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Anyone familiar with Audasity? (self.Blind)
submitted by Sasquatch98168
Hello,
I'm planning on starting a project making audio tutorials covering a few apps I use on a daily basis to post on my personal website for others in the visually impaired/blind community to listen to and learn from. Since I can't afford expensive audio production tools, I decided to download Audasity, a open-source multitrack audio editor. I did a quick test to see if it's accessible with both JAWS & NVDA and it seems to work fine as far as accessibility is concerned, and for a free piece of software it checks the all-important accessibility boxes for me. Now that I've passed that hurdle, I need to figure out how to get the most out of this tool I have so I can start recording the tutorials I have in mind, starting with one on Discord. Admittedly, I'm unfamiliar with working within Audasity, so I'm curious if anyone has used it before and if so, would you be willing to give me pointers so I can get this ball rolling? Any help that anyone who's worked with Audasity can offer would be greatly appreciated. I'd be willing to give you credit within the first finished tutorial for your assistance.
Thanks for reading this, and I hope for some good feedback from the community on this topic... Bye for now.
I'm planning on starting a project making audio tutorials covering a few apps I use on a daily basis to post on my personal website for others in the visually impaired/blind community to listen to and learn from. Since I can't afford expensive audio production tools, I decided to download Audasity, a open-source multitrack audio editor. I did a quick test to see if it's accessible with both JAWS & NVDA and it seems to work fine as far as accessibility is concerned, and for a free piece of software it checks the all-important accessibility boxes for me. Now that I've passed that hurdle, I need to figure out how to get the most out of this tool I have so I can start recording the tutorials I have in mind, starting with one on Discord. Admittedly, I'm unfamiliar with working within Audasity, so I'm curious if anyone has used it before and if so, would you be willing to give me pointers so I can get this ball rolling? Any help that anyone who's worked with Audasity can offer would be greatly appreciated. I'd be willing to give you credit within the first finished tutorial for your assistance.
Thanks for reading this, and I hope for some good feedback from the community on this topic... Bye for now.
solar-cabin 3 points 3y ago
I use Audacity for editing my songs.
How do you intend to use it and what features do you need?
How do you intend to use it and what features do you need?
Clumster 2 points 3y ago
Yep I've used Audacity lots. It is good for sound processing and recording, however that is a bit different from making music. I would say it doesn't really have the tools you would want to make music. But if you are wanting to use it to record sound, then that is where it specialises in. It has many different processing features, but isn't the best program to manage multi track. I would say for sure that Audacity will be the simplest to navigate if you are using a screen reader.
Something to note is that when using Audacity the tracker on the bar above the recorded sound area needs to be moved around according to where you want the recording to start. If you play something then hit record it will record at the place where the tracking seeker has stopped which will be something that might save you a bit of time to know.
There is the ability to highlight sections of the recorded track and delete them however from my usage of this it will not leave a blank space, but will bring together the sections which you have cut. This is a reason why I find that it works good for sound recording and voice, but not so well for music because it doesn't tend to, by default, account for regular timing.
Something to note is that when using Audacity the tracker on the bar above the recorded sound area needs to be moved around according to where you want the recording to start. If you play something then hit record it will record at the place where the tracking seeker has stopped which will be something that might save you a bit of time to know.
There is the ability to highlight sections of the recorded track and delete them however from my usage of this it will not leave a blank space, but will bring together the sections which you have cut. This is a reason why I find that it works good for sound recording and voice, but not so well for music because it doesn't tend to, by default, account for regular timing.
All-Sided 1 points 3y ago
I used Audacity to create mashups and a mix. What was the most inconvenient for me were the limiter and compressor as although I could set the parameters, to manage this best you have to look at the graph. And in podcasting these might be essential things to consider. I haven't tried that, so I don't know how to record your voice and sounds from the computer simultaneously.
bscross32 2 points 3y ago
Set the input device to loopback through the actual output device.
[deleted] 1 points 3y ago
Some of you asked me what I intended to use Audasity for, so I'm going to clarify what I intend to do. My plan is to create audio tutorials with JAWS or NVDA speaking what I'm navigating on screen within the app that the tutorial is about along with my speaking as I explain things. There might be other sounds heard, such as the sounds windows uses to notify me of what's going on or in the case of Discord, others speaking within a Discord voice channel.
Keep in mind that I'm just a beginner at this, but my motivation here is to finally quiet the naysayers and show that there's nothing to fear when it comes to using certain apps on their computers. I hope I clarified things a bit so the rest of you can offer me better advice on how to get this project done.
Keep in mind that I'm just a beginner at this, but my motivation here is to finally quiet the naysayers and show that there's nothing to fear when it comes to using certain apps on their computers. I hope I clarified things a bit so the rest of you can offer me better advice on how to get this project done.
bscross32 1 points 3y ago
I used to but man, the workflow is so weird and backwards. can't stand it anymore, and I now use a combo of Reaper and Goldwave.
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