That Blue Square Thing

Audacity Workshop

It's a long time since I taught anything using Audacity – a simple sound editing piece of software. But these are resources I used a long time ago.

The Audacity website is the place to get a download from. It's totally free.

1 – Basic editing

This used a song called Geek of the Week that I'd downloaded from somewhere in about 2008. I can't find it anywhere on the internet these days. The instructions might have some use though, although they're probably for Windows XP or something...

PDF iconBasic editing

PDF iconMore advanced editing skills

PDF iconExporting from Audacity – I imagine the need to "find lame" has been solved these days

2 – Help sheets

Some slightly more open-ended help sheets that I used to use.

PDF iconAudacity user guide

PDF iconAdvanced Audacity skills

PDF iconAudacity controls – a single sheet guide

PDF iconHow to reduce filesizes – probably unnecessary these days, but when CiDA portfolios were limited in size this could be important