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Getting started with Audacity 1.3. Create your own podcasts, edit music, and more with this open source audio editor

Getting started with Audacity 1.3. Create your own podcasts, edit music, and more with this open source audio editor

Bethany Hiitola, Stephen Daulton

Ebook
Using the Audacity software as the starting off point, we discuss what the software is, what it can do, how you can use it, and where you go to get started installing it. All of this information is grounded in some basic audio editing terminology and background for those that aren't so technology inclined.Then we'll start digging into a sample project! You'll learn about how to set up a project, create a voice track, record an interview with Skype, and basic audio editing techniques. All of this done in an easy to follow, task based approach with lots of examples. Here, we plan to go a step further, we teach how to wrap all of these steps together and create a podcast that can be posted on your own website or blog.There's always more you can do with Audacity! The last portion of the book is dedicated to just that - discussing more advanced editing and mixing techniques, using affects, adding music, adding additional plug-ins to the software. All still incorporating examples and easy to follow tasks you can try on your own audio projects.
  • Getting started with Audacity 1.3
    • Table of Contents
    • Getting started with Audacity 1.3
    • Credits
    • About the Author
    • About the Reviewers
    • Preface
      • What this book covers
      • Who this book is for
      • Conventions
      • Reader feedback
      • Customer support
        • Errata
        • Piracy
        • Questions
    • 1. Audacity and the World of Audio Editing
      • What is Audacity?
      • Will it work for me?
        • Windows and Mac OS
        • GNU/Linux
      • Moving up to Audacity 1.3
      • Common audio editing terms used in Audacity
      • Opening Audacity
        • Audio controls and editing toolbars
        • Project View
        • Selection Toolbar
        • Using the main menu
        • Understanding the toolbars
          • Control Toolbar
          • Mixer Toolbar
            • Give it a try!
          • Tools Toolbar
          • Meter Toolbar
          • Edit Toolbar
          • Transcription Toolbar
          • Selection Toolbar
      • Understanding projects
      • Pointers for working in Audacity
      • Using the best equipment
        • Sound cards
        • Microphones
      • Summary
    • 2. The Basics: Setting Up a Project
      • Creating a new project
      • Setting the Audacity Preferences
        • Verifying playback and recording settings
        • Quality settings check
        • Setting up for importing and exporting
      • Planning for your recording session
        • Performing an equipment check
        • Positioning your microphone
        • Planning a podcast
      • Summary
    • 3. Ready and Action! Creating a Voice Track and Recording Interviews
      • Recording voice tracks
        • The simple voice track
        • Adding to a voice track
        • Labeling recorded audio tracks
        • Deleting an audio track
      • Recording an interview with Skype
        • Download and install Skype
        • Set up Skype for your telephone interview
        • Recording the Skype call
          • For better volume control
        • Using timed recordings
      • Summary
    • 4. Making It Sound Better: Editing Your Podcast
      • Dissecting the recorded audio
        • Voice waves
        • Silence
        • Timeline
      • Working within the project
        • Playback
        • Rewinding and fast forwarding
        • Selecting portions of your track
        • Magnifying your view
        • Viewing your project
          • Fit in Window
          • Fit Vertically
      • The basics of editing
        • Cut and Paste
        • Copy and Paste
        • Trimming
        • Deleting
        • Silencing
        • Adjusting volume levels
      • Summary
    • 5. Advanced Editing: Fixing the Glitches and Removing the Noise
      • Using filters
        • Additional filter plug-ins
        • Plug-in installation
      • Removing noise
        • Setting up the noise profile
        • Removing the noise
      • Evening out the sound
        • Using Compressor
      • Normalizing
      • More sound effects
        • Changing pitch
        • Changing the speed
        • Changing the tempo
      • Summary
    • 6. Saving Projects and Exporting Podcasts
      • Audio formats to which Audacity exports
      • Podcast formats
      • Installing libraries
      • Exporting your project as an MP3
        • Opening and exporting your project
        • Adding tagging information
          • Genres
          • Templates
        • Saving your exported file
      • Distributing your podcast
        • Sending the file
        • Uploading to a website
          • Website with hosting
          • Free blogging service
        • RSS feeds
        • Uploading to iTunes
      • Other Export File Options
      • Summary
    • 7. Beyond the Basics: Editing for Even Better Sound
      • Softening sibilants
      • Clip and replace sounds
      • Aligning tracks and using Time Shift
        • Using Time Shift
        • Aligning tracks
      • Splitting and duplicating audio
        • Splitting tracks
          • Split and Time Shift
          • Split and cut
          • Split Delete
        • Duplicating tracks
      • Joining audio tracks
      • Modifying settings for the entire track
        • Customize the project rate for each track
        • Changing a Stereo track to Mono
        • Muting a track
        • Increasing the volume of the entire track
        • Sorting tracks
      • Summary
    • 8. Importing and Adding Background Music
      • Importing digital music into Audacity
        • Importing WAV, AIFF, MP3, and MP4/M4A files
        • Importing music from iTunes
          • Unprotected files from iTunes
          • Protected files from iTunes
            • Burn a CD and extract from it
      • Adding music to your podcast
        • Timing the music for introductions and endings
        • Fading in and out
        • Adding background music
      • What is overdubbing and how do I do it?
      • Downmixing and rendering
      • Vinyl records, cassette tapes, or minidiscs
      • Summary
    • 9. Giving Your Audio Some Depth: Applying Effects
      • The Effect menu
        • Amplify
        • Auto Duck
        • Bass Boost
        • Pitch
        • Speed
        • Tempo
        • Click Removal
        • Compressor
        • Echo
        • Equalization
        • Fading In and Out
        • Invert
        • Leveller
        • Noise removal
          • Setting up the noise profile
          • Removing the noise
        • Normalizer
        • Phaser
        • Repair
        • Repeat
        • Reverse
        • Sliding Time Scale/Pitch Shift
        • Truncate Silence
        • Wahwah
      • Summary
    • 10. Making Audacity Even Better With Plug-Ins and Libraries
      • Installing plug-ins
      • Installing VST Enabler
      • Installing libraries
      • Using a plug-in
      • Using libraries
      • Summary
    • A. Toolbar, Menu, and Keyboard Shortcut Reference
    • B. Glossary of Terms
    • Index
  • Title: Getting started with Audacity 1.3. Create your own podcasts, edit music, and more with this open source audio editor
  • Author: Bethany Hiitola, Stephen Daulton
  • Original title: Getting started with Audacity 1.3. Create your own podcasts, edit music, and more with this open source audio editor
  • ISBN: 9781847197658, 9781847197658
  • Date of issue: 2010-04-18
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_3cde
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing