Audio Editing & Voice Improvement IN Audacity 2023

1. INTRODUCTION: As a content creator, it doesn't matter how much effort you put on your video. If your audio is not good, then people will not watch it. What's up, guys? My name is Rosanna. I run a YouTube channel and a website to teach people how to edit videos and photos. So this is the audio before improvement. Hi guys. My name is based on we are going to improve this audio. And this is the audio after improvement. Hi guys. My name is Visine. We are going to improve this audio. In this class, I will teach you the basics of Audacity and how you can use a sequence of effects to improve your audio and sound like a professional without wasting any time. Let's get started. 2. Download & Install Audacity: Now to download the audacity, you have to set for the audacity in google.com. And now click on Search. And now we have the first link called www dot udacity team DOT ORG. You can click on this link or you can even click on this download link. And now we have the three options. We have the Windows, we have the Mac, and we have the Linux. So I'm using the window, so I'm going to select the video option. And it will give you the option of 64-bit and 32-bit. And it will automatically give you the download option. So I'm going to save this. And it will download my EXE file. And now you have to open the folder. And now we have this file. So you have to double-click on this file. Now you have to allow this. Yes. Select your language. Click on Next, click on Next, select the path. Click on Next and click the Next and install, and it will install the file. It is as simple as it. Now you have to click on Next and click on Finish, and it will launch your old St. So now click on the Okay, and we have this Audacity interface. So guys, this is how you can download and install the audacity in your operating system. 3. Overview: So now guys, we are inside Audacity. Now if you want to record your audio all you have to do this. Click on this record button and it will now record your audio. This is the dB of your audio, and this is the waveform of your audio. So now if you want to stop this recording audio, all you have to do just click on Install button and it will stop your audio. And now if you want to play this audio, you have to click on this Play button. And you can pose display audio from this pole butter. Now, if you want to record your audio from this end, all you have to do this click here. And now we have this vertical black line at the end. And now you have to click on this record button and it will now record your audio from here. And you can even pause your recording audio from this pause button. As you can see, this is the representation of the dB off my audio. And now my audio recording is top. Now if you want to continue with the recording, all you have to do just click on this pause button again, and it will now record your audio once again. Now let's stop the audio. And we have this wave form. So now if I play the audio and it will record, we have this from here, a volume and you can even pull, this is the blood volume. And this is the code. Once again. Now if your audio is an art according in Audacity, you have to select the right input from this drop-down menu. For example, if I select this microphone and now press the record button, as you can see, we have the flat line. It is now not recording my audio. And as you can see in this microphone DB recording level, we don't have a level. So I can stop this audio and now select the right input and now record. And now it is now recording my audio. And as you can see, we have this audio recording level. Then we have this audio waveform that indicating that your audio is now being recorded. Now stop the audio. And now if you want to do this junk, all you have to do just double-click, press backspace, double-click and press backspace. And now it will delete that chunk. Now if you want to listen to the audio, all you have to do this, select your output from here. As you can see, I'm using my headphones, so I'm going to select the speaker at Florida Tech from this drop-down menu. Now guys, let's go to the menu bar. Now in the menu bar first, we have our file. Now in the file you can create a new project and you can use the shortcut key control. And you can open a project or a file using shortcut key control. Or you can click on open. You can open recent file from this drop-down menu. You can close this project or using the shortcut key Control W. You can save this project and use the shortcut key Control plus S. You can finally explored your audio indifferent extension in this drop-down menu. Now let's go to the edit. Now, in edit you can undo your action. For example, I delete a chunk of audio in this section so I can undo this. And you can redo your action. And it will delete this again. Now in the gut, you can drag this chunk of an audio and you can click on gut, or you can use the shortcut key Control X. So I'm going to use the control key, Control X. And now you can paste your audio by using the shortcut key control. And you can delete this by using the shortcut key lead. And now we have the copy. You can use the Control C to copy and you can paste this junk in here. If I press control C, control V, as you can see, this is the same audio. And now you can also, in the boundaries, you can split and join the audio. So how do you do that? So let me just show you, for example, if I want to split this audio into parts, so I'm going to click here just simple click here, vertical black line will appear. So go to the audio, God with the clip boundary and users control I shortcut. Or you can just click Split and it will split your claim. Or if you want to join this clip, all you have to do it. Just, just select this area, go to the Edit, go to the clay boundaries, and just click on Join or Control Z to undo my action. Or you can just simply click