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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

Podcast formats


Podcasts can be in any number of audio formats—as long as someone can listen to it on their computer or handheld audio device. But, by far, the most common podcast format is MP3. This is a compressed file format. Compressed formats mean that the quality of the recorded audio is lowered in order to make the file size smaller, but the lost quality won't be noticeable by most people. Also, in this case, it exports an audio file into a single file that is easy to share with others. We'll learn how to export in MP3 format, and discuss other formats that might be useful.

The term—or audio file extension—MP3 is short for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3. At a very high level this is an audio compression standard used when exporting audio. The file sizes are small, and it is easy to send these files through e-mail, or post them on an Internet site for someone to download.

Compression means that all of the audio is combined and exported to a single file. The quality is reduced by using lower bitrates...

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