How to Create Multi-track Recordings Using

Audacity

A Professional Development by Maria C. Leis

Open up Audacity and go to File/New to start a new project. You should have a

blank screen like this.

Creating the Narrations

Click the record button and speak into the microphone.

When finished narrating, click the stop button.

Your First Track

The Narration

of Your Selected

Haiku

Importing Audio

1. Import the Mp3: Rain and Thunder Sounds located under “resources”

2. Import one of three listed songs that fits the mood of your selected Haiku.

Importing Sounds and Music

Go to File on your Audacity screen

and click on import.

Your Multi-track RecordingWhen finished, you should have a total of four tracks displayed on your screen.

Your Narration

Rain and Thunder Sounds

Your Selected Musical Mood

Move Those Tracks!

Use the “time shift tool” to manipulate the positions of your tracks.

Selection Tool

Time Shift Tool

Adjust the Volume

Lower the sound of the

music track so that your

narrations can be heard clearly.

Saving Your Project

• Save your project on the Audacity PD 2011 page of our CVE Wiki

• Save as: Your Full Name_PD Haiku

Tell Me What You Think?

• Please complete the online survey entitled “Audacity PD” by Friday October 15, 2011.

• The Survey is located on the CVE Professional Development wiki page .

Thank You!!!