this line and it will automatically join your audio. Now let's go to select. And in this slide we have a feature that even I don't use. So let's go to the view. In the view we have the Zoom in, Zoom normal, zoom out, zoom to selection, and zoom toggle. And we have the shortcut key as well. And now we have attracts. So how do you do that? You have to press Control one, it will zoom in control to it resumed normal control three, we have this zoom out. And now if you want to zoom customize yours, all you have to do this press Control and use your mouse wheel to zoom in or zoom out the audio. And in the view, we have our track size. As you can see, we have attract size. So all you have to do this. Come right here and press Control and use your mouse key and it will zoom your audio wave form. So this is a shortcut way to do that. So now let's go to the transport. Now in the transport you can play store with the space. You can place job and sad cursor. By using the X. You can play once and store by using the Shift Space. And you can pause your audio by using the P, or you can use these buttons. And now in the recording, we have the record, we have the record new drug by using the Shift R. So if I press Shift R, So now it will record, recording my audio in a new track. Let's delete this track. Now in transport, next we have our scrub ruler. We have our scrub. If I press this, we have this line of parity. As you can see, if I drag my cursor to the right, it will play my audio to do died side. If I drag my cursor to the left, it will simply follow the cursor. I'm just going to uncheck this. And now we have a cursor select to the star, to the end, et cetera. And we have our loping all you have to do just press it and it will locally or audio, for example, if I play my audio of your audio, your audio, and this is the waveform. This is a looping code, your audio section, all of your audio. So now it will play only this part over and over again in a loop. So if you don't want to use the lobe, all you have to do this. Click on this button. Now in the drag we have add new mono track. You can add new tracks. You can mix drag, you can remove drag. You can mute or unmute, or you can use this button right here. Then we have other option as well. So guys finally go to the effects and you can add the effects from this drop-down menu. If you want to apply the effect, all you have to do this, select your audio, go to the Effect and select effect. So for example, I'm going to select this echo effect. And you can also preview this effect. Now I'm going to apply this effect. Now, our effect is applied only in this area and you can even pause your body. So guys, you may be wondering why I skipped select 200 analyze tool and effect is because you don't need to understand everything about the audacity to improve your audio. Even I don't understand these action and I still can improve my audio and sound like a professional. And now finally we have a drag. Drag. You can name your track. For example, I'm going to name this track one and it will appear right here. So now we can also multi-view. You can undo this. You can use this spectrum, or you can use the waveform. And now we have a color. For example, if you have a multiple audio about different things, all you have to do is select the audio and give it a color. We have a four color. And now we can swap stadio general. We can split audio stereo track. You can stay steadier to mono. And we have these formats. Now we have this, the RDB of the audio. You can also decrease this, integrates this, or you can set this to 0, which is the normal dB. And you can change your channel from left to right to the emitter. And then this arrow, you can just minimize your audio. Guys if you want to clear these bars. If you want to refresh your Audacity, all you have to do this. Go to the View, go to the toolbar. And we have this reset toolbar. For example, if you change something, like press this button, press this button, or you can just drag this right here and drag right this area and drag this writers. So if you want to fix this, all you have to do this. Go to the View, go to the toolbar and press reset. And it will reset your interface. If you want to clear this low barrier, all you have to do this right-click. You can use this by clicking here, or you can right-click and clear the looping agent and it will clear this. And if you don't need these things and you want to hire these things, all you have to go to the View, go to the toolbar. And you can just uncheck these and it will remove that area. As you can see, I'm removing these. And now we have this. If you want to just really excited these all you have to do it as click on Reset and it will reset all your interface. 4. Compressor: So now guys, let's edit our audio. So first I'm going to drag this audio in Audacity. I'm going to zoom out and first listen to them. My name is present. And we are going to improve this audio. Now guys, I'm going to remove the background noise and improve this audio. So all you have to do it as double-click. Select your audio track, go to the Effects. First, select the compressor. If you have this waveform, select the compressor, we need to compress this audio. First, we need to tweak some settings here. Select the compressor based on beaks. Change the threshold to minus 12 db, Jane the noise floor to minus 40 dB and gender ratio to 1.11. Now January attack time to 0.20 seconds. And Jane the release time to 1 seconds. And now click on Okay, and it will compress our audio. Now if you listen to the audio, hi guys, My name is present. You can clearly listen to me and you can listen to the background noise. So this is how you can apply the compressor in a right way. 5. Removing Background Noise: Now guys, we applied the compressor to this voice. Now we're going to remove the background noise. To remove the background noise first, we need to get