Recording sound clips with the free Audacity application
When I quickly want a “placeholder” sound clip, and don’t have a file on my computer, or can’t find one quickly on the web, then often I’ll just record a sound file using the free, open-source, multi-platform Audacity application. I would also use this application to record the final version of dialogue, such as a narrative voice-over for introduction scenes, or spoken words when a player interacts with a non-player character in a game.
This recipe shows you how to record and save audio clips easily with this application.
Figure 4.21: The free, open-source Audacity audio editor application
Getting ready
Download and install the Audacity application for your computer system (Windows/Mac/Linux). You can find it at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
How to do it...
To record sound clips with the free Audacity application, perform the following steps:
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