The Audacity Channel Podcast Season One Wrap-up

Season one of The Audacity Channel Podcast is complete. This first season of the podcast started with a pre-launch announcement and ended strong with an episode dedicated to ACX audiobook creation tips using Audacity. Season two drops on March 1st with a special “March Madness” announcement. The season one episodes below are sorted from the newest to the oldest.


[S1, Ep 12] Creating ACX Audiobooks Using Audacity

[S1, Ep 11] The Ongoing Relevance of Audacity Fundamentals

[S1, Ep 10] Audacity Version 3.2.4, Meter Toolbars, and Coming Soon: Saving Effects Chains

[S1, Ep 9] How To Use The Audacity De-Clicker Plugin

[S1, Ep 8] Great Audio Starts Here: Room Treatments, Microphone Placement, Microphone Type, and Microphone Technique

[S1, Ep 7] What is Sample Rate, Bit Depth, and Bit Rate?

[S1, Ep 6] How to Recover and Filter Realtime Effects in Audacity

[S1, Ep 5] Audacity Version 3.2.3 Released With User Interface Changes

[S1, Ep 4] Audacity Channel Launch and the Audio Setup and Share Audio Buttons

[S1, Ep 3] Lopsided Waveforms and DC Offset: One Of These Is Not Like The Other

[S1, Ep 2] Audacity 3.2.1: FFMPEG Fix, Real-Time vs. Old School, and the Device Toolbar

[S1, Ep 1] The Audacity Channel Pre-Launch Announcement

Enjoy!

Audacity Version 3.2 Apha Build Reveal

Audacity 3.2 Alpha Build is out! This video is an overview of some of changes in this alpha version from the current production version, 3.1.3. This is not a production version of Audacity. The final production version of Audacity will no doubt have further improvements and changes. The stackable effects and non-destructive editing features in this alpha version are a huge leap forward. I want to give a big shoutout to the Audacity Team for bringing us these improvements.

CONTENTS:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:23 Audacity Version 3.2 Alpha Build
  • 00:40 The Tools Toolbar
  • 00:55 The Audio Setup Button
  • 01:24 Current Version Toolbar Comparison
  • 01:40 The Meter Toolbar
  • 02:06 Recording Meter Options
  • 04:18 Stackable Effects and Non-Destructive Editing
  • 06:51 The Selection Toolbar
  • 06:58 The Play-at-Speed Toolbar
  • 07:34 Recap and Summary

Hardware I used in this video (NOTE: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying Amazon purchases).

Software I Used:

  • Audacity Version 3.1.3 (for post-processing)
  • Camtasia 2022 Video Creation Software
  • Auphonic Desktop Leveler

Other places you’ll find me:

Future Possibilities For Audacity?

Here’s another preview of some possibilities for future versions of Audacity. The video below was posted on the Audacity Discord server a few months ago and is well worth your time if you’re an Audacity user. My impression is that these are just some possibilities for version 3.2 of Audacity and beyond. Regardless, it seems to me that once version 3.2 is out, the platform will be in place for bringing more of these needed changes and updates in a more rapid sequence. But that’s just my opinion as one watching this process from the outside. I appreciate all the work the Audacity team puts into this product while keeping it free to the end user. Get comfortable and watch the 20 minute video below.

How to Split, Join, and Move Audio Segments Using Audacity 3.1.x

Now that the time shift tool is no longer a part of Audacity, how do we move audio segments? With the advent of Audacity version 3.1.x moving audio around has gotten easier and quicker. In this video, I show you how to split audio into separate segments, how to join audio segments together, and how to move audio now that the time shift tool is no longer with us.

Contents:

  • 00:00 – Intro
  • 00:23 – How to Split Audio in Audacity
  • 01:56 – How to Move Audio in Audacity
  • 02:59 – How to Join Audio in Audacity
  • 04:39 – Summary
  • 04:50 – Other Places You’ll Find Me

Hardware I used in this video.
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What A Future Version of Audacity Might Look Like

Audacity floated this image out to the world on a couple of social media platforms last week as a way of some of the possible options for a future version. While the screenshot I share in this video isn’t in production, it does give us a glimpse into some possible improvements being worked on by the fine people at Audacity. I think it’s headed in the right direction in many ways but what are your thoughts?

Contents:

00:00 – Introduction
00:24 – Where Have I Been?
01:32 – Learn Audacity Brand
01:55 – Audacity’s Shared Screenshot
06:04 – Audacity on the Microsoft App Store
07:10 – Audacity Milestones Webpage
07:41 – LearnAudacity.com
08:12 – Online Courses I Teach

Links mentioned in this video:

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Enjoy!

Audacity Tutorial: How to Backup Your Audacity Project While Working On It

In this short tutorial I show you how to make a backup copy of your working Audacity project file. Project backups were introduced in Audacity version 3.0.0 and are a convenient way to backup your work, keeping the backup copy separate from your working copy. Project backups are identical to your working project but are essentially a snapshot of your working project at the moment in time that you create it. You can give your backup copy it’s own name and save it in any folder. This is a great way to make backups of your project at critical points in your editing because it give you a convenient way to go back to a version of the project before changes were made, if needed.

Hardware I used in this video: (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying Amazon purchases.)

  • 2017 MacBook Pro

Software I used in this video:

  • Audacity version 3.1.3
  • Camtasia version 2021.0.8
  • Auphonic Leveler version 1.8