Audacity | Computing for Arts + Sciences

Audacity

Audacity is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. The software is available for student use in the Mayborn School of Journalism labs and in the GAB 330 CAS SCL lab.

Installation

To install on:

  • Faculty and Staff personal laptop or home computer: download and install from Audacity.
  • Student-owned laptop or home computer: download and install from Audacity.

Free plugins also used/required by Journalism labs:

FFmpeg: https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
LADSPA: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/plugins
LAME: http://lame.buanzo.org/#lamewindl

Quick Start

Audacity has a lot of powerful features making it a great tool for sound recordings. However, it can also be use for just recording a quick track and saving it off to an MP3 with little effort. Here's how:

  1. Click the Record button to start Recording.
  2. Click the Stop button to stop recording.
  3. Click the File menu, then Export, then Export as MP3.
  4. Name your file; by default it'll go in your Documents/Audacity folder.
  5. Edit any meta data for the MP3 that you would like.
  6. Click OK.

Availability details
Version: 
2.4.2
Available on: 
Windows
Mac
Linux
Available to: 
Faculty
Staff
Students
May be installed on: 
UNT-owned computers on campus
Faculty laptop or home computer
Student-owned devices