Audacity: Intro to Sound Editing

This is an introduction to Audacity-a free, cross-platform audio editing program available online. In this class, we will go through the process of importing audio tracks into Audacity and introduce the anatomy of a sound wav. From there, we'll learn how to edit the wav, manage multiple audio tracks, record your own voice, and export your very own audio track.This training is assumes no former knowledge of audio editing or the physics of sound.

Questions? Email wic1@pobox.upenn.eduor stop by the Weigle Information Commons or Vitale Digital Media Lab.

In this course you will learn:

• How to record sound
• How to edit sound wavs
• How to import audio tracks from an outside source
• About multi-layered audio tracks and mixing
• About labeling and managing recorded material
• About adding effects, de-noising audio recordings, and balancing stereo sound
• The difference between MP3s, AIFFs, OGG Vorbis files and how to export them

• Download the program for free at http://audacity.sourceforge.net. Be sure to download the LAME encoder located there as well.
• Use it in the Vitale Digital Media Lab or in the Weigle Information Commons.

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