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 * Public Domain Sounds **

== Urgent - Read - You SHOULD Save your project each time before you close Audacity. It will save as an .aup file. This allows you to open and edit it again. When you are done, THAT is when you Export it. ==

FYI - the Mic on your computer is not the best for a conversation between two people (interview). ANY kid of Mic will help, even one from your headphones. Always test sound for quality.

AtomicLearning tutorials link or [] Audacity help or []

__**Audio Conversion**__ Run this program... Go to "Computer" ->classes -> All Student Shared->Upper School-> Software and Updates->and double click on FFmpeg_v0.62_for_Audacity_on_Windows

Audio conversion site [] convert to .wav and then you can import into Audacity, work on it as an .aup (it converts the .wav for you) Save it as .aup (this lets you open again and work on it in Audacity. Export it to MP3 when you are DONE.

Audio conversion site [] convert to .wav and then you should be able to import the NEW file, takes a bit of time

__**Copyright free Music Updated 2/26/14**__ [] [] [|Freemusicarchive.org] [] must give credit to the website [] must give credit to the website
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__**As you use the sites below here you really need to be careful to READ the pages before you just start clicking on stuff**__ [|PublicDomain4U_] is full of vintage recordings. // Tends to be harder to find useful and free stuff, read carefully //

[|Sound Jay_] has become very popular for podcast projects. With a well designed layout and excellent choices of sound and music, you can’t go wrong.

[|__Soungle__] has an amazing amount of sound effects for student projects. These save as .wav files, which work great in most audio and video softwares such as Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Audacity, and Garage Band. Supporting units: // weather, emotions, dance, animals, water, and special effect sounds for podcasts. //

// You may see this message when importing sound files into Audaity, mark as shown. //



__**Here is how to improve the sound quality on your machine.**__ Right click on your speaker icon, usually in the lower left side of your task bar go to Playback Devices Double click the speaker In the new window click on the Advanced tab In the Pulldown menu select DVD Quality. (the default was CD quality)

If you get any weird messages about "LAME" when you export from Audacity Please see Mr. White. Mr. Findlay's folder []