Audacity Bootcamp: Beginner to Advanced

Audacity Bootcamp guides you beyond the basics of Audacity so you can edit your podcast with confidence and skill

4.76 (782 reviews)
Udemy
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English
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Music Software
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3,892
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7 hours
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Nov 2021
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$69.99
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What you will learn

Skilled podcast audio editing techniques using Audacity audio recording and editing software

LUFS loudness standards for podcasts and how to achieve proper LUFS levels for your podcast

The proper use and function of Audacity plugins

Applying compression, normalization, and the noise gate in Audacity

The Audacity Filter Curve

Bass and treble effects and the graphic EQ in Audacity

Reducing breath and mouth sounds in your Audacity recording

Eliminating uhms, repeats, and false starts using tools in Audacity

Using sync-lock tracks in Audacity

The principles of volume, distortion, and clipped audio in Audacity

Description

Audacity Bootcamp: Beginner to Advanced explores many of the features and tools within Audacity and how to use them in podcast recording, editing, and production. This course starts with the basics but quickly moves beyond the basics into more advanced topics so you can build your confidence and increase your abilities and skills in using Audacity as your podcast editing and production tool. As the name implies this course is for anyone, beginner to advanced, who wants to learn skilled methods of audio editing and production using Audacity. Because of that, there are no prerequisites for this course. Beginning students are encouraged to complete each lesson in the order presented to get the most benefit from the course. But more advanced students may want to complete the lessons most relevant to them. The choice is yours. The course consists of over 7 hours of lectures distributed across four sections:

1. Beginning Audacity Bootcamp

2. Intermediate Audacity Bootcamp

3. Advanced Audacity Bootcamp

4. Updates and Bonus Lectures

Along the way, we explore topics like graphic EQ, the filter curve, noise reduction, manipulating audio waveforms, compression, normalization, sample rates, voiceovers, voice frequency, the zero-crossing tool, the limiter, metadata, LUFS and loudness normalization, the noise gate, stereo vs mono, templates, filters, multi track editing, amplify and silence, and Audacity plugins. Section 4, Updates and Bonus Lectures, is where I add new videos as needed to keep the course fresh and up-to-date. As new versions of audacity are released, this section is where we'll discuss what's new in each new version.

I priced this course to meet any budget and keep it within reach of anyone. As a podcaster and a teacher, it's important to me to get these topics into your hands so you can edit with confidence and produce great sounding podcasts for years to come. Once purchased, you own this course and can return to it any time for quick reference.

If you're looking for a course in Audacity that teaches both the basics of Audacity and takes you beyond the basics to advanced levels of instruction, this course is for you. Plus, you can't beat Udemy's 30 day money back guarantee. Thank you for your interest in Audacity Bootcamp: Beginner to Advanced and I hope to see you inside.

Content

Beginning Audacity Bootcamp

What You'll Learn in Section One
Downloading and Installing Audacity
The Audacity User Interface
Scanning Hardware and Pre-Record Checks
Recording Audio Tracks
The Selection Toolbar
Keyboard Shortcuts
Audacity Waveforms
The Play/Record Head
Creating, Saving, and Opening Projects
Audio Tracks: Selecting Tracks
Audio Tracks: Naming Tracks
Waveform Views
Audio Tracks: Solo, Mute, Collapse, and Expand Tracks
Audio Tracks: Balance and Volume Slider Bars
Audio Tracks: Sample Rates
Auto-Fit Tracks to the Screen
Delete, Split, Move, and Join Audio

Intermediate Audacity Bootcamp

What You'll Learn in Section Two
Importing Audio
Stereo or Mono?
Volume, Distortion, and Clipped Audio
Amplify, Attenuate, and Silence
The Noise Reduction Tool
Fade In and Fade Out
The Limiter
The Zero Crossing Tool
Reducing Breath and Mouth Sounds
Uhms, Repeats, and False Starts
The Play-at-Speed Toolbar
Sync-Lock Tracks
The Label Track

