1. Sound Editing Software

2. Audacity Background It is a free software for non-commerical use. It supports WAV, MP3, OGG format Available at M1, Rm 107 (Not 618) Currently use v 1.2.2 Most up-to-date version is v 1.2.4

3. Interface of Audacity (1) Panel

4. Interface of Audacity (2) Sound Track

5. Interface of Audacity (3) Highlight track Move track

6. Interface of Audacity (4) Set Amplify of the track Fade In & Fade Out

7. How to install Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

8. How to install MP3 support http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=in stall&i=lame-mp3 http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=in stall&i=lame-mp3

9. Default settings for Audacity Under “File” -> “Preference”, for “Audio I/O”, the “Recording” -> “Channels” should be “2 (Stereo)” For “Quality”, please refer following settings:  Default Sample Rate – 44100Hz  Default Sample Format – 32-bit float  Real-time sample rate converter – Fast Sinc Interpolation  High-quality sample rate converter – High-quality Sinc Interpolation  Real-time dither – None  High-quality dither – Triangle

10. Illustrate dBpowerAMP It can convert Audio CD to various kind of audio format (e.g. WAV, WMV or Real etc.) For reference, here is the link from ETU which is introduce dBpowerAMP:  http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/etu/itlab1/itlab1.htm http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/etu/itlab1/itlab1.htm To convert audio format, just simply to right click the audio clip and the menu of dBpowerAMP will be pop up, select the type you wanted to convert and follow the steps, and save the file to appropriate destination.

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