Audacity

What is Audacity?

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

• Record live audio
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs
• Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis sound files
• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together
• Numerous effects including change the speed or pitch of a recording

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Useful Keyboard Shortcuts

• Preferences = Ctrl + P
• Start Recording = R
• Start/Stop Playback = Spacebar
• Loop Playback = Shift + Spacebar
• Zoom In = Ctrl + 1
• Zoom Normal = Ctrl + 2
• Zoom Out = Ctrl + 3
• Select All = Ctrl + A
• Export Audio = Ctrl + Shift + E
• Open = Ctrl + O

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Useful Audacity Effects

• Normalize - Applys a constant amount of gain to an audio recording to bring the amplitude to a target level.
  1. Select the audio you want to Normalize
  2. In the main menu, select Effect > Normalize
• Click Removal - Removes clicks on audio tracks and is especially suited to declicking recordings made from vinyl records, without damaging the rest of the audio.
  1. Select the audio you want to apply click removal
  2. In the main menu, select Effect > Click Removal