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Ever get the urge to edit some audio but youre not sure where to start?
Oh, the Audacity!
Its free, which is always optimal.
Its open source, and thats always appreciated by geeks like us.
Audacity can help you understand simpler concepts of audio editing that can be transferred to those more powerful programs.
If you use Linux, you’re able to just grab it from your repository.
Well leave the extra add-ons for another day.
Lets take a look.
Theres a lot here, but well go into more depth in future articles in this series.
Recording a Track
Lets get a track recorded to illustrate some basic editing.
see to it your microphone is set to be the default unit.
Then, in Audacity, just nudge the Record button up top.
Its the one that has a small red circle in the center.
As you could see, theres a wealth of information displayed here.
Go to File > Export…
Youll see a different save dialog pop up.
There are more than a few options.
I left mine as a WAV file for now.
