Hi Jerome!
Welcome on board. There are quite a few on this list who record their own
music, but it’s difficult to give you any pointers, if we don’t know your skill
level or what exactly you would like to do. Just recording a track is easy.
Recording multiple tracks for one song is a bit trickier. Mixing and mastering
is yet another realm. However, here are a few tips to get you started.
To record from your selected input device, press r, to stop recording press
space. Press space again to hear the recording.
Pressing r will insert a new track for the recorded audio. Pressing r again
will insert another track.
While recording a second track you may want to listen to the first track, in
order to sing or play in sync with it. To do this you need to toggle overdub
on/off by pressing ctrl-shift-o.
If you want to hear yourself while recording, toggle SoftwarePlaythrough on/off
by pressing ctrl-shift-p.
The above commands are all found in the Transport menu. You should familiarize
yourself with it and also check out this Transport menu tutorial.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/transport_menu.html
If you find that the recorded tracks are not in sync, you may have to adjust
the latency setting in Preferences. This can be a tricky thing to get right.
Read up on recording preferences here.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/recording_preferences.html
If you would like to insert a click track to help you keep time, You’ll find
that option in the Generate menu. Check out details on generating a click track
here.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/click_track.html
Is that enough to get you started? Do write in if you have any further
questions.
Cheers! Robbie
-----Original Message-----
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerome Thompson
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 3:06 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Reading levels in Audacity
Hello all!
I am very new to Audacity, just having started with it, approximately two weeks
back,
I am self-tought.
I have learned how to import and export mp3 files. Can someone kindly assist
me with how to record songs as well as how to create my own CDs, once I have
compiled enough songs?
Thanks!
Jerome.
On 9/20/16, Andrew Downie <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Vitor
As well as reading the peak recording level, you can read the peak
playback level. The problem is that you have to play through the
entire track to be sure you have found the peak. My approach (and
others may have more rigorous options) is to:
1. Select the whole track.
2. Open Amplify from the Effects Menu.
3. You will be offered a default value. If it is - say - 5db the
peak is minus 5.
Depending on the consistency of the recording, that may or may not be
very useful. One loud click can make the rest of the track lower than
it would otherwise be. I use Sound Finder in the Analyse Menu (not
its intended purpose) or Peak Finder to track down peaks. It is then
a matter of deciding what to do about them.
Ask further if the above is off the mark.
Andrew
On 20/09/2016 7:57 AM, Vitor Ferreira wrote:
Hello all.
How can i read the peak level of a file in Audacity?
For instance, when i go to the recording control, i can adjust the
level at which my voice or any sound is going into the system.
That's nice and easy.
What i would like to know is the volume level of a file i have
opened, such as a song or a music peace i might import into the project.
The idea is to know exactly the peack level at which the music plays,
and then normalizing and applying the right ammount of compression.
How can we read that? Thank you.
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