BAIN MUSC 336
Introduction to Computer Music

Audacity Tutorials

1. Audacity Tutorials
   
2. Audacity Support: Selected How-Tos and Tutorials

Selected Topics

1. Editing Audio
2. Saving and Exporting Projects
3. Managing Loudness
• Loudness Normalization
• Making crossfades
4. Pitch & Time Shifting
   
• Changing Pitch
• Speeding Up and Slowing Down Audio
5. Musical Features
   
• Enabling Music View
• Aligning music to beats and bars
• Loops
• Making audio loops
• Working with audio loops
• Isolating or removing vocals from a song
6. Using master effects & real-time effects
• Audacity 3.2 - Real-Time Effects and Free Cloud Sharing {YouTube}
• Audacity 3.4 - New Musical Features! {YouTube}
  
• Audacity 3.6 / 3.7 - New Effects & New Master Channel! {YouTube}
• Reducing dynamic range (Compressor/Limiter)
7. Analyzing Audio
• Spectral Analysis

1. Audacity {YouTube Channel}
2. What's new in:
• Audacity 3.1 - A Significant Audio Editing Improvement {YouTube}
• Audacity 3.2 - Real-Time Effects and Free Cloud Sharing {YouTube}
• Audacity 3.4 - New Musical Features! {YouTube}
• Audacity 3.5 - Cloud Saving, Tempo Detection & Pitch Adjustment {YouTube}
  
• Audacity 3.6 / 3.7 - New Effects & New Master Channel! {YouTube}

Third-Party Videos

1. Mike Russell
   
• Master Audio Editing Basics in Under 10 mins! | The Ultimate Audacity Guide for Beginners (2023) {YouTube}
• How to Install Plugins in Audacity {2025) {YouTube}
  
2. Skills Factory, Audacity - Tutorial for Beginners in 9 MINUTES! (2025) {YouTube}
3. T.J. Free, Audacity Tutorials (2018)  {YouTube Playlist}
   
4. Misc. Tasks
• Fix Audio Clipping
• Filip Delac, Audacity Tutorial - How To Fix Audio Clipping (2024) {YouTube}
• Installing FFmpeg
• KW Media, Installing FFmpeg for Audacity (2023) {YouTube}
  
• Recording Desktop Audio
• Windows:
• KW Media, Recording desktop audio in Audacity [Tutorial]  (2023) {YouTube}
• Mac:
  
• Requires third-party software like Open Broadcaster Studio {OBS}
  
• MacOS Desktop Audio Capture Guide {OBS}
  

Updated: September 7, 2025