Audacity How-To

How to Rescan Audio Hardware in Audacity

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When I first began using Audacity years ago, I thought that if I forget to plug in my mic or other input device before starting Audacity, it meant I had to restart Audacity to get the program to recognize my audio hardware. But then I discovered the Rescan Audio Devices feature that’s built into Audacity. What a great day that was and what a time saver! In this video I show you how rescanning your audio hardware works inside Audacity.

Reminder: I teach Audacity Bootcamp: Beginner to Advanced. This is 6+ hours of on demand videos designed specifically for podcasters who use Audacity to record and/or edit their podcasts. You can find it here:

Another Reminder: The Audacity Bootcamp Podcast is live now and available on your favorite podcast app or on the web here:

-Enjoy

How to Record a Track in Audacity

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Are you new to Audacity and unsure about how to start recording? I made this video for people who are new to Audacity and have never recorded a track. Recording in Audacity is simple and I show you how to do it in this short video.

Here’s the link to my course I mentioned in the video, Audacity Bootcamp: Beginner to Advanced.

How to Export a Project Using a Macro (Plus a Sneak-Peek at Macros in Audacity Version 3.0.2)

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IMPORTANT:
Since recording this video, Audacity version 3.0.2 has been released and is now the production version. When I recorded this video, it was still in pre-release.

In this video, I show you how to create and run a macro that will export your project as a WAV file using a keyboard shortcut and I show you where Audacity version 3.0.2 stores your macros because it’s different in version 3.0.2.

What’s New in Audacity 3.0.0: Directory Preferences

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Let’s talk about directory preferences, a new feature in Audacity 3.0.0. Audacity now lets you open, save, import, and export from and to specific directories.

What’s New in Audacity 3.0.0: Macro Import, Export, and Comments

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Audacity 3.0.0 gives us the ability to import and export our macros and to add comments in a macro step. This is a big deal if you use macros like I do.

What’s New in Audacity 3.0.0: Project Backups

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There’s a new feature in Audacity 3.0.0 that’s pretty sweet. It gives you the ability to make a quick duplicate copy of your project at any stage of production. This is good if you want to save your project at different intervals with different names (i.e. different version numbers) and keep the saved backups untouched as you forge ahead on the original project. The uses for this are almost unlimited. Let me show you how it works.