the background noise. So I have a background noise right here, this area. And we have these area as well. So before you record your audio, you need to store for a five to ten seconds to get the noise. As you can tell, I have these 2 second noise. So I'm going to select this area and now go to the Effects, go to the Noise Reduction. And first we have our noise reduction value 12. So if you increase this value above 12 and get the noise profile. Now, if you select all the audio and now go to the effect that the noise click Okay, now as you can tell, we have removed our background noise completely, but I'm sound like a robot in this audio. If you listen to the audio, hi guys, My name is present and we are going to how to fix this. So select the noise, go to the Effect, go to the Noise Reduction and set the noise reduction dB to 12. Saturday sensitivity to 6100. So we can see the smoking ban 23 and now check the reduce. Now get the noise and now select all the tracks or audio. Go to reduction again. And now click Okay. Hi guys, My name is present. And we are going to improve this audio. Now as you can tell, we removed our background noise, but we are not completely done yet. Now we apply the noise reduction to our audio. Now we are going to apply the filter EQ. So first you need to select the audio, go to the Effects, and select the Filter curve AQ. And as you can tell, we have this graph. So I'm going to set this to default and tell you how you can draw this graph first, we need to increase this. And now we need to go to the one hundred five hundred hertz, sorry, and set a point right here. Now we need to go to the 100 hertz and set a point right here, and then drag this point to six dB. We are adding a base to our audio. Now in the 4 thousand hertz, we need to set up what here as well. And now we need to add a point beside 6100 hertz. So right here. And then drag these 26 db. Now click Okay. So now our filter curve is applied. So now as you can tell, we have a beggar noise as well. So I'm going to select the background noise. Again, go to the Noise Reduction, get the noise profile, select the audio, go to the Effects, and now applies reduction. Hi guys, My name is present. And now our noise reduction is applied. So if I select my noise right here, you can tell in the playback level we have a background noise. So how do we fix this? How do we remove all the background noise? So select the audio, go to the Effect, and select the noise gate. And we need to tweak some settings right here. So I'm going to Jane my gear threshold to minus 30. And now I'm going to change my level reduction to minus 30 as well. Now finally, we need to change the decay to 230. And now click Okay. And now as you can tell, our background noise is completely removed. Well, if I play, my name is based on and we are going to improve this audio. So as you can tell, we don't have a background noise. We completely removed our background noise. 6. Graphic EQ & Limiter: So now guys, we're going to add FAQ to our roles. So select the audio, go to the Effects and go to the graph EQ. And in the graph EQ, we're going to add a base to our audio. So go to the Manage, go to the factory reset and select the baseball's first. And now click on. Okay. Now let's go to the Effect and go to the graphic you once again and this time go to the Manage Factory. Pretty sad, and select the treble boost. And now click, Okay, Hi guys, My name is face-on. And we are going to improve this audio. So as you can tell, we apply the graphic if we add a base to our audio. Now guys, we apply the graphic you to our voice. But if you listen to this part, we add a base to our voice. But if I play the part in the playback level 80, I guide, which mean it is crushing our air. So how do we fix this? So all you have to do SAT element. So select the audio, go to the Effect, and go to the limiter. And now in delimiter, all you have to do just Jane, the minus three to minus ten. And we are done. Hi guys. My name is face-on. And we are going to improve this audio. So now if I copy this, press Control C and paste the new audio. And now if I press the solo, it will only play this audio. Hi guys, My name is face-on. And now if I play this audio, you can listen to the changes that we made. Hi guys, My name is Visine. So clearly this audio is better than this fall. So guys, this is how you can apply the effect to our audio to improve our audio. Now if you want to delete this blank space, all you have to do this. Select, press, Delete, select press Delete, and then select this area plus lead. And we are done. My name is bizarre. Hi guys. My name is face-on and we are going to improve this audio. 7. Audio Effects: So guys, we have some other useful effects as well that you can use in your audio. So select your audio, go to the Effect. And you can select it. If I preview this. Hi guys, My name is Visine. Hi guys. My name is Visine. So it will solve your audio and it will add audio to your audio. As you can tell, we haven't got a playback value at minus 24. So if you want to fix this, all you have to do this, go to the Effect and now select the normalized set. Check the remote DC, check the normalized peak, uncheck the normalized stereo. And Saturday V2 minus three. And now click Okay, Hi guys, My name is face-on and we are going to improve this audio via some other effect as well. So if I select my audio, go to the Effect, we have the low-pass filter. If I preview this, Hi guys, My name is based on it. Add a base to our voice. Hi guys, My name is based on and we are going to improve this audio. We have some other fun effect as well. For example, we have an EQ effect and we have changed the speed, change the pitch effect. If you drag this to the left side, it will dance your voice. And if you drag this to the right side than you sound like achievements. Me just set this right here. Oh wow, wow, wow. These are the fact that you can apply it to your voices. 