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Hi Folks,
As the audio application AUDACITY has become of interest to many forum contributors I'm going to place some Intro info, Links, and Tutorials in this thread.
I am middling in terms of Audacity-Fu, but there shouldn't be anything we cant tackle, and once resolved will add to the quiver of arrows that becomes our shared knowledge. There are No stupid questions, etc, etc. - TazManiac, 17Oct2015

PS- If you have questions and/or suggestions, Plz send them to me via PM, I'll incorporate the Q , &A, into the thread.
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Here are some links to the Audacity Team('s) main web page(s), and other trusted Download locations.


Basic Info
"About AUDACITY"
http://audacityteam.org/about/

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. The interface is translated into many languages. You can use Audacity to:

Record live audio.
Record computer playback on any Windows Vista or later machine.
Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis sound files.
AC3, M4A/M4R (AAC), WMA and other formats supported using the optional FFmpeg library
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Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
Numerous effects including change speed or pitch and vocal reduction or isolation (given suitable stereo tracks).
And more! See the complete list of features.

(more, from Sourceforge...)

1) FAQ:Installation, Startup and Plug-ins (Go here for basic Installation info)
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... g_ins.html

2) How do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder? (Go Here after install to add LAME support...)
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... encoder.3F

Download Links
http://audacityteam.org/download/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/


TUTORIALS
Audacity Team - Help page (lots of stuff here...)
http://web.audacityteam.org/help/

Tutorial - Your First Recording
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... rding.html

Some PDFs for Beginners, from 'Institutes of Higher Learning', (gleaned via Google...)
https://itunesu.boisestate.edu/audacity_basic.pdf
https://web.stanford.edu/dept/lc/ats/Au ... ctions.pdf

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I am nowhere near an expert but I have used Audacity for a long time so I'll try to answer questions if I can.

while i have no problem with this... shouldn't it be in the "The Audio Room" forum instead of here...?

scantrontb wrote:while i have no problem with this... shouldn't it be in the "The Audio Room" forum instead of here...?

If we were merely talking about the benefits and qualities of an awesome recording program, perhaps, but this thread is here, because it is a resource thread for those willing to take part in making a Radio Drama based on some of the fanfics from this forum. Hence the desire to keep it close to the fanfics, so that those who are interested and happen to need help with the recording software won't have to look far for the help.

I was off the net for a bit so Thx to LW for his correct reply, I wanted to add since it is indeed tied to the Fan Art output currently under development that this thread isn't about Better Audio (radios n' stuff) but focused on making Fan Art itself.

Yes, I sometimes specialize in redundancy... repeatedly...