Audacity Beginner's Guide 2021 🎶 Master the Basics Quickly

Audacity tutorial for beginners. This how to guide is to the point with as little fluff as possible. I will be going over the controls and basic functionality to give you a solid foundation if you are not familiar with Audacity or just want to get the most out of the program. 0:00 About this Video 0:48 Basic Controls 1:15 How to Import Audio Tracks 1:50 Saving the Project vs Exporting the Audio 3:25 Recording Your Voice or Instruments 3:40 Overdubbing 4:10 Latency (Timing Offset) and Calibration 5:06 Tools Overview 6:58 Microphone and Output Settings 7:50 More Tools and Shortcuts 9:34 The Better Zoom Feature Explained 10:27 Microphone, Output, and Mono vs Stereo Selections 11:20 Less Known Features and Tools 11:47 Convert Mono Track to Stereo 12:23 Examples in Action 12:40 Built in Metronome Example 13:15 Adding a Track 13:55 Layout Manipulation and Housekeeping Tips 14:44 Audio Correction Example 15:09 Removing Dead Air and Ums 15:44 Noise Reduction 16:15 Fade Out or Fade In Check out the Audacity in depth tutorials if you want to get a deeper look into the functionality: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6wRVW9Oia1ZR2jkdVGJRnYazpre8QHQm Check out the Audacity "Answers Under a Minute Series" playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6wRVW9Oia1YmEzyAFZGvJyFygXyoq53v Learn more about the Presentation software I used for mouse tracking and to display keystrokes: https://youtu.be/FSbkzG8fSLs Get more videos tutorials on how to make your videos look and sound better at our channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/TeamHowTo If you have any questions about this video or would like to request a video on a similar topic, please reach out to me at teamhowto@gmail.com or leave a comment below and I will get back to you.