Using The Audio Editing Software, Audacity

Audacity is a program that allows you to edit audio tracks in a vareity of ways. you can easily download it off the internet. in this instructable i will show you how to use some of the basic features.

Step 1 First off

In order to use this program you will need a clip of Audio to use. Go under file and click open and browse for the file you want to use

Comments

[jphoton]

hi, audacity is a lot more than just a great audio editor...you can multitrack with it, and use many vst plugin effects. i did several albums completely with audacity, in some cases with over 50 tracks of audio, like this song here:
http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=84913
if you take the time to learn it's ins and outs, you can achieve some pretty amazing results. you can plug your guitar, bass, mics, keys or whatever directly into the audio in of your soundcard and record multitracks....the version i use i compiled from source to be ASIO compliant (which means not only does it record and play with extremely low latency, but also can record up to 24 completely separate tracks at a time). this is the best freeware audio program out there, and is really similar to using a cassette recorder...no steep learning curve!! have fun with it!
peace
pink jimi photon

[AlternateLives]

Don't forget compressor and EQ! those are probably the most helpful tools available.

Compressor is kind of like having your hand on the volume knob, turning the sound down when it goes above a certain Db level. you can adjust this level with the "threshold" slider. "attack time" adjusts the amount of time to apply the effect when the level goes over, and "Ratio" adjusts the amount to drop the level.

EQ adjusts the separate frequencies of the signal. at whatever frequency you want to raise or lower, click to create a point. the built-in EQ is a pain to get right, so I suggest getting a VST plugin for the EQ, and maybe the compressor.

Google "VST plugins for Audacity" and you should find something.

[jcksparr0w]

Sometimes audacity is recording something and then just stops.  For anyone with this problem, you should defrag the hardrive.