Master audio editing and recording with Audacit from beginner basics to advanced sound design techniques.
This comprehensive video course will teach you how to master Audacity, one of the most popular free tools for recording and editing audio. Each lecture focuses on a specific function or workflow in Audacity, helping you quickly understand and apply what you learn in practice. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to create professional-quality audio, podcasts, and sound projects confidently and efficiently.
What you’ll learn
- Configure and customize Audacity to your workflow.
- Record and edit high-quality audio professionally.
- Apply effects, filters, and cleanup tools for optimal sound.
- Automate repetitive tasks and export audio in any format.
- Confidently produce polished, ready-to-publish audio projects.
Course Content
- Introduction to Audacity –> 11 lectures • 9min.
- Working with Audio Files –> 8 lectures • 9min.
- Recording and Device Configuration –> 6 lectures • 5min.
- Managing Tracks and Projects –> 9 lectures • 7min.
- Basic Audio Editing –> 10 lectures • 8min.
- Audio Adjustments –> 10 lectures • 8min.
- Effects and Audio Processing –> 23 lectures • 22min.
- Cleaning and Audio Repair –> 8 lectures • 6min.
- Generating Sounds and Tones –> 8 lectures • 8min.
- Advanced Tools and Settings –> 6 lectures • 7min.
Requirements
This comprehensive video course will teach you how to master Audacity, one of the most popular free tools for recording and editing audio. Each lecture focuses on a specific function or workflow in Audacity, helping you quickly understand and apply what you learn in practice. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to create professional-quality audio, podcasts, and sound projects confidently and efficiently.
Introduction to Audacity
Start your journey with the essentials. Learn how to set up and customize Audacity for the best workflow. Get familiar with the interface, preferences, and optimization options.
- Checking your Audacity version
- Changing themes and enabling dark mode
- Switching interface language and shortcuts
- Adjusting temporary files directory
- Resetting preferences and configurations
- Managing plugins and modules
- Running performance benchmarks
Working with Audio Files
Learn how to open, import, convert, and export audio files in various formats. This section covers everything about handling your files effectively.
- Opening and exporting audio projects
- Saving files as MP3 or WAV
- Editing metadata and tags
- Converting MP3 files to FLAC, M4A, OGG, and more
Recording and Device Configuration
Discover how to record audio like a pro – whether it’s from a microphone or directly from your computer.
- Recording microphone input and system sound
- Switching microphones and output devices
- Adjusting input levels
- Using sound-activated recording
Managing Tracks and Projects
Learn to organize and manage multi-track projects in Audacity. You’ll understand how to create, duplicate, join, and move audio tracks efficiently.
- Adding, removing, and renaming tracks
- Collapsing and duplicating tracks
- Joining clips and moving audio
- Selecting and unselecting multiple tracks
Basic Audio Editing
Master the essential editing tools you’ll use every day. These lectures cover all the basic editing operations that form the foundation of audio work.
- Cutting, copying, and pasting audio
- Trimming clips and removing sections
- Splitting and silencing parts of tracks
- Undoing and redoing changes
- Looping selections and zooming in/out
Audio Adjustments
Fine-tune and enhance your recordings. You’ll learn to modify playback speed, pitch, and loudness while maintaining sound quality.
- Reversing and inverting audio
- Changing speed and pitch
- Adding delay and fade effects
- Normalizing, amplifying, and increasing volume
Effects and Audio Processing
Dive deep into Audacity’s wide range of audio effects and sound design tools. This section helps you enhance, balance, and creatively shape your sound.
- Using compressor, limiter, and loudness normalization
- Boosting bass, treble, and applying EQ filters
- Working with shelf, notch, and low-pass filters
- Adding echo, reverb, phaser, tremolo, vocoder, and wahwah
- Applying distortion and noise gate effects
- Using auto duck, sliding stretch, and paulstretch for advanced dynamics
- Creating crossfades and blending transitions
Cleaning and Audio Repair
Learn how to clean and restore your recordings to remove unwanted noise or distortion. Perfect for podcasters, educators, and voice artists.
- Removing background noise and silence
- Detecting and fixing clipping
- Using click removal and find clipping tools
- Repairing damaged audio
- Measuring sound levels (RMS) and beat analysis
Generating Sounds and Tones
Explore Audacity’s sound generation tools to create tones, noise, and rhythmic patterns.
- Generating tones, plucks, and rhythm tracks
- Adding white noise, chirp, DTMF tones, and risset drums
Advanced Tools and Settings
This section covers more advanced features that improve productivity and workflow automation.
- Changing sample rate and sample format
- Resampling tracks
- Creating and running macros
- Adding labels and using the scrub ruler for precise editing