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Audacity: Free & Easy Audio Editing from TCEA 2010

Audacity is a free, open source audio editor. I often use it to record students and create audition CDs, direct input a keyboard to create rehearsal CDs, and even remove lyrics to create karaoke tracks for student rehearsal. Although I frequently use the program, I found this information very helpful. I found how to locate and install an MP3 encoder (audio projects can now be put on an I-Pod). The author also provided some tips and techniques for connecting external sound sources to a computer to import audio sources. The author explained how to change the tempo of a sound file without altering the pitch (a common problem) and how to change the volume of sections of an audio track. The most helpful section of this presentation was the glossary of the all of the menu items, especially all of the effects that can be added/made to audio selections. The author also provided websites that offer free sound files that can be edited.

[|Audacity] presented by Ren Yantis