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| Just like text or image, audio clips can also be edited. Audacity is a audio editing software that you can use to edit your audio clips. Audacity is a simple yet powerful application for audio editing. You can also use it to record audio.<br><br> | | Just like text or image, audio clips can also be edited. Audacity is a audio editing software that you can use to edit your audio clips. Audacity is a simple yet powerful application for audio editing. You can also use it to record audio.<br><br> |
| Open Audacity on your computer, through <u>Applications → Sound and Video → Audacity</u>. | | Open Audacity on your computer, through <u>Applications → Sound and Video → Audacity</u>. |
− | To edit an audio file, we will need to ‘import’ the audio we have (of the teacher interview) into Audacity. To import, click on <u>File → Open</u> and select your audio file.[[File:Import_Audio.png|thumb|450x250px|Importing audio file into Audacity]] | + | To edit an audio file, we will need to ‘import’ the audio we have (of the teacher interview) into Audacity. To import, click on <u>File → Open</u> and select your audio file. |
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| Audacity is very powerful audio editor, with many sophisticated features. For advanced features, refer to the [http://manual.audacityteam.org user manual] and [http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorials.html tutorials]. However, we will learn a few commonly used functions, in audio editing, which are useful to teachers in creating and re-purposing OER: | | Audacity is very powerful audio editor, with many sophisticated features. For advanced features, refer to the [http://manual.audacityteam.org user manual] and [http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorials.html tutorials]. However, we will learn a few commonly used functions, in audio editing, which are useful to teachers in creating and re-purposing OER: |
| # Moving a selection of audio to rearrange audio | | # Moving a selection of audio to rearrange audio |
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| # Reducing background noise levels | | # Reducing background noise levels |
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| ==== Moving and combining audio clips ==== | | ==== Moving and combining audio clips ==== |
| [[File:Copying_or_moving_a_selection_of_the_audio_file.png|thumb|450x450px|1. Selecting a audio clip to move|left]] | | [[File:Copying_or_moving_a_selection_of_the_audio_file.png|thumb|450x450px|1. Selecting a audio clip to move|left]] |