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Getting Started
Getting Started
If you are new to editing audio we recommend using the free, cross-platform audio editor, Audacity. If you have access to a Mac, we recommend trying out GarageBand.
Below are links to video tutorials on the most commonly used functions in audio editing. These videos are hosted by LinkedIn Learning platform, so you will need to log in with Humber credentials to access them. The videos have closed captions and transcripts available.
These selected videos are chapters from a course called Learning Audacity. The complete video course takes about 1 hr 45 minutes to watch. The selections we have listed here last approximately 45 minutes.
Audacity Video Tutorials
Audacity Video Tutorials
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Basic Functions of Audacity
Basic Functions of Audacity
Download & Install Audacity (3m 25s)
Import Audio (2m 2s)
Selecting & Zooming (6m 3s)
Playback Controls (3m 39s)
Create a New Project (5m 49s)
Save Your Project (2m 36s)
Make Selections (5m 29s)
Cut, Copy, and Paste (4m 0s)
Split Clips (3m 41s)
Export Your Project (4m 14s)
Podcast Production in Audacity
Podcast Production in Audacity
Editing a Podcast in Audacity (21m 42s)
Mixing your Podcast in Audacity (17m 53s)
Podcasts in GarageBand
Podcasts in GarageBand
This article in Sound on Sound magazine, is a great introduction to using GarageBand for recording and editing a podcast.
Video Tutorials
Video Tutorials
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Understand the GarageBand layout (8m 45s)
Create a new project (4m 55s)
Import audio tracks (2m 48s)
Mixing (7m 21s)
Exporting: Use the Share menu (6m 18s)
Separating audio from a video recording
Separating audio from a video recording
If you have recorded your podcast using a video conferencing tool such (e.g. Zoom, Teams), your recording may be a video file (e.g. ending in ".mp4"). If this is the case you will have to separate the video and audio files. This is a fairly simple process and there are a few options for removing the video:
VLC is a free media player that works on Windows or Mac computers. It also lets you convert media types. Read this guide on how to save a video as an audio-only file.
Windows users can also use this free app to convert video files to mp3 audio.
Mac users can easily convert video files to audio-only files using the QuickTime Player pre-installed on all Mac computers. Simply open the video file in QuickTime Player and go to File > Export As > Audio Only...
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