Advanced Audacity Bootcamp

What You'll Learn in Section Three
The Auto-Duck Effect
The Envelope Tool
Understanding Voice Frequency
The Graphic Equalizer
The Filter Curve
High-Pass and Low-Pass Filters
Bass and Treble Effects
The Noise Gate
Compression
Normalization
Loudness Leveling (LUFS) Using the Waves Plugin
Loudness Leveling (LUFS) Using Audacity
Loudness Leveling (LUFS) Using the Auphonic Desktop Leveler
Stereo to Mono; Mono to Stereo
Mix and Render
Add/Remove Plugins
What is Metadata?
Exporting Files
Hosting Your Podcast
Congratulations On Finishing This Course

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Reviews

Patrick
November 19, 2023
Very detailed information presented in a step-by-step fashion. I'm likely to remember it and if I don't it's easy to get back and find it.
Jessdeaton
July 13, 2023
Great job explaining every thing. Plus His voice is easy to hear and understand. there are a lot of other teachers on Udemy that are very hard to understand them.
Miguel
June 22, 2023
Las lecciones son muy prácticas: explica y pone a manos a la obra de inmediato. El curso está bien organizado, es muy completo y la narración es muy clara.
Sandrine
June 21, 2023
I had been using Audacity not understanding half of the commands and I knew I could potentially do so much more. This course taught me exactly that! Mike Adams is very clear and the course is really well explained and presented. I am not a podcaster at all but have to create pieces of audio for my job and I am now confident I can produce a quality piece of audio. Thank you Mike!
Kari
June 14, 2023
I chose to take this course after downloading Audacity. I had never heard of or looked closely at Audacity when I began this course. The instructor explains and demonstrates Audacity step by step, making it a usable program with no guessing of how it works. I will without a doubt highly recommend this course AND instructor!! Kari Burns
Krista
June 14, 2023
This course was excellent. I don't think there is a better course on the market on this topic. It is very clear, structured, and well-presented. I liked it a lot! Highly recommended for anyone who needs to edit in Audacity.
Aden
May 26, 2023
well i'm working this program in two yrs and i choose your lessons to get more experience about this software and thankfully to you teacher
Neeraj
May 26, 2023
Excellent Course!! Makes everything clear from basic to advance and now I feel much confident while editing my podcast tracks on audacity.
Thomas
May 22, 2023
I have Windows NOT APPLE! The first lesson showed nothing matching. I plugged in an external mic and lost all sound from the course.
Brent
May 13, 2023
This covered all the basics. Some of the tools are more important than others, but it adequately prepared me along with his course on preparing your book for ACX Audibles acceptance to edit my book successfully.
Derek
May 13, 2023
I was struggling to figure out Audacity on my own. This was a very concise, step-by-step, how it's done course. It was broken down in easy to follow steps. I learned so much that I could not have gotten any other way. Thank You!
Neeraj
April 27, 2023
I took the course thinking it would cover all features of Audacity from beginner to expert. But the course is entirely from podcast creation perspective. It seems- Mike is reading script which is pretty boring and goes from top of the head. I had to watch you tube videos to clear my knowledge on Frequency (Htz) and Volume (Decibels) which have been discussed in entire course but never explained clearly.
Harsa
March 30, 2023
The course is very comprehensive and even a layman can start recording and editing in audacity after this course.
Tim
March 15, 2023
I think it is. Unfortunately I have downloaded the latest version of Audacity and using it on a laptop PC so his instructions do not always work on what I am doing but I certainly appreciate his calm and thorough teaching style and look forward to continuing the course and perhaps someday a redo of the course will have to be done.
Victoria
March 14, 2023
Finally committed to finishing the course and WOW! Mike is absolutely phenomenal, funny and easy to follow! I appreciate you creating this course because I feel prepared to start my podcast and self-edit. If anyone needs a sign on whether or not to purchase this course, it is this review! Do yourself a favor! Thanks again, Mike!

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