Getting started with Audacity 1.3电子书

Getting started with Audacity 1.3

Table of Contents

Getting started with Audacity 1.3

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

Preface

What this book covers

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Audacity and the World of Audio Editing

What is Audacity?

Will it work for me?

Windows and Mac OS

GNU/Linux

Moving up to Audacity 1.3

Common audio editing terms used in Audacity

Opening Audacity

Audio controls and editing toolbars

Project View

Selection Toolbar

Using the main menu

Understanding the toolbars

Control Toolbar

Mixer Toolbar

Give it a try!

Tools Toolbar

Meter Toolbar

Edit Toolbar

Transcription Toolbar

Selection Toolbar

Understanding projects

Pointers for working in Audacity

Using the best equipment

Sound cards

Microphones

Summary

2. The Basics: Setting Up a Project

Creating a new project

Setting the Audacity Preferences

Verifying playback and recording settings

Quality settings check

Setting up for importing and exporting

Planning for your recording session

Performing an equipment check

Positioning your microphone

Planning a podcast

Summary

3. Ready and Action! Creating a Voice Track and Recording Interviews

Recording voice tracks

The simple voice track

Adding to a voice track

Labeling recorded audio tracks

Deleting an audio track

Recording an interview with Skype

Download and install Skype

Set up Skype for your telephone interview

Recording the Skype call

For better volume control

Using timed recordings

Summary

4. Making It Sound Better: Editing Your Podcast

Dissecting the recorded audio

Voice waves

Silence

Timeline

Working within the project

Playback

Rewinding and fast forwarding

Selecting portions of your track

Magnifying your view

Viewing your project

Fit in Window

Fit Vertically

The basics of editing

Cut and Paste

Copy and Paste

Trimming

Deleting

Silencing

Adjusting volume levels

Summary

5. Advanced Editing: Fixing the Glitches and Removing the Noise

Using filters

Additional filter plug-ins

Plug-in installation

Removing noise

Setting up the noise profile

Removing the noise

Evening out the sound

Using Compressor

Normalizing

More sound effects

Changing pitch

Changing the speed

Changing the tempo

Summary

6. Saving Projects and Exporting Podcasts

Audio formats to which Audacity exports

Podcast formats

Installing libraries

Exporting your project as an MP3

Opening and exporting your project

Adding tagging information

Genres

Templates

Saving your exported file

Distributing your podcast

Sending the file

Uploading to a website

Website with hosting

Free blogging service

RSS feeds

Uploading to iTunes

Other Export File Options

Summary

7. Beyond the Basics: Editing for Even Better Sound

Softening sibilants

Clip and replace sounds

Aligning tracks and using Time Shift

Using Time Shift

Aligning tracks

Splitting and duplicating audio

Splitting tracks

Split and Time Shift

Split and cut

Split Delete

Duplicating tracks

Joining audio tracks

Modifying settings for the entire track

Customize the project rate for each track

Changing a Stereo track to Mono

Muting a track

Increasing the volume of the entire track

Sorting tracks

Summary

8. Importing and Adding Background Music

Importing digital music into Audacity

Importing WAV, AIFF, MP3, and MP4/M4A files

Importing music from iTunes

Unprotected files from iTunes

Protected files from iTunes

Burn a CD and extract from it

Adding music to your podcast

Timing the music for introductions and endings

Fading in and out

Adding background music

What is overdubbing and how do I do it?

Downmixing and rendering

Vinyl records, cassette tapes, or minidiscs

Summary

9. Giving Your Audio Some Depth: Applying Effects

The Effect menu

Amplify

Auto Duck

Bass Boost

Pitch

Speed

Tempo

Click Removal

Compressor

Echo

Equalization

Fading In and Out

Invert

Leveller

Noise removal

Setting up the noise profile

Removing the noise

Normalizer

Phaser

Repair

Repeat

Reverse

Sliding Time Scale/Pitch Shift

Truncate Silence

Wahwah

Summary

10. Making Audacity Even Better With Plug-Ins and Libraries

Installing plug-ins

Installing VST Enabler

Installing libraries

Using a plug-in

Using libraries

Summary

A. Toolbar, Menu, and Keyboard Shortcut Reference

B. Glossary of Terms

Index