Once you have your mic hooked up, let lose with the record button pressing stop or pause when you are done or taking a break. To cut, make sure the I button is selected on the far left at the top and highlight the selected area you wish to cut. To increase the size of the audio track (in order to see more detail to make it easier to be precise in your cutting) use the magnification tool (left click on the track to increase and right to decrease). If you need to add a silence or a pause somewhere within your recording, an easy way to do this is to go to Generate at the top menu, and then click Silence… Make sure your courser is on the point where you want this silence on the audio track. Then, a pop up box will come up and ask you how long of a silence you want. Type in the desired time (in seconds) and then click generate.
Another way to have spaces between tracks of audio is to add a new audio track below the first one. To do this click Project on the top menu and go to the drop down of New Audio Track. Adding a new audio track is also handy when you want to have two or more tracks playing at once (background music, sound effects, etc.)
A few important effects that should be noted with basic recording include Amplify, Change Speed, Fade In and Fade Out. Play around with the rest, but these are the ones that I use the most when doing normal recordings. To add one of these effects, highlight the desired area (using the I tool) and then go to Effect at the top menu and select the effect you want. Another important tool is the <--> which allows you to slide your clips along the track.
I think that’s basically it for starting out. The more you play around with things the more you will learn, just like everything else. If I wasn’t clear about something and you have a question just let me know! Amber.blow8@gmail.com
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