Audacity Basics (OLD/ORIGINAL): Recording, Editing, Mixing

UPDATE 2: This video was recorded in 2015, so it's showing its age. I completely remade it in 2023, covering the same content but with a modern version of Audacity, making this older video obsolete. Check out the newer one here:    • Audacity Basics (NEW in 2023): Record...  

UPDATE 1: Wow--over a million views! Thanks to everyone! For more Audacity tricks, see my newer (better?) videos:
-Advanced Audacity: Sync-Lock and Labels in Multitrack Editing:    • Advanced Audacity: Sync-Lock and Labe...  
-Audacity Effects: Speed, Echo, Volume:    • Audacity Effects: Speed, Echo, Volume  

This video shows some of the most common and simple tools in the free audio editing program Audacity. I cover recording, adjusting volume, audio compression, selecting and deleting clips, importing music, splitting tracks, and adjusting the volume. I made it primarily for my students in writing and rhetoric classes at Rockford University, but it could be useful for anyone!

Recorded in February 2015, using Audacity 2.0.3 in Windows 7.