Basics of Audacity 2.0.

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1 Recording a new track Once Audacity is launched, click the record button to make your recording. To stop, click the stop button or, alternatively, you can press spacebar on your keyboard.

If your computer has a built-in mono microphone, there will only be one sonogram instead of two. This will not affect your recording, though. 1.1 Continuing your recording after it has been stopped

Pressing the record button after the prior recording has stopped will start a new recording on a new audio track. If you have stopped the recording but wish to continue on the same track, press SHIFT + R on your keyboard.

Reviewing your recording

To play from a particular point of the recording, locate and click the area with the mouse, followed by pressing spacebar. To select an area of the recording that you wish to edit, click and drag the area with the mouse. To play the selected area, press spacebar. To zoom in/out, you can either: press CTRL followed by scrolling up/down with the mouse, or, by pressing the buttons as shown below:

Once an area has been selected, you can do any of the following: Commands Del CTRL+C CTRL+V SHIFT SPACE+SPACE 3 Action Delete the section Copy the section Paste the section Play the section Play the section repeatedly

Audio layering

You can create a new track by clicking on TRACKS > ADD NEW > AUDIO TRACK on the menu bar.

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Adding audio effects

After a new track has been created, you can add your own sound files by dragging it on that track.

You can shift the sound effect around by clicking the Time-shift tool, followed by dragging the sound track to the desired location.

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Adjusting volume and adding effects Adjusting volume

You can adjust the volume of individual audio tracks by using the volume control on the control panel of the audio track.

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Adding effects

Effects, such as noise removal, can be found in the menu bar. After selecting a section of the audio track, apply an effect by clicking Effect, followed by choosing your desired effect. To choose the entire audio track, click on its control panel. If you wish to apply an effect to all the audio tracks, press CTRL + A on the keyboard before applying the effect.

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Saving and exporting Saving the file

To save the file, click FILE > SAVE PROJECT from the menu bar. 5.2 Exporting the file

This option may only be used if you are done with the project. To export the file in the .mp3 format, click FILE > EXPORT > (format) .mp3. You may be prompted to locate a certain lame.dll. This can be found within the same folder as Audacity. You may wish to send your teacher your recording in the .aup (project) format, since it is significantly smaller than an .mp3 file.