The document provides step-by-step instructions for downloading and using the free audio editing software Audacity. It explains how to install Audacity, record audio, edit recordings by cutting unwanted sections and adjusting noise, volume and frequency levels. The tutorial also demonstrates how to save edited audio files in WAV format.

1. HOW TO USE
AUDACITY
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What is
Audacity?

3. It is a
software
used for
recording
and editing
sounds.
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Would you
like to
know its
basics?

5. LET’S GET STARTED!
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Pull up your
Google
Chrome
browser

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A new tab will appear

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Type Audacity here

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Click Download

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Click here if you are using
Windows

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This tutorial is
using
Windows 8

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Automatically, download
starts

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Once completed,
click here

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Click Open

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Click on OK

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Click on Next

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Click on Next again

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Click here

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Click here

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Wait to complete installing
the software

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Click here

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Click here

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Click here

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Finally, we have now the
software

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Let’s check out how we can
use it

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Let’s have this area first

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For a closer look, here are
the buttons

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Click this to
pause the track

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Then click this to Play the
track

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Or Stop it completely

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If you want to go skip to
start, click this

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Click this if you want to
skip to end

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If you’re ready to record,
click this

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Let’s have a little
experiment!

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Things to check before
recording an audio

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Set the slider about in the
middle
(Microphone)

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Set the slider about in the
middle
(Playback)

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During recording /
playback,
keep an eye here

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Make sure your audio
recording doesn’t reach
here

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You can select options here
based on your preference

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MME is the default option,
but you can choose any

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Choose which microphone
you will use

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Choose how you would like
your audio sounds
recorded

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Choose how you would like
to listen on the audio file

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Adjust the speed of the
audio

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This is useful if you are
listening for something
particular

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Before recording, check
this portion as well

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This should be 44100

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If not, click on Edit

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Click here

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Click here

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Click here

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It should be set on 16 - bit

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Click here

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You’re
now
ready to
record

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To start recording, click
here

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Wait for 3 seconds and
speak

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Here’s the recording will
look like

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This is the waveform

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It’s time to
clean up
the Audio
recording

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These are the editing tools

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These serves as the cursor

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It’s commonly known as
Selection tool or Play head

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Use the play head to
highlight the track

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Or Use Ctrl + A for
keyboard shortcut

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Let’s try it

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Let’s highlight this area
using playhead

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Click on Effect

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Click here

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Click here

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You will routed here again

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Now, let’s highlight the
whole track by using Ctrl +
A key

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Click here

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Click on Noise Reduction
again

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By this time, Click ok

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Let’s highlight it again

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Click here to cut it

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See the difference on the
opening section

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Highlight the track again

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Click on Effect

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By this time, click on
Normalize

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You can change this

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Click on Preview to hear
the track

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Click on Ok, if you’re
satisfied on what you hear

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See what happened to
waveform

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Next, we will adjust the
frequency of the audio

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Keep the track highlighted

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Click on Effect again

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Let’s have Equalization

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Click here

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Choose on these
predefined curve

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You can adjust
these sliders

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Click on Preview

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Click on Ok

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Back to the interface

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Take time to play around
with these effects

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Let’s save the audio

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Click on File

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Click here

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Choose where you want to
save it

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Give a File Name

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This is saved as WAV type

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Click on Save

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Click Ok

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That’s all for today!

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