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

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