE; simply stay on track with
specific project steps to receive a 100; if you don’t, it’s a 0
• You can also download the software we use to work on your projects
outside of class.
• We have to stay together as a class so once the class lab time
allotted for a project is completed, we’re moving on. Remember -
NO CREDIT FOR LATE WORK! You will have plenty of time to
complete projects, but in order to do so you must attend class and
use the allotted time wisely
3. • You should each have an AUDACITY icon on
your desktop and/or on your START MENU
that looks like this:
• Double click it to open the program
• Go to WEEK #10 and download the file
“PRODUCTION EXERCISE MP3 AUDIO FILE-Raw
Trump Audio” to your USB drive in a folder called
“MMJ AUDIO”
• To do this right-click on the file and choose “Save
Link As” and navigate to your USB and create the
folder “MMJ AUDIO”. If you download the file
somewhere else, you need to move it to your USB
drive before importing it into Audacity.
AUDACITY EXERCISE
4. • Within AUDACITY select FILE – IMPORT – AUDIO and
select “PRODUCTION EXERCISE MP3 AUDIO FILE-Raw
Trump Audio” which you just saved to your USB drive
AUDACITY EXERCISE
5. • After the MP3 file imports, your audacity canvas/layout
should look like this with one audio file visible – the file
has a wavelength graphic element that allows you to
“see” the sound within the file
AUDACITY EXERCISE
6. • Within AUDACITY select FILE – SAVE PROJECT AS (click through the
box that appears) and save the project as “YOUR LAST NAME-
AUDACITY EXERCISE #1” in the MMJ AUDIO folder on your USB
drive
AUDACITY EXERCISE
7. • This .AUP file is the project file you will work on for this
exercise – ALWAYS OPEN PROJECT FILES DIRECTLY FROM
YOUR USB DRIVE – DO NOT DRAG THEM TO THE
DESKTOP! ALWAYS LEAVE THEM ON YOUR USB DRIVE!
AUDACITY EXERCISE
8. You can now listen to the imported file through your
headphones
Simply hit the SPACE bar to start the audio playing
You use the control buttons at the top to run the audio
AUDACITY EXERCISE
9. We are going to take the audio bites from your RAW
AUDIO and place them on a new track so make your new
track first
Go to TRACK – NEW TRACK – MONO TRACK
AUDACITY EXERCISE
10. Using the supplied script as your guide, listen to your file
and highlight the TRUMP AUDIO BITE #1 that you WANT
to keep (00:19.5 – 00:31.045)
You highlight the audio by clicking inside the audio file
and dragging to the left or right while keeping the mouse
button depressed
AUDACITY EXERCISE
11. Now go to EDIT –
COPY (or Ctrl + C) to
copy the highlighted
section
AUDACITY EXERCISE
12. Now go to PASTE –
PASTE (or Ctrl + V)
to paste the
highlighted section
into the NEW TRACK
you made
Wherever you place
your playhead line in
the NEW TRACK
space is where the
pasted audio will go
AUDACITY EXERCISE
13. REPEAT THIS PROCESS FOR
EACH OF THE BITES YOU WANT
TO KEEP – THAT’S FOUR BITES
TOTAL!
DO NOT OVERLAP THEM
WITHIN THE NEW TRACK
AUDACITY EXERCISE
14. GET IN THE HABIT OF
REGULARLY SAVING
YOUR WORK BY CLICKING
SAVE PROJECT ON THE
TOP MENU
TIP: You only use the
“SAVE AS” option if you
are making a new
project file, NOT if you
are working on an
existing one
AUDACITY EXERCISE
15. WHEN YOU’RE DONE YOUR LAYOUT SHOULD LOOK
SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
AUDACITY EXERCISE
16. Now click the MUTE button on the RAW AUDIO TRACK –
that will gray it out so you won’t hear it but it’s still there
AUDACITY EXERCISE
17. BE CERTAIN YOU SAVE
YOUR WORK BY CLICKING
SAVE PROJECT ON THE
TOP MENU
TIP: You only use the
“SAVE AS” option if you
are making a new
project file, NOT if you
are working on an
existing one
AUDACITY EXERCISE
18. • PRODUCTION EXERCISE CREDIT TODAY:
– Confirming that you have isolated the RAW
TRUMP AUDIO BITES onto their own NEW
TRACK
– Muted the RAW AUDIO track
– Saved the PROJECT FILE to your USB
• LOOKING AHEAD:
– Editing the bites for clarity
– Recording your narration
AUDACITY EXERCISE
19. LAB REMINDERS
• There’s only one of me so learn to help yourself
by using readily available resources about the
AUDACITY software USE THE SUPPLIED
RESOURCES AND THE INTERNET – there is no
shortage of Audacity Help out there
• SAVE YOUR PERSONAL WORK TO YOUR OWN
USB DRIVE! IF YOU LEAVE IT ON THE PC YOU’RE
WORKING ON, YOU COULD LOSE IT WHEN IT IS
REBOOTED! Lost work due to improper saving is
the same as not doing it in the first place
20. LAB TIME ATTENDANCE
•If you don’t come to class during LAB
TIME sessions you will most likely fall
behind – the PowerPoints are
designed to be as simple to follow as
possible but there is simply no
substitute for in-person instruction
