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Getting started with Audacity 1.3

You're reading from   Getting started with Audacity 1.3 Create your own podcasts, edit music, and more with this open source audio editor

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847197641
Length 220 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Getting started with Audacity 1.3
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
1. Audacity and the World of Audio Editing 2. The Basics: Setting Up a Project FREE CHAPTER 3. Ready and Action! Creating a Voice Track and Recording Interviews 4. Making It Sound Better: Editing Your Podcast 5. Advanced Editing: Fixing the Glitches and Removing the Noise 6. Saving Projects and Exporting Podcasts 7. Beyond the Basics: Editing for Even Better Sound 8. Importing and Adding Background Music 9. Giving Your Audio Some Depth: Applying Effects 10. Making Audacity Even Better With Plug-Ins and Libraries Toolbar, Menu, and Keyboard Shortcut Reference
Glossary of Terms
Index

Chapter 1. Audacity and the World of Audio Editing

This book is all about Audacity, an open source audio editing software. This means that the software is free to download, and you can use it to create items that are freely distributable. You'll learn all of the basics about creating audiocasts—or podcasts—that can be uploaded to the Web and shared with the world.

To start with, this chapter will discuss what audio editing software is, who typically uses it, how you can use it, and what computer operating systems it will work on. We'll also talk a bit about how Audacity is an open source project and what that means to you and your projects, as well as the differences between Audacity 1.2 and the latest version, in case there are a few readers who want to work with the upgrade.

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Don't worry if you're not familiar with audio terms, editing, or even recording your voice on anything other than a tape recorder. We'll go over some common audio editing terms that will get you in the know.

Also covered will be an overview of the Audacity software main screen, the main menu, main window, all of the toolbars, buttons and settings, as well as what a 'project' is in Audacity. We'll also get into some of the basic fundamentals to remember when setting up a project in Audacity. All of this will lay the foundation for your very first Audacity project of recording a podcast!

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