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CONTENTS. AUDACITY, THE BASICS. LINKS TO VIDEO TUTORIALS USING AUDACITY. WEBSITES FOR SOUND FILES…. Here are some websites that you can get more samples from: http://www.findsounds.com/ http://simplythebest.net/sounds/ http://www.soundamerica.com/ http://www.wav-sounds.com/.
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CONTENTS AUDACITY, THE BASICS LINKS TO VIDEO TUTORIALS USING AUDACITY WEBSITES FOR SOUND FILES…
Here are some websites that you can get more samples from: • http://www.findsounds.com/ • http://simplythebest.net/sounds/ • http://www.soundamerica.com/ • http://www.wav-sounds.com/
Audacity basics: Draw tool: for making small changes when zoomed in play Rewind/start Envelope tool: trim a wave down to make it quieter record pause stop Select tool Fast forward/end Magnify tool ‘Wave form’ of the sound you have imported or recorded Time shift tool: move a clip forwards or backwards Multi-tool: use a number of the other tools at once
Audacity basics: If you make a copy of the audio file before editing, it will copy the whole file into your project. If you read directly from the original file, it will draw a ‘picture’ of it and play unchanged parts of the file straight from the original sound file. So if you lose it, your in trouble! Starting a new project: Open Audacity and save your project to a new folder in your area
Audacity basics: Importing audio clips: 1. drag and drop the audio file in to the Audacity window OR 2. Select Import Audio ... in the Project menu Audacity can import WAV, AIFF, AU, IRCAM, MP3 and OGG files
Editing… Adding effects
Exporting audio clips: • Save as an MP3. • In school, you will be asked to find the ‘lame.dll’ file. This can be found on the school network
AO2: DESIGN AN AUDIO CLIP Audacity basics: To find out how to do some of these things, check out the ‘Tutorials’ section on www.ictpro.org, OR, have a look at these online video tutorials that help show some of the tools in action… Screencasts Audacityteam.org Msiwebvideo.com