Become a superstar audio editor with Audacity

Name: Become a superstar audio editor with Audacity
Rating: 4.3 (28 reviews)

Learn the basics and some advanced techniques in the free tool Audacity and become a superstar audio editor

Created byRam Mohan

Last updated 3/2022

English

What you'll learn

Learn the basics of audio editing
Be able to use Audacity comfortably
Have the knowledge required to progress into more advanced audio editing tools

Course content

6 sections • 34 lectures • 2h 32m total length

What will you learn in this course?2:04
A brief introduction to what we're going to cover in this course and what you'll achieve at the end of this course
Quick introduction to myself1:44
Learn more about the author of the course and why the author is qualified to teach you this course
Introduction to Audacity1:32
We'll learn about what is audacity and why we should use this tool
Installing Audacity6:25
We'll learn how to install Audacity (and it's easy!)

Importing Existing audio files5:44
We'll start exploring the basic interface of Audacity and how we can open existing audio files inside the tool. We'll also look at a free website that can be used to download sample for use in this and your own audio projects
Creating new sounds (including recording your own sounds)6:00
We'll learn how to record sounds or even generate sounds within Audacity using built-in functions
Adding tracks to your projects6:28
We'll learn how to add multiple tracks within a single Audacity project and understand why this is better than just having a single track
Quick intro to projects6:19
A quick detour to understand what projects are all about in Audacity and what the big deal about them is
Basic Audio Controls Part 16:47
We'll continue to explore the interface and various options within Audacity
Basic Audio Controls Part 27:52
We'll finish up our exploration of the interface of Audacity

Advantages of using multi-track layout5:17
We'll look at the advantages of multi-track projects
Putting it all together in a multi-track project9:03
We will take a look at the various audio controls that can be used with multi-track projects
Practical Example of using stereo split5:15
We'll see a practical example of how we can use the stereo split function within Audacity
Advanced Multi Track Techniques5:57
We'll continue our exploration of multi track projects and learn some more techniques using multi-track projects
Exporting files and setting up export to mp34:19
We'll learn how to export projects into audio files. And how to setup export to mp3 format

Quick introduction to effects4:26
Let's learn a bit more about what effects are
Amplify4:03
We'll learn more about the "Amplify" effect
Fade In / Fade Out3:45
We'll see how to use the important fade in and fade out effects
Equalization and Noise Reduction11:22
We'll learn more about equalization and how to apply noise reduction in our projects
Compression2:00
We'll look at how apply the compression effect to our tracks
Custom Plugins9:11
We'll learn about how to add additional plugins to Audacity

Overview of other tools within Audacity4:09
We'll take a look at some of the other useful tools within Audacity
Plot Spectrum tool3:03
We'll take a look at how to visually look at audio using the plot spectrum tool
Fixing Ums and Ahs in your audio2:49
Let's take a look at the methods to fix the various fillers like "ums" and "ahs" in our audio files and projects
Deeper look at mp3 formats6:18
We'll take a deeper look at mp3 and the various formats and options available during export to a mp3 file

Audacity Manual - The Gold Standard2:27
Quick introduction to the online Audacity manual
Other Audio Tools2:17
Quick overview of a few other useful audio tools
Places to find samples in your audio projects4:24
We'll take a look at some places where you can get samples to use in your audio projects
Extracting audio from video files1:47
Let's take a look at how we can extract audio from video files
Useful keyboard shortcuts and defining custom shortcuts4:50
We'll recap some of the shortcuts that we learnt. We'll also learn how to define our own custom shortcuts to make our work easier
Audacity's default shortcuts0:07
Take a look at the resources section of this lesson for a link to the default Audacity shortcuts. Take a printout or bookmark the link for your use
Various Mics for your consideration2:58
A discussion of various mics that you can use for your audio editing
Goodbye1:28
Bonus Material0:20

Requirements

A keen ear for audio and a good set of headphones/earphones
You just need to download the free audacity software available for Windows, Mac and Linux
Patience! Audio editing is not for the impatient!
Optional - a good microphone to record sounds for editing

Description

In this course, you'll become a superstar audio editor by learning about the basics of audio editing using the free tool Audacity. We'll also go into a few advanced techniques and by the end of this course, you should be able to comfortably edit audio for yourself, your business and for your friends.

Do note that the tool that I'm concentrating on is Audacity because it's free to use. But keep in mind that the techniques that you learn can be used in other audio editing tools as well.

Sample of reviews from students:

Len Grates - "Easy to understand and very comprehensive. Really enjoyed it!"

R Kishan Boddapati - "Very well done! In a few hours time, to get such an in-depth look and understanding of Audacity is pretty darn awesome. Thanks!! Even better, I can view this again, as I make my progress and need to refer back. Great. Thank you very much!!"

Melvyn Hungerford - "very informative"

John Drake - "Very good course, lots of stuff I didn't know about so thank you. Having used Audition (mostly) I tend to jump into Audacity for quickness but its nice to know that it is capable of more than I realised, I am always recommending Audacity to new starters so will point them towards this course as well. Thank you very much."

Who this course is for:

Anybody who wants to learn how to do audio editing for their job or for fun
Podcasters
People who are interested in starting out their ow freelance audio editing work

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Course content

Introduction and Setup4 lectures • 12min

Chapter 2 - Exploring the Audacity Interface6 lectures • 39min

Working with Multi-track audio files5 lectures • 30min

Chapter 4 - Effects6 lectures • 35min

Chapter 5 - Analysis, Fixing bad audio and Misc4 lectures • 16min

Section 6 - Bonus Stuff9 lectures • 21min

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