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How  to  Edit  a  Recording  using  Audacity      Your  objective  is  to  edit  a  previously  recorded  sound  track  with  a  four  sentence  paragraph.    You  are  to  replace  the  third  sentence  in  the  recording  with  your  new  sentence.    Prerequisites:    To  perform  this  lesson  you  will  need  the  following:  

• Working  computer  with  internet  connection  and  Audacity  software  installed  • An  external  microphone,  headset  or  built  in  microphone  in  your  computer  • Previous  recorded  sound  track  

*If  you  still  have  your  recorded  file  opened,  skip  to  Step  3    Step  1 Double  Click  on  the  

Audacity  icon  on  your  desk  top

Step  2 Click  File>Open

Step  3 Click  the  correct    audacity  file  you  want  to  edit        Click  Open    

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Step  4 To  listen  to  the  recording    Click  the  Skip  to  Start  button    Click  Play    

Step  5 When  you  hear  the  sentence  you  want  to  correct    Click  Stop    *Note  the  location  of  the  third  sentence.

Step  6 Click  and  drag  your  mouse  to  highlight  the  section  to  be  changed.  

Step  7 Click  Play  to  hear  

the  section  selected

Step  8 Click  the  silence  

button    *Note:  This  will  delete  the  sentence  without  removing  the  time

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Step  9 Click  File>  New,  to  open  a  new  project  in  Audacity  

Step  10 Follow  the  

directions  for  recording     Click  the  Record  button  to  begin  recording  the  correct  third  sentence.  

Step  11   After  completing  

your  recording  Click  the  Stop  button,  to  end  the  recording.    

 

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Step  12 Click  and  drag  your  mouse  to  highlight  the  corrected  sentence

Step  13 Click  the  copy  

button

Step  14 Navigate  to  orginal  recording  window

You  should  have  two  different  Audacity  windows  open,  if  not,  you  want  to  bring  up  the  orginal  recording  at  this  time.    

Step  15 On  your  original  recording  window,  the  silenced  section  should  still  be  highlighted.    *Note:  If  not  click  and  drag  until  the  silence  section  is  highlighted

Step  16 In  the  original  recording  window,  Click  the  paste  button

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Step  17 Click  the  Skip  to  Start  button    

   Click  Play  

Listen  to  your  recording  to  make  sure  the  sentence  was  added  in  the  correct  spot.    

 Step  18 Make  sure  the  

section  is  still  highlighted,  if  not,  highlight  it.    Hit  the  delete  button  on  your  keyboard  or  Click  the  cut  button

Now  you  want  to  take  out  extra  sounds  or  time  to  have  a  finished  project  

     

Step  19 Now  you  want  to  save  your  work.    

 Click  File  >  Save  Project  As    *Note:  If  this  is  your  final  editing  of  this  recording  you  want  to  Export  the  file  to  MP3.  This  will  allow  you  to  play  the  file  in  different  media  applications.  

                                 

* This  will  allow  you  to  further  edit  if  you  would  like.  

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Step  20 Name  the  file                Click  Save    *Note:    File  will  be  save  as  an  Audacity  file  (.aup).    You  can  only  open  it  in  Audacity.  

Step  21 To  export  to  MP3  (or  other  format):    Click  File            Click  Export    Name  file    Click  MP3  for  this  lesson Click  Save  

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Step  22 Complete  the  Metadata  information  or  Click  OK  

Step  23 Listen  to  your  MP3  file  on  your  computers  media  applications  such  as,  Windows  Media  Player  or  iTunes