## hpr1404 :: Editing pre-recorded audio in Audacity

 
In today's show I walk you through the very basics of "editing" a audio track that has been recorded outside Audacity. Audacity can be found at https://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Overview of Audacity

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


Menubar overview: https://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/menu_reference.html
Toolbars overview: https://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/toolbars_overview.html
Multi-Tool "*" (also F6): https://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/multi_tool.html
Set Project Rate to 44100 Hz

Editing the audio

The steps in this video include.


File > Import > Your file
Tracks > Stereo Track to Mono
Effect > Amplify (Accept defaults)
Delete audio: Highlight (click and drag) press Delete
Undo: Ctrl + Z
Intro Clip
Outro Clip
Move Track: (F6 Multitool) Ctrl - Click and drag
Export the Track:
  
Confirm that the Project Rate is set to 44100 Hz (bottom left)
File -> Export and select FLAC File
Click Options... to reveal FLAC Export Setup
Set Level to 8 (best)
Set Bit depth to 24
Artist Name: Your name
Track Title: Your show title
Album Title: Hacker Public Radio





When you are ready you can contact admin@hackerpublicradio.org to get access to the FTP server.  For more technical information see the README file and the Sample Show notes file.


https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1404.webm
https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1404.mp4

