Transcript Podcasting at St.Johns: Downloading Audacity

Podcasting at St. John’s:
Downloading Audacity software
Kathryn Shaughnessy
Instructional Services Librarian
Podcasting at St. John’s:
Downloading Audacity software
This demonstration will guide you through
downloading 2 free applications:
1) Audacity (the podcast recording software)
2) LAME (the software that converts the
Audacity podcast file into an mp3 file)
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Open your browser to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and click on
Download Audacity 1.2.4b for Microsoft Windows
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From this page, click in the Recommended “Audacity” link …
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From this page, scroll down and click on the Phoenix AZ download
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The program will alert you (at the top of the webpage) that “Your
download should begin shortly”
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If the download initiates, a “pop-up”/dialog box will ask you
whether you want to “run” or “save” the file, Click RUN
• If the program does not start to download, check whether a popup blocker is interfering; if not, try
http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/audacity/audacitywin-1.2.4b.exe or choose a different mirror
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After running the Audacity .exe file, a “SetUp Wizard” interface will
appear on your screen...Click the “Next > ” button
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Read/Accept the agreement, click on the Accept radio button ... then
Click the “Next > ” button;
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Read the next Information screen and click the “Next > ” button again
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The wizard suggests/creates a folder called “Audacity” in your
Programs folder [note where this folder is, since you will need to
save one of the LAME files in the same folder later] click “Next >”
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A desktop icon is a good idea, click the “Next > ” button again
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Downloading Audacity software
The program is ready to install on your computer and click “Install”
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When installation is complete, click Finish; this completes the
installation …
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… and also starts the Audacity program, which looks like this
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Podcasting at St. John’s:
Downloading Audacity software , LAME encoder
Next, to download the LAME application:
Open or Return to the Audacity webpage
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows and click on
LAME MP3 encoder under the optional Downloads section
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and click on the LAME download page…& follow the directions…
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Podcasting at St. John’s:
Downloading Audacity software, LAME encoder
Choose one from any of the links (e.g.: Peter Yang):
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A Download file menu will show up, Choose SAVE,
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Save the zip file to your desktop (click desktop icon
on left, then click Save)
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Downloading Audacity software, LAME encoder
When finished downloading, Click “Open Folder”
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When finished downloading, Click “Open Folder” or
double-click on the “lame-3.96.1” zipped-folder
on the desktop.
Keep the LAME folder open, and in a separate window,
open the Audacity folder (My Computer  C-Drive 
Program Files  Audacity)
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Downloading Audacity software, LAME encoder
In the LAME Folder, Right-click on the lame.enc.dll file
and choose copy
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Click over to the Audacity Folder, right-click in blank
area and choose Paste.
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We are nearly there…you can safely close all of the windows,
but keep the Audacity program window open –
(or re-launch the program if you closed it already)
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It is advisable to set up 2 preferences in order to facilitate
recording