Mastering Audacity in simple steps

AudacityMaster has published a number of useful screencasts which offer some practical tips and techniques for using free sound-editing tool Audacity to create mp3 files on your computer.

The 16 part guide is a sound introduction to audio production basics. Beginners should find these video clips useful, they include:

• Audiobook intro
• Podcast intro
• Install Audacity
• Download Lame
• Download Lame2
• The cut tool
• Trim outside tool
• Fade in and out
• Manual fade
• Silence selection tool
• Change speed effect
• Adding music
• Mixing your podcast
• Audiobook example
• Adding ID3 tags for audiobooks
• Adding ID3 tags for podcasts
• Exporting your audiobook
• Exporting your podcast

The clips can be found at http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=AudacityMaster&view=videos.