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How to Use Audio Software

If you want to make internet movies or pod casts, you'll need an audio software program to capture and edit your sounds. There are many different types of audio software, but once you find one you'd like to try, you'll need to know how to use it. Here's how you can use audio software for your computer to make sound files.

Step 1:Read your program's instructions. This will give you an idea about what kind of computer and audio equipment you should use. It will also take you through a step-by-step process to help you use your audio program.
Step 2:Load your sound into your computer. Open your audio program and find an option in your tool bar that allows you to record. Start recording before you speak into a microphone, start a cassette or load a CD.
Step 3:Identify changes in your sound file. Your sound will appear like a line graph across your screen. The parts of the line that are horizontal are whispers or dead air. The parts that look like mountains are parts of actual words or sounds you recorded.
Step 4:Eliminate the dead space by dragging a cursor across a horizontal line in your sound. Press delete to get rid of it.
Step 5:Rearrange parts of your sound by using cut, copy and paste options on your computer. Highlight the part you want to copy or cut. Then place the cursor where you want the sound to reappear.
Step 6:Adjust audio levels to fade in and out. Many programs have a levels line that appears within the graphic of your recorded sound. You can drag the line upward to make your sound louder in certain places. You can pull the line down to make your sound softer.
Step 7:Layer sounds on top of one another by recording another sound file. Your software should have a menu option to do this.
Step 8:Adjust the sounds of your additional audio files by repeating steps one through six.
Step 9:Save your audio file. If there is more than one layer, you may have to flatten your file first.