4.how To Use Audacity Tutorial

How to use audacity
for beginners
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Installing audacity
Open your browser
Type the link audacity.sourceforge.net
Click the link
IF your operating system is not windows
Click here
To show all downloads for audacity
For mac
For linux
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Save it to a FOLDER you can

EASILY ACESS!
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RUN THE INSTALLER
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IF PROMPTED.
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Select run as administrator
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To ensure a proper
installation!
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Afterwards, select your preferred language
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CLICK NEXt
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Read
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Click next
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Select destination location
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You can change which directory

audacity is installed
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RIGHT Here by clicking browse
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Be sure to check the box here
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So you can access audacity

from desktop
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double check your options
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if youre not satisfied with the

preferences.
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Click back
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However if youre all set to

go.
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Click install
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Wait for it to finish.
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And information window appears
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Which contains patch notes

and links
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That has troubleshooting

discussions
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With that said.
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Proceed by clicking next
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And done!
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Note that by clicking finish

audacity will open
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You can prevent this by

unchecking the box
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You can access audacity

in
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Start menu
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Click all programs
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Click audacity
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Or from your desktop
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Look for the audacity icon
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Audacity interface
(tools)
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When you open audacity
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This is the window that appears
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This is where the magic happens!
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Before we start
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Youll want to download

the lame and ffmpeg
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Because these add-ons help

alot
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Lame allows you to

convert files into mp3
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While ffmpeg helps read

all sound formats
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To download these files
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Lets go to edit
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Click preferences
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Go to libraries
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And click the download button
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You will be sent to a webpage
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Click the link here
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You will be sent to another page
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Click the links that apply to your operating system
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For windows
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For mac
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Save it to a directory that

you can open easily
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And install/extract the add

on.
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If it is an installer, audacity
will detect it automatically
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But if audacity cannot find

the files
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Click locate, on whichever is not detected
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A window will pop out
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Click browse
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To make another window pop out
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Make sure to go to where the files are saved
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Afterwards, select the file
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Then click ok
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Afterwards, your add-ons

are good to go
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To begin, well need an

audio file
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Well need to put it in the audacity window
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Click file
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Highlight the import option
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And select audio
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That will prompt you to select a music file
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Note that you can select

more than 1 file
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But for this tutorial
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Well only use one file
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Now, to select your file
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Click open
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This will then appear
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And now your audio file is imported
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This will serve as your work surface
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All audio files imported are displayed here
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Here are your transport buttons
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pause
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play
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stop
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Skip to start
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Skip to end
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record
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These are the basic buttons
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That you will use to check

edits
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You have done with the

audio file
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The tools
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Selection tool
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This tool enables you to

highlight parts of the audio
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As shown here
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Selection tool is activated
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Highlighted area
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Use this tool if you wish

certain parts
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Of the audio to be edited
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When selection tool is

used and you press play
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Only the highlighted area will be played
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Instead of the whole audio

file
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Envelope tool
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This is used when you

want to input
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Fade in and fade out

manually
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Fade in and fade out

manually
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Like this
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Somehow like this
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To use envelop tool
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Click the icon
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Then click anywhere in the workspace
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It might do this when you click
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Dont panic!
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Simply drag on the workspace to adjust
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And its back to normal
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You might notice.
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Little white dots will appear
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The dots act as borders
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To where the fade effect

lasts
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To explain further
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When the slope is downward
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Its a fade out effect until the next border
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When the slope is upward
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Its a fade in effect until the next border
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This is very useful in

editing audio
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That you wish to overlap
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Time shift tool
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Use this tool if you desire

to move the audio
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To a different timestamp
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Timestamps are located here
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After clicking timestamp tool, highlight the workspace

area
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And drag your mouse, the audio will now move
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Like this
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Notice the gap here in this example
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This signifies silence up

until 2 or 3 seconds
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When the audio is played

from the beginning
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Of course, you can adjust it to your liking
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The zoom tool
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And the draw tool
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Function as a tag team
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The draw tool requires you

to zoom into the audio
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Before you can actually use

it
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For its use is to eliminate

clicks and small pops
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By drawing actual
waveforms in the audio
track
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Lets select the zoom tool
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I want you to pay

attention to the time stamp
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This is for you too see

how much far you
actually
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Need to zoom for you too

use the draw tool
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Now we begin to zoom
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This is what the workspace should look like
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Before you can use the draw tool
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Now lets click the draw tool
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Upon clicking, you might notice the dots
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these dots are notes of the audio track
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They also act as wave connectors
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In this example, there are no broken waves
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So the tool will adjust the pitch of the note
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Like this
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It only affects milliseconds of track though
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As shown in the timestamp
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So use it mostly for audio

tracks that have
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Clicking sounds or small

pops
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Audacity interface
(indicators, adjustors, and
exporting)
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Output volume
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Adjusts the loudness of the

track inside audacity
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Input volume
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Adjusts the loudness of the

sound audacity receives
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audacity can also receive

any sound given by the
computer
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Output level
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Indicates the loudness of

the track inside audacity
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Input level
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Indicates the loudness of

sound audacity recieves
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The significance of these

indicators and adjustors
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Is for you to prevent

clipping
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What is clipping?
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Its when the sound is too loud to indicate
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Youll know its clipping when you see the red lines
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This is bad since it might

break your sound devices
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Speakers, amplifiers, mp3

player etc.
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And of course, it might

induce bad effects to the
human ear
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If you ever experience

clipping
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You can adjust them with their respective categories
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Follow the icons to see what needs adjusting
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Speaker icon = output level/volume
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microphone icon = input level/volume
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Exporting
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After you have polished

your edited audio track
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You can now begin to

export it
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Exporting will save it as a

proper audio file
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To begin exporting, click file
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Click export
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This window will ask where the file will be saved
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here you can select which format do you want
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For this example, lets select mp3
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You can change the file name here
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After that, a confirmation will appear
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You can type in the blank areas to add description
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if satisfied, click ok
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And it will begin exporting
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And just wait for a while

before it finishes
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When exporting window

closes, check where you
save the file
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and here is the finished product
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And that will mark the

end of this tutorial
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These are just basic things

you should know
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Learn more from youtube

videos and online forums
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There are a lot of neat

techniques to be learned
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End of tutorial
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How to use audacity

Open your browser

Type the link audacity.sourceforge.net

Click the link

IF your operating system is not windows

To show all downloads for audacity

Save it to a FOLDER you can

RUN THE INSTALLER

Select run as administrator

Afterwards, select your preferred language

Select destination location

You can change which directory

RIGHT Here by clicking browse

Be sure to check the box here

So you can access audacity

double check your options

if youre not satisfied with the

However if youre all set to

Wait for it to finish.

And information window appears

Which contains patch notes

That has troubleshooting

With that said.

Proceed by clicking next

Note that by clicking finish

You can prevent this by

You can access audacity

Click all programs

Or from your desktop

Look for the audacity icon

When you open audacity

This is the window that appears

This is where the magic happens!

Youll want to download

Because these add-ons help

Lame allows you to

While ffmpeg helps read

To download these files

And click the download button

You will be sent to a webpage

Click the link here

You will be sent to another page

Click the links that apply to your operating system

Save it to a directory that

And install/extract the add

But if audacity cannot find

Click locate, on whichever is not detected

A window will pop out

To make another window pop out

Make sure to go to where the files are saved

Afterwards, select the file

Afterwards, your add-ons

To begin, well need an

Well need to put it in the audacity window

Highlight the import option

And select audio

A window will pop out

That will prompt you to select a music file

Note that you can select

But for this tutorial

Well only use one file

Now, to select your file

This will then appear