Tutorial 4: Audacity
Audio Processing
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Objectives
Students will create a multi-track sound file while learning
the Audacity interface
elements.
Overview
This tutorial is intended to provide students with a basic knowledge
of sound design. It encompasses basic Mac OS functions with the
integration of Audacity's tools & operations.
Alternative sound recording options not included in this tutorial
may be demonstrated by instructors separately. Also, file formats
will be addressed for the purpose of sound file integration with
a variety of applications.
Review prior to the tutorial:
Musique Concrete
Sound Collage
Musical Montage
Field Recording
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Iannis Xenakis, Pierre Schaeffer, Luc Ferrari
Brian Eno
Topics Covered
In this tutorial the student will learn to:
- play a sound using Audacity
- select, copy and paste portions of a sound
- change the pitch of a sound
- work with multiple tracks within a document at a time, mix them, set left/right balance and volume
- apply Effects (amplify, reverb, echo, pitch shift, tempo, fade in, fade out, normalize, equalize)
- generate noise, silence, tones
- record sound & voice at appropriate levels to avoid distortion
Requirements
In-class. Follow the steps
to create an audio file based on the example
presented. Your final sound file should be no longer than 10 seconds.
Submit: Native Audacity project file and sound files (data) folder as well as your exported Mp3 file, all uploaded to to the appropriate section of VS Server 2/Coursework/ART 250.
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