1. AUDACITY AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE

2. TRANSPORT CONTROLS AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TRANSPORT CONTROLS

3. TOOLS AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TOOLS

4. VU METERS AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE VU METERS

5. EDITING TOOLS AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING TOOLS

6. TRACK ZOOM AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TRACK ZOOM CONTROLS

7. AUDIO TRACKS AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE SPACE FOR AUDIO TRACKS

8. RECORDING AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO RECORD: 1. Take levels on the console.

9. RECORD BUTTON AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO RECORD: 2. Click the RECORD button.

10. WAVEFORM AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO RECORD: 3. Recording begins and a Waveform is created as recording progresses. It shows the audio for Left and Right stereo channels.

11. STOP BUTTON AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO END RECORDING: Click the STOP button.

12. PLAYBACK AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO PLAY BACK: 1. Bring the PC 1 or PC 2 fader on the console up.

13. PLAY BUTTON AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO PLAY BACK: 2. Click the PLAY button.

14. POSITION LINE AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO PLAY BACK: 3. A position line will travel along the tracks as the playback progresses. POSITION LINE

15. TIMELINE AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO PLAY BACK: The TIMELINE shows the length, in seconds, of the recorded track. TIMELINE

16. STOP PLAYBACK AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO STOP PLAYBACK: Click the STOP button. The position line returns to the beginning of the recording.

17. MULTI-TRACKS AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE MULTIPLE TRACKS: After recording your first track, if you click record again, another track will be added to the project.

18. ADD MANY AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE MULTIPLE TRACKS: You can add as many tracks as you wish.

19. HEAR ALL TRACKS AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE MULTIPLE TRACKS: When playing back multiple tracks, you will hear all of them at once unless you use the MUTE or SOLO buttons on the Track Control Panels.

20. AUDACITY PROJECT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE In AUDACITY, each new recording session is called a “Project.”

21. SAVING AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO SAVE YOUR RECORDING: 1. Click FILE.

22. SAVE PROJECT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO SAVE YOUR RECORDING: 2. Click SAVE PROJECT.

23. DESTINATION/FILENAME AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO SAVE YOUR RECORDING: 3. Choose a destination and filename and click SAVE.

24. .AUP FILE AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE Note that AUDACITY files are saved with the file extension:.aup.aup files can ONLY be used in AUDACITY.

25. CLICK FILE AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE To use your project in other programs (Jazler Show, Windows Media Player, etc.) you must EXPORT your project in a different file format.

26. CLICK FILE AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO EXPORT YOUR PROJECT: 1. Click FILE.

27. CLICK EXPORT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO EXPORT YOUR PROJECT: 2. Click EXPORT.

28. DESTINATION/FILENAME AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO EXPORT YOUR PROJECT: 3. Choose a destination and create a filename.

29. CLICK SAVE AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE TO EXPORT YOUR PROJECT: Click SAVE. The new format file is now ready for use in other programs.

30. EDITING AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: You can cut, copy, and paste audio in AUDACITY.

31. EDITING AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: If your file is not already open, Click FILE>OPEN and enter a filename, or FILE>RECENT FILES to choose a recently used file from a dropdown list.

32. SELECT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: To edit a segment of a track, you must first SELECT it.

33. SELECT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: In the TOOLS menu, the SELECTION TOOL (I- BEAM) is the default tool. Make sure it is selected. SELECTION TOOL

34. CLICK AND HOLD AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: To select a portion of audio, CLICK and HOLD the mouse button at the start point of your edit. I-BEAM

35. DRAG CURSOR TO SLELCT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: Drag the cursor to the right to highlight your selection.

36. PREVIEW SELECTION AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: To preview the selection, click PLAY. Only the highlighted portion will play.

37. RE-DO IF NEEDED AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: If you need to re-do the selection, drag the cursor again.

38. CUT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: To remove the selection, click the CUT button in the EDITING TOOLS group, or hit DELETE on the keyboard.

39. SELECTI0N REMOVED AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: The selected section is removed and the gap is closed.

40. REVIEW EDIT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: Click PLAY to review your edit. If not correct, click EDIT>UNDO and try again.

41. COPY AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: Instead of deleting the selection, you can click COPY to copy it.

42. PASTE AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: The highlighted portion remains in the track. Place the cursor anywhere in any track and click PASTE to insert the audio.

43. EXPAND TRACK AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: To make finding an edit point easier, you can expand the track to spread out the audio.

44. ZOOM IN AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: Click the ZOOM IN button to magnify the track. Each click expands the track further.

45. ZOOM OUT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE EDITING: Click the ZOOM OUT button to collapse the track.

46. IMPORT AUDIO AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE IMPORTING AUDIO: You can load any MP3 or WAV file into AUDACITY for editing.

47. IMPORT AUDIO AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE IMPORTING AUDIO: The file can be on the computer’s hard drive, on a flash drive or a data CD.

48. IMPORT MENU AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE IMPORTING AUDIO: 1. Click FILE >IMPORT, then AUDIO.

49. FIND FILE AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE IMPORTING AUDIO: 2. Choose the audio file you want to import and click OPEN.

50. EDIT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE IMPORTING AUDIO: Once the file is imported, you can edit, save, and export as needed.

51. CREATIVITY AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE OTHER FUNCTIONS: There are many creative things you can do with AUDACITY.

52. EFFECT MENU AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE OTHER FUNCTIONS: For example, under the EFFECT MENU you can add reverb, change pitch and speed, and perform other effects.

53. SELECT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE OTHER FUNCTIONS: The TOOLS MENU also has advanced functions for fine-tuning your audio.

54. SELECT AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE OTHER FUNCTIONS: Ask a Lab Instructor to show you how these functions work.

55. HAVE FUN! AUDACITY RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE Play around with AUDACITY and have fun!