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Getting started with Audacity 1.3

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Getting started with Audacity 1.3

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Overview of this book

Using the Audacity software as the starting off point, we discuss what the software is, what it can do, how you can use it, and where you go to get started installing it. All of this information is grounded in some basic audio editing terminology and background for those that aren't so technology inclined.Then we'll start digging into a sample project! You'll learn about how to set up a project, create a voice track, record an interview with Skype, and basic audio editing techniques. All of this done in an easy to follow, task based approach with lots of examples. Here, we plan to go a step further, we teach how to wrap all of these steps together and create a podcast that can be posted on your own website or blog.There's always more you can do with Audacity! The last portion of the book is dedicated to just that - discussing more advanced editing and mixing techniques, using affects, adding music, adding additional plug-ins to the software. All still incorporating examples and easy to follow tasks you can try on your own audio projects.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Getting started with Audacity 1.3
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
9
Giving Your Audio Some Depth: Applying Effects
Toolbar, Menu, and Keyboard Shortcut Reference
Glossary of Terms
Index

Chapter 6. Saving Projects and Exporting Podcasts

We've spent the last few chapters learning how to record an audio track and then edit it by using some basic editing features, how to get rid of "noise", and even spent some time talking about how to silence or delete pieces of unwanted audio. Now it is time to learn how to save your project in its final state and export it in different audio file formats so that you can send it out as a final podcast, or post it on a website for download. We'll even discuss how to use ID3 tags for your podcast (artist, genre, title, and so on), the best tips and tricks for compressing your final projects into a decent file size, and preparations for uploading it to a web hosting service.