Introduction to Audacity
A 60-Minute Teleseminar
Audacity has revolutionized the world of online audio with its simplicity and rich features. Podcasters the world over are downloading this freely available open source program to create high-quality MP3s, which thousands of listeners download and enjoy. Other audio editing software can easily cost over $300, and the learning curve can be steep. But with Audacity, you can get up and running... recording and editing and exporting audio... at very low cost, and with a very quick learning curve.
And now, with the Introducing Audacity 60-minute teleseminar, you can learn to use this powerful open-source software, with a trainer who uses Audacity regularly to produce on-air quality programming for a nationally syndicated public radio show.
In the 60-minute Introducing Audacity teleseminar, you'll learn how to:
- Setup Audacity on your own computer
- Set the Preferences for optimum podcasting
- Create new Projects
- Edit and "tweak" audio
- Export your audio to the MP3 format, for podcasts and fast downloads
In this personalized training, you'll:
Learn on your own computer - Mac or Windows PC
The teleseminar format lets you participate from your own home, in front of your own computer. It doesn't matter whether you have a PC or a Mac. Your trainer, Kay Stoner, has worked on both systems, and can guide you the way you need. You won't need to travel to a classroom, and you won't need to learn on someone else's computer -- then re-learn on your own. In 60 minutes, you can be up and running and creating your own quality audio with the power of Audacity.
Get hands-on practice and learn by doing
Some tutorials let you follow along and watch others perform all the steps. But in the Introducing Audacity 60-minute teleseminar, you'll gain actual practice, working with your own audio.
Receive personal attention from your trainer
Ask all the questions you want, and get all the help you need. Your trainer, Kay, is there to answer all your questions, big or small.
Follow along by phone
There's no connectivity issues - no software is needed for co-browsing. Some webinars require you to download and install extra software, so you can participate. But with this teleseminar, you'll have everything you need on your computer in front of you.
Learn how to get started with recording and editing audio for very low cost
Audacity and the LAME encoder are available, free of charge, for both Mac and Windows. Your trainer, Kay, will walk you through setting them both up for optimum performance.
Find out how Audacity is a great solution for a variety of audio needs:
- Podcasting -- and more!
- Online "radio" programs
- Audio presentations
- Audio "postcards" you can share with familiy members
- Mixing and matching and "mashing up" music*
- Dictating for trascription
- Recording events and presentations
* Provided you are not violating copyrights
Learn how easy (and fun!) it is to create your own audio!
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About Your Trainer
Kay Stoner is a podcaster, software engineer, and the Executive Producer of Women In Music with Laney Goodman, a nationally syndicated public radio show now in its 10th year of broadcasting, and heard on over 100 markets nationwide, each week. Kay originally planned to become a school teacher, like her mother and grandfather, and she majored in secondary education in college, but she ultimately found her way into eLearning instead of the classroom. Over the past 20 years, she has trained many professionals, from admininstrative assistants learning Word Perfect... to HR reps at a multinational high-tech firm struggling with new recruiting software... to computer programmers who needed a crash course in coding for web accessibility. She has trained individuals from the United States and abroad, in both live sessions and teleseminars, and across multiple time zones. Now she brings her personal, engaging style and a love of this new medium to the podcasting world, to enable all who are interested in podcasting to understand and excel in audio creativity. Find out more about how she "got into" Audacity here.
