![]() ![]() There is one caveat to this ─ you must do so with an eye on keeping your project natural. I have found a very easy way to rid projects of these sounds. Pops, clicks, breaths ─ the bane of every podcaster’s existence. As you record, plenty of sounds will find their way into your project. This is one of the first things you need to focus on. Once you’ve set those options, they will be the defaults for every project. Click that and then set the values as shown in Figure 3. Instead, when you go to export your file, you’ll see an Options button. You also want to export your files in Stereo mode (as opposed to Joint Stereo) ─ to keep the stereo tracks separate.įinding these options isn’t exactly intuitive ─ you’ll not find the options anywhere in Preferences. In fact, 192 kbps (kilobit per second) is ideal for higher quality exports. For many instances (such as files), you cannot use anything below 192 kbps. By default, Audacity chooses a lower quality format for exporting (to save file size). You should also select 32-bit float from the Format drop-down. If you want to make 44100 the default rate for all projects, you can do so in Edit > Preferences > Quality > Default Sample Rate (Figure 2). You can set this on a per-project basis by clicking the Project Rate drop-down in the lower left corner of the Audacity window (Figure 1). This also happens to be the same bitrate used on CD quality recordings. The ideal for this (that will also create files that aren’t overly large) is 44100 Hz. There are plenty of tips and tricks to help you ramp up your experience so it’s more efficient, effective and, in the end, you’ll wind up with better sounding audio.īefore you do any recording, you need to make sure your project is set to a sample rate that encompasses the entire range of human hearing (up to 22050 Hertz). Audacity is so simple, anyone can jump in and start recording almost immediately.īut that ease of entry doesn’t guarantee you’ll get the most out of the tool. This isn’t ProTools or Ardour (which are both perfectly suited as full-blown digital audio recording studio software), so you’re not going to be bogged down with a learning curve best suited for engineers. One of the best things about Audacity is its incredibly shallow learning curve. Audacity is a free, open source, cross-platform recording and editing tool that is perfectly suited for podcasting (or recording/editing music, lectures, and other bits of audio). If you’re looking to join in on that medium, and your platform of choice is Linux ─ you’re in luck. You can find a podcast covering nearly any topic. ![]()
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