Instead, if your audio is too loud, again, you can select the audio that’s too loud, then go to Effects and Normalise. Boost audio levels with amplify and normalise. Click Preview to listen to the changes and keep modifying the dB level until it’s at a decent level. Here you can either adjust the slider, or type in a dB number. If your audio is too quiet, select the portion of your track or the whole thing, and then go to Effects and then Amplify. If your audio is too quiet or too loud, you can adjust that by amplifying or normalising it. These fades should only last for a few seconds each, but don’t make them too short as they can turn out a bit abrupt. Then highlight the end of your podcast episode and go to Effects and then Fade Out.įade audio in or out for smoother transitions. Highlight the start of your podcast episode, then click Effects and then Fade In. You may need to go back and adjust some of the settings further to remove the background noise completely.įades are a nice way to transition in and out of your show, and it just makes it sound that bit more professional.
Play some of your file through to see the changes that the noise reduction has made. Click Effects and Noise Reduction again, then adjust the Noise Reduction (dB) to 5, Sensitivity to 0.50, and Frequency Smooth (Bands) to 1. Then, go back to the whole audio file and highlight it all. Set a noise profile to make noise reduction easier. This captures the print of the highlighted noise, ready to remove it. Then click Effects at the top, then Noise Reduction, and then select Get Noise Profile. To remove this background hum, just highlight a section of the background noise. Remove unwanted noises in the background. You can spot these on the waveform as constant low waves, if you can’t quite see them, you can use the +magnifying glass to zoom in. Sometimes microphones can pick up the audio from the room you record in, or some background static which comes out as a low-level humming noise.
Cutting AudioĬut out any silences or filler words, like “umms” and “errs”, then you can just click and drag to highlight the audio you want to cut, then hit the delete key on your keyboard. Choose the audio file you want to import into Audacity, we would recommend sticking with using WAV or AIFF formats as these preserve sound quality the best.
Just click File, at the top, then Import, and Audio. If you’ve already recorded your audio, you can easily import into Audacity to edit podcast audio. Recording using Audacity is super easy! Make sure your audio interface is selected in the audio preferences drop-down list, and then double-check your levels by clicking on the levels bar at the top to start monitoring. As long as your levels are between -9db and -18db, you’re good to go! Click the record button once you’re ready to get going! Record audio at the click of a button.
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