Piano for Beginners 6th ED - 2016 UK

The Meter toolbar

The Meter toolbar is one of the more important

toolbars in the recording process. The red bars to

the right indicate the recording level. This works

in combination with the Input Volume Slider to

help to define the recording level. The green bars

to the left indicate the playback level

Device toolbar

The Device toolbar defines

the audio host, input

device, output device and

number of input channels.

The audio host is how

Audacity communicates

with a playback and

recording device – this

is MME by default. The

Output device is the

speakers, while the Input

device is the recording

option, eg microphone

Mixer toolbar

The Mixer toolbar helps control the output

and input levels of the audio devices currently

selected in Device toolbar. There are two sliders,

one for the volume for any connected speakers/

headphones and one for any connected

devices such as a piano or microphone. Simply

move left/right to adjust the volume

Arrange toolbars

The toolbars in Audacity

are arranged in a default

arrangement, but can be

moved for a more bespoke

version. To move a selected

toolbar, grab the edge to the

left of the toolbar and drag

into the new position and

drop to place. The toolbars

can be reset to the default

position by going to the

View>Toolbars>Reset Toolbars

Effects menu

The Effect menu comes with a set of built-in effects including Amplify, Bass

Boost, Change Pitch, Change Tempo, Compressor, Echo, Leveller, Phaser and

Wah-Wah. To apply an effect, first select the part or all of a track and then

select the desired effect from the Effects menu

Timeline

The Timeline is displayed

above recorded or new

tracks and measures the

length of a track starting

from zero, or the beginning

of a track. The arrow at zero

can be dragged to make a

selection for a close-up view

for more intricate editing

Speed up/slow down
The Transcription toolbar is effectively only one component,
a slider. Moving the slider left and right will adjust the speed
of playback for the selected track. Move the slider left to
slow it down, right to speed up and click the green arrow to
play back the track at its new speed