8. Improve Mobile Audio: So guys, this is the audio that I recorded in my mobile phone. I want you to focus on this level. We have the left level and we have the right level. Hi guys, My name is Jason and I am recording this audio in my mobile. So as you can tell, they are two different level. How do we fix this? First, you need to go to the track and then go to the mix and then make stereo down to mono. And now if we listen to the audio, hi guys might have the same level, left and right. So now how do we add it, this audio? So guys, I'm going to edit this audio and I will make this sound like a professional audio. So I'm giving you a sequence. If you apply this sequence to any of your audio, then you sound like a professional. So first we need to apply the noise reduction. Then we need to apply the filter curve EQ. And then again select the background noise. You get the noise profile, select all the audio, and then apply the noise reduction once again. Then we have a slightly background noise Alvarez. To remove that, we need to apply the noise gate. And then we need to go to the graph EQ. And now go to the Manage. And in factory preset, we need to select the bass boost. And now go to the graph EQ again and apply this time treble boost. Now go to the Effect and apply limiter. Now you may be wondering why I don't use this time compressor is because the, my audio is already compressed. It is because it is recorded in a mobile phone. So now if I play my audio, hi guys, My name is Dan and I am recording this audio in my mobile. Hi, guys. My name is Dan and I'm regarding this audio in my mobile. So my background noise is completely to move, but this is not a background noise. This is my mouth. Air noise. So you can't really move this. Hi guys. My name is Jason and I am recording this audio in my mobile. But if we add our Audio, our audio, and compare this to our new audio, then you can tell the difference that we made so far. Now if we listened to the original Hi guys, My name is Dan and I'm recording this audio in my mobile. Now listen to our edited audio. Hi guys, My name is Dan, and I'm recording this audio in my mobile. So guys, this is how you can improve your audio. This is how you can improve your mobile audio in Audacity. 9. Multiple Audio: So suppose if you have a multiple voices, multiple audio, how you can add it to multiple audio at once. But before we added multiple audio at once, you need to understand one thing that your voice is recorded in a same place. For example, if you record an audio in indoor and if you record an audio and outdoor, you can add it that audio in one place, you need to edit them separately. But if you added them in the same place, in a same background noise, you can then added that voice in one place. You can add multiple voices in one place. For example, I'm indoors, so I'm going to record my audio. So guys, this is audio one. And now if I right-click, Add a stereotype and now record another audio. Hi guys, This is audio number two. Hi guys, This is audio. Now I can add it this audio in one place, but if I record this audio in different places, for example, this audio, if I record this audio in one place, in second place and third place, then I can add these audio in one place. So if you want to edit this, all you have to do this. First, I'm going to do select noise. Then Control a to select all the audio, and then go to the Noise Reduction and apply the noise to all the audio. Now I'm going to apply the compressor for example. And now it will apply the compressor to all of my audio guide. This is how you can add multiple audio in one place. 10. Export: Now I'm going to export our audio. So there is a two way to export our audio. First, you can right-click here, and then export your audio from here. You can set your file name and you can change the extension from this dropdown menu. And you can go to the File, go to Export. And now you can set your extension right here and give your file a name. Now, click on save, and it will save your audio. Guys. Suppose you have multiple audiences, how you can export multiple audio files at once instead of exporting them individually. So go to File and go to the export. If you want to export a single audio, you have to select audio. So for example, if I need to export this audio, all I have to do is select this audio, go to the file, and then export selected audio. I selected this audio. So I can export this. But if you want to export these all audios at once, you need to go to the File, go to Export, and then select the export multiple. Now here you can change your file, but you can select a folder. You can change the format. So I'm going to select my format to wave form. And now click on Export. And now this is audio number one click okay. This is order number to click. Okay. This is the information that it gives you that this audio is now being X4. So now click Okay, and now our three audio is export at once. So I'm going to go to this folder. So now guys, this is the audio number one or number two and number three, as you can tell, we have a number 123. And if I go to the right-click Properties, we have this property, this is export in 16 June. So guys, this is how you can export single or multiple audiences in Audacity. 11. CONCLUSION: So if you apply these effects in a sequence, then you can improve your voice and sound like a professional. First we have compressor. If your voice is not compressed, then you can use this fact. But if your voice is already compressed, then you can skip this effect. Now we have noise reduction. Then we have filter curve EQ, and then we have noise reduction again. And then in the fifth number we have noise gate. Now we have graph EQ bass boost, and now graph EQ, treble boost. And finally, we have limiter. So these are the sequence effect. If you apply these effects, then you can improve your voice.