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5 Tips for Getting Started Working with Audio in Audacity

If you are looking for a digital audio workstation, Audacity is a great place to start.

It can be as a full digital audio workstation able to record audio as well as edit audio for things like podcasts or videos.

You can use it to adjust audio levels and all sorts of advanced action as part of any audio editing workflow.

You do this by going to effects and clicking amplify. You can also get rid of background noise by going to effects and clicking noise reduction.

Finally, you can fade audio in and out with regards to intros and outros for a podcast.

Key Takeaways:

  • Audacity is a free digital audio workstation that allows you to edit audio as well as record audio.
  • When you are recording audio, you’ll need to get rid of background noise so it’s not distracting to listeners. The easiest way to do this in Audacity is to click on effect and then noise reduction.
  • Audacity also allows you fade in and out an intro or an outro which is very popular when it comes to things like podcasting.

“Importing a file will automatically create a new track. When recording, the audio will record on the current track, but you can use “Shift + R” to record on a new track.”

Read more: https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/5-tips-editing-audio-audacity/

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