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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

Normalizing


This is a great setting if you just want to make all of your audio tracks (in our example we are only using one track, but you can add more!) as loud as possible. Basically, you are forcing them all to be at the same volume level, and as loud as they can be. Use the following steps to set this up:

  1. Open your project.

  2. Go to the main menu and click on Effect, and then select Normalize.

  3. Use the defaults on this screen, and then click on OK.

  4. If you are satisfied with the noise removal results, save the project so that all of your changes are saved. From the main menu, select File and then Save Project.

This is a safe effect, in that it will never make your sample so loud as to introduce distortion. This is one of the easiest ways to increase your volume, but it is equally important that you watch out for over-compression—specifically with music tracks. It is okay that your audio track has areas where the sound is quiet and then loud with distinct differences between them. This gives a...

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