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− | You can include Echo effect on to your audio by clicking on Effects-->Echo. | + | You can include Echo effect on to your audio by clicking on "Effects-->Echo". Delay Time indicates the amount of delay between the echoes, Delay Factor increases or decreases the amplitude or loudness of the each echo. |
− | Delay Time indicates the amount of delay between the echoes, Delay Factor increases or decreases the amplitude or loudness of the each echo. | |
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| ==== Removing noise ==== | | ==== Removing noise ==== |
− | "Noise" is part of an audio signal that is not the intended signal. When you listen to music on the radio, you can hear the music, and usually also some noise. When computers record or play audio, the electronic components sometimes create extra noise. Sometimes it can be your background noise recorded your audio.
| + | Noise is part of an audio signal that is not the intended signal. When you listen to music on the radio, you can hear the music, and usually also some noise. When computers record or play audio, the electronic components sometimes create extra noise. Sometimes it can be your background noise recorded your audio. |
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| In order to remove ‘noise,’ we must first tell Audacity what the ‘noise’ sounds. Do this by selecting a portion of the audio where nobody is talking and noise has recorded – like a break in the conversation, so you just get the ‘noise’. | | In order to remove ‘noise,’ we must first tell Audacity what the ‘noise’ sounds. Do this by selecting a portion of the audio where nobody is talking and noise has recorded – like a break in the conversation, so you just get the ‘noise’. |
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| File:Audacity - noise reduction - click OK 2.png|Select get noise profile and select OK | | File:Audacity - noise reduction - click OK 2.png|Select get noise profile and select OK |
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− | # Choose '''Effect''' → '''Noise Removal'''. The "Noise Removal" window appears. Click '''Get Profile'''. The Noise Removal tool uses the selected audio as an example of the noise to remove. | + | # Choose "Effect --> Noise Removal". The "Noise Removal" window appears. Click Get Profile. The Noise Removal tool uses the selected audio as an example of the noise to remove. |
| # Select the whole track. | | # Select the whole track. |
− | # Open the "Noise Removal" window. Click '''OK'''. The Noise Removal tool processes the audio. The Noise Removal tool is not effective in this example because most of the signal is noise. | + | # Open the "Noise Removal" window. Click "OK". The Noise Removal tool processes the audio. The Noise Removal tool is not effective in this example because most of the signal is noise. |
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| ==== Fade a section in or fade it out ==== | | ==== Fade a section in or fade it out ==== |
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| File:Audacity -fade out.png|After added fade out for the track | | File:Audacity -fade out.png|After added fade out for the track |
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− | # Click '''Selection Tool''', then select a portion of audio to fade in or out. | + | # Click "Selection Tool", then select a portion of audio to fade in or out. |
− | # Choose '''Effect''' → '''Fade In''' or '''Effect''' → '''Fade Out'''. | + | # Choose "Effect --> Fade In" or "Effect --> Fade Out". |
| Generally fade in at the beginning of an audio segment, and fade out at the end of an audio segment. You can use Audacity to create special effects if you fade in or fade out in the middle of an audio segment. You can make a surprising effect by setting Audacity to fade in or out over a few second, then adding the opposite fade inside the first fade. | | Generally fade in at the beginning of an audio segment, and fade out at the end of an audio segment. You can use Audacity to create special effects if you fade in or fade out in the middle of an audio segment. You can make a surprising effect by setting Audacity to fade in or out over a few second, then adding the opposite fade inside the first fade. |
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| ==== Advanced features ==== | | ==== Advanced features ==== |
− | Audacity is a full-fledged audio editor which has many advanced features. [http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorials.html This page] lists tutorials that provide step-by-step instructions for performing all the interesting things with audio in Audacity. | + | Audacity is a full-fledged audio editor which has many advanced features. [http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorials.html Click This page] lists tutorials that provide step-by-step instructions for performing all the interesting things with audio in Audacity. |
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| ==== Saving and exporting to different formats ==== | | ==== Saving and exporting to different formats ==== |