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You will see an “audio track” appear, and as you are recording a pair of blue lines will appear across the screen, its shape reflecting the sounds that are being recording.

NOTE: Be sure to plug in your external microphone before starting up Audacity - otherwise Audacity will probably not recognize your microphone and as a result will record using the default internal microphone instead. If you do not own an external microphone, no worries: most computers nowadays have a small internal microphone which can record sounds. If you have an external microphone you’d like to use to record, plug it into your computer now.

First, download and install the software onto your computer.Assigning students to record and edit themselves in Audacity - or even assign them to create their own composition using Audacity (see the Ideas for Further Extensions section at the end of this post).Ī screenshot of the Audacity program on a Mac computer, with a recorded audio track open.Making basic edits to your recordings before sharing them.Recording student recitals to share with parents on a cd or on your website.Recording students playing their pieces during the lesson for educational purposes e.g., to prepare for an upcoming performance.NOTE: The correct site for finding and downloading the free Audacity software is, NOT as one may expect. This tutorial will discuss the uses of Audacity software in the piano studio, and explain how to use Audacity to make basic edits to audio files. It is available both for both Mac and Windows computers. Audacity is a piece of powerful sound editing software that is free to download.