Audio Recording and Editing with Audacity

Audio Recording and Editing with Audacity

Knowing how to work with audio files is a useful skill for creating presentations, podcasts, or multimedia projects. This tutorial demonstrates the basics of using Audacity—a free, open-source program—to record an audio track, make simple edits to it, and export it as an mp3 file.

Credits: Images 1–2: © Karen Lynn Steele. Images 3 and 10–11: Digital Vision/Media Bakery. Images 4–5 and 7–8: Spring, 2003, mixed media collage © Karen Lynn Steele. Photo © Karen Lynn Steele. Images 6 and 9: © 2014 Macmillan, Photo by Caroline Thompson. Videos 1–2: © 2014 Macmillan, Video by Caroline Thompson.

After watching Audio Recording and Editing with Audacity, consider the questions below. Then “submit” your response.

  1. Question

    1. Think about a project you are working on that might benefit from the use of audio. How do you think using audio will help the audience understand your message? How will it affect their experience? Will you convey your entire message through audio, or is there some information that you will need to convey in writing?