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*** TIP: Once you establish a strong enough level with your input device, take a recording of the ambient sound in your recording space, without talking, and listen back to it. This may take a little experimenting to hear what position sounds best. This will help reduce “plosives” from the force of your breath overloading the capsule.

Position your microphone so that you are not speaking directly “head-on”, but more of diagonally to the side of your mouth but still aimed at your mouth, so that you are speaking “across” the capsule.

Unplug or turn off appliances with loud fans, furnaces, buzzing lights, etc.

Find a quiet environment, away from noises.

Again, you may need to adjust volume levels on your device or built-in input.

Test it out! If you have the proper devices and inputs selected, you should be able to click record, and get a signal.

The other counters on the bottom of the screen are useful when reference, when recording, trimming audio for time, or other general edits.

This is found on the bottom of the screen. It doesn’t need to be any higher for spoken word.

Make sure your project rate is at least 44100 Hz.

Make sure you have the proper input and output selected for proper recording and monitoring:.Output device - your selected playback source (USB device, built-in output, etc.) Input number on device - used if your interface has multiple inputsį. Input device - your selected recording source (interface, built-in microphone, etc.)Į. Playback output level - adjusts the level of the outgoing signal for the device selectedĭ. Recording input level - adjusts the level of the incoming signal for the device selectedĬ. “Transport” - basic recording controls: record, play, stop, etc.ī. You will get a window that looks something like this:Ī.

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Download the appropriate version of Audacity (Windows, Mac OS, or LINUX) from /downloadĢ. Recording With Audacity - Carl Nelson, 2016ġ.

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You can download it here: If you have access to (there's a free ten-day trial, if you're interested.), there's a comprehensive tutorial here: And if you want to just jump right in, WNIJ's multi-media specialist Carl Nelson prepared the following quick-start tutorial for our volunteers with the Northern Illinois Reading Information Service (NIRIS). Audacity is a free audio editor that works with Mac, Windows, and LINUX operating systems.