How+to+record+audio+with+Audacity

=How to Record with Audacity =

Audacity is a great way to record your audio presentations for school and other personal things. The default microphone on the laptops, which are the in-built. These microphones don't capture much sound and if they do, the sound is low and you can't hear it.

1. Connect the non-built microphone to the computer. 2. Go to "//Control Panel//". 3.Then "//Hardware and Soun////d"// and "//So////und//". 

4. Open "//Recording",// which is in between Playback and Communications.The Default device is the built-in microphone and the one on top is the microphone, which is plugged in.



5. Click on the microphone on top and then "//Set Default",// to activate the plugged in microphone. Once you have selected it, the window will look like this. You have now activated the plugged in microphone. 6. Select "//OK//" and exit. 

7. Go to the "//Start Menu//", "//All Programs",// and //"Audacity"//. Audacity New page will look like this.


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