Learning Audacity

1h 42mBeginner2020-01-30

Authors

Garrick Chow

Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning

Course details

Audacity is a free, open-source, multitrack audio editing application that can be used to record live audio, edit sound files, change the speed or pitch of a recording, and more. In this course, instructor Garrick Chow demonstrates how to download and install Audacity on both Mac and Windows, record live audio, and import and play existing audio files. See how to perform basic editing tasks such as copying and pasting audio, splitting clips, and adding effects. Garrick also shows more advanced tasks including adding compression and automating volume levels.

Topics include:
- Downloading and installing Audacity
- Importing audio
- Setting up hardware to record
- Recording two tracks simultaneously
- Basic editing and common effects
- Splitting clips
- Exporting a project
- Inserting silence
- Bleeping unwanted words and sounds

Skills covered

AudacityAudio EngineeringAudio and MusicLearningOpen Source

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Jump into the world of audio editing

1. Getting Started

02 - What is Audacity
03 - Download and install Audacity
04 - Import audio
05 - Selecting and zooming
06 - Playback controls
07 - Install the FFmpeg library

2. Recording

08 - Set up your hardware
09 - Create a new project
10 - Save your project
11 - Record
12 - Add tracks
13 - Record two tracks simultaneously

3. Basic Editing

14 - Make selections
15 - Cut, copy, and paste
16 - Split clips
17 - Volume automation
18 - Use common effects

4. Common Tasks

19 - Export your project
20 - Remove unwanted background noise
21 - Apply compression
22 - Insert silence
23 - Bleep out unwanted words and sounds

Conclusion

24 - Next steps