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Learn how to use Audacity effects your tracks and projects using Audacity. Part 7 in our Learn Audacity series of free video tutorials.

During this video tutorial, we will show how to use various Audacity effects. Audacity includes many built-in effects offering a wide array of effects. You can amplify, invert, bass boost and much more!

A few years ago, sound editing software would cost you a bundle for these effects, but now you can use them for free!

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Learn how to edit your tracks and projects using Audacity. Part 6 in our Learn Audacity series of free video tutorials.

During this video tutorial, we will review Editing. We are going to inner cut some guitar and water effects and to create a really great track. Obviously, it’s easy to make mistakes when recording. In fact, when I create my podcast, the most time is spend editing.

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So, recording using Audacity is easy, editing is the tough part. Assuming of course you want a professional result. That said, the Audacity interface makes it easy to edit your tracks!

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Learn how to import audio into your Audacity project. Part 5 in our Learn Audacity series of free video tutorials.

Importing audio into your Audacity project is a great way to add some old fashion polish to your Audacity recordings and projects. For example, you may have a podcast which includes a professionally made introduction. You can easily import this file to create a new Audacity track. Importing audio is a great way to add sound effects, music, your previous recordings, and interviews (Skype would be great for this!).

During this Audacity video tutorial, we’ll show you how we imported a guitar loop using our original AIFF file. Next, we will import some audio from IDV. That will be a 2 step process which includes plugging in our camera first. We’ve used Windows Movie Maker for this example which demonstrates how flexible Audacity is when it comes to importing and using other file formats.

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Learn how to make Audacity recordings. A set of 10 free video Audacity tutorials.

The main reason why you’re checking out Audacity, and these Audacity tutorials, is so you can make an audio recording. Perhaps you’re going to use Audacity for your new podcast, or to interview someone. Regardless, the main reason why Audacity is popular is due its easy to use interface. I use it to make my bi-weekly podcast. I’ve considered other audio recording software, however, Audacity is very easy to use and any new user can make a recording within minutes.

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Learn the different quality of formats to record with using Audacity - a set  of 10 free video Audacity tutorials.

During this third Audacity video tutorial, we’ll discuss Audacity’s default sample rate of 44100Hz. The important thing to remember here is, if you are mixing in other sources of audio, you’ll want to have matching sample rates. So, when you are importing audio into audacity, you have to check the sample rate to make sure it matches here. And if none of the preselected ones here, you can click on other and enter any rate you would like.

The other sampling format discussed is Bit Processing. 32-bit float is actually twice the quality of standard CDs. But, it’s a good way to work. Generally, what we can do is, work at 32-bit quality and then export in 16 bits. Again, 32 bit is going to take twice as much as storage space as 16 bit. Well, that also depends on your computer space. 32 bit is recommended for higher quality.

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