Recording Albums with Audacity
1. Saving a project
y
Audacity writes all the changed and recorded audio to a directory called
Projectname_data
, which is
located right where you saved the project file itself.
y
Thus, select
Save project as
from your Audacity File tab and choose a location and filename for your
project.
y
Please note that when you startup Audacity fresh, only the
“Save As...”
menu option is available.
2. How to record
y
Set your USB turntable up to play the song or album you want to record.
y
Click on the red Record button
to begin recording.
y
Lower tone arm on USB turntable onto album and track you want to record.
y
Click on the blue Pause button
to pause the recording. Press it again to continue.
y
Click on the yellow Stop button.
That's it. You can now play around with your recording and explore the editing capabilities of Audacity.
Remember that you can use the Undo function almost without limits while the project is open.
NOTE:
CD's cannot be burned directly from the Audacity application. Other CD burning applications should be
used.
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