{"id":65,"date":"2014-02-19T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/recording-audio-with-audacity\/"},"modified":"2019-01-22T10:04:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T15:04:36","slug":"record-with-audacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mtanews\/record-with-audacity\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording Audio with Audacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">To record your voice on Audacity, check that your microphone\/input systems are properly connected, especially if you are not using your computer\u2019s built in microphone. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">We don&#8217;t recommend using the inbuilt microphone because the sound quality is likely to be poor.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;line-height: 17.25px\">Make sure you have the right settings in Audacity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">You can select the input system you are using for your recording session on the drop down menu.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-01-15-at-10.09.59-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-01-15-at-10.09.59-AM-300x125.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"166\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">You are ready to record.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Click on the Red record button and start recording. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/02\/5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/02\/5-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"187\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">You will immediately see a track being built.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-01-15-at-10.03.55-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-01-15-at-10.03.55-AM-300x238.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"316\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">To pause your recording, click on the blue pause button.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">When you are done, click on the yellow stop button.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/02\/6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/02\/6-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"327\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Once recorded into Audacity, you can edit and export your audio tracks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><strong>For more information on Recording in Audacity<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/tag\/stepbystep-guide-audacity-produce-home-music-recordings\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Beginner\u2019s Guide To Producing Home Music Recordings With Audacity<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>To learn more about using Audacity<\/strong>,<br \/>\ntry some of the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/manual.audacityteam.org\/man\/tutorials.html\" target=\"_blank\">Audacity tutorials<\/a>\u00a0created by Audacity,org and\/or check out the tutorials in our subscription to \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mewsnews\/lynda-and-audacity\/\" target=\"_blank\">lynda.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To record your voice on Audacity, check that your microphone\/input systems are 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