Morning Ease:

Daily Vibe:

Morning Ease – sound cloud

Daily Vibe – sound cloud

These are things I’ve done to complete my two audio assignments.

I used audacity, freesound, and a basic mic for recording sounds.  If you need more information on working with audacity and or want to work with an existing sound file, this page is a good place to start.

First, I downloaded audacity.  To place sound files in your project you can simply drag and drop files or import the sound files.  you will find this under the File options in the toolbar.  Another way to place tracks in your project is by recording them.  

Click on the record button (circle [it is the highlighted button above]) and it will start recording automatically.   If you want to pause, but not stop, click the pause button (two vertical bars)  and when you are ready to resume click on the play button (triangle.)  When you are ready to stop the recording click on the stop button (square.)

 Once you have some sound files in your project, you’ll probably want to manipulate them and move them around.

These are the main tools you will use to do such things.  The four essential tools are the top two and the bottom two.  The Selection tool, the Envelope tool, the Zoom tool, and the Time Shift tool.  first, we will focus on what we can do with the Selection tool:  this tool looks like the uppercase i (I)

Above is an example where nothing is highlighted of selected.

Below I will go over simplifying and cleaning your work station.

Select track – drag and highlight track                      Go to the desired area                                        Select track again and press the

Copy – CTRL + C                                                Paste – CTRL + V                                               BACKSPACE key to delete it

Now for the actual simplifying, delete the row; that way there is less to scroll through and it’s easier to look at.

Now you are working with two rows instead of three!  Doing this later in the editing process is really useful when you have an abundance of different tracks.

Moving on to the Envelope Tool:

this tool looks like the two triangles facing each other with a line drawn between them.

Above is a simple crescendo.  How  I accomplished this:

I clicked on the envelope tool and chose a place to start, I then had the option to make the track quieter (pushing the sound toward the center) or making it louder (pulling the sound toward the edges.)  I kept the starting point the same, and I chose my second point to grow louder.  The programs automatically draw a straight line from one point to the next, so it will always be an even crescendo/decrescendo unless you manipulated it to sound differently.

 The top is my starting point and the bottom is my                                              Her I made a decrescendo after the initial crescendo.

     ending point.  I manipulated it to show a crescendo                                                     I simply chose the third spot and pulled it down

Thirdly I will go over the Zoom Tool:

This is probably the most self-explanatory tool.  It zooms in and out to make editing easier.

After you select the Zoom tool, which looks like a magnifying glass

                                                                 Original                                 Zoomed in                          Zoomed out

                                                                (nothing)                                (left click)                           (right click)

Lastly, I’ll be going over the Time Shift tool:

The symbol this tool uses is two arrows pointing opposite of each other

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I call this the moving tool because that’s what you do with it, you moving tracks around with it.

Here are some visual examples of me using the timeshift tool:

If you click on the track and you are unable to move them, take a look at this:

If your bar looks like the picture on the left, press the yellow stop button.   When it looks like the picture on the right you should be able to move the tracks around.