Up and Running with Audacity [repost]

This course shows nonaudio professionals how to set up Audacity, a free audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and start recording live audio. Author Garrick Chow explores some of its most powerful and useful features in under two hours, getting you up and running with Audacity quickly. Discover how to set up mics and other audio input devices, and record one or more tracks simultaneously. The editing portion of the course shows you how to cut, copy, splice, or mix sounds together in seamless and interesting ways. Garrick also shows how to remove unwanted background noises, change the speed or pitch of a recording, and bleep out words.

Topics include:
Creating a new project
Adding tracks
Recording two tracks simultaneously
Making selections
Splitting clips
Automating volume
Adding sound effects
Using compression
Inserting silence
Exporting your project

Introduction 1m 38s
Welcome 49s
Using the exercise files 49s

1. Getting Started 16m 46s
What is Audacity? 1m 11s
Downloading and installing Audacity on a Mac 2m 30s
Downloading and installing Audacity on Windows 2m 5s
Importing audio 3m 34s
Playing audio 7m 26s

2. Recording 28m 59s
Setting up your hardware 4m 44s
Creating a new project 8m 1s
Recording 5m 57s
Adding tracks 6m 41s
Recording to two tracks simultaneously 3m 36s

3. Basic Editing 34m 31s
Making selections 5m 53s
Cutting, copying, and pasting 3m 58s
Splitting clips 3m 40s
Automating volume with the Envelope tool and Auto Duck 7m 21s
Using common effects 9m 44s
Exporting your project 3m 55s

4. Common Tasks 23m 35s
Installing the LAME MP3 encoder 3m 55s
Removing unwanted background noise 4m 48s
Using compression 7m 38s
Inserting silence 3m 12s
Bleeping out unwanted words and sounds 4m 2s
Conclusion 32s
Goodbye 32s