Audacity

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If you like, or need, to really manipulate your sound files, then Audacity is a very handy program (see Figure 13-19 on the next page). Audacity is a sound editor that allows you to load files in almost any sound format (.wav, .aiff, .au, .ogg, . mp3) and edit them in a variety of ways. For example, you might want to capture just one phrase out of a speech, or your favorite guitar solo from a song, and use it as a system sound, or maybe you want to permanently boost the volume of a certain portion of a recording that didn’t come out just right the first time around. Or maybe you just want to perform an old “expletive deleted” routine on a saucier portion of something you are planning to play before a class of junior high school students. You can even use Audacity to add reverberation, echo, or other effects to a sound file. And you can use it to record your own sounds via line-in or microphone.

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Figure 13-19: Adjusting audio files with Audacity

Audacity is not included with Fedora Core, but it is easily downloaded and installed with Synaptic/APT. To get it, just run Synaptic, and then type Audacity in the Find window. Once it is installed, you can run it by going to the Main menu and selecting Sound & Video > More Sound & Video Applications > Audacity Audio Editor.

If you need more help after that, there is a pretty good quick guide, which you can access by going to the Help menu and selecting Online Help, and there is a full manual that you can use online or download from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help.php .



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Linux for Non-Geeks. A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook
Linux for Non-Geeks: A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook
ISBN: 1593270348
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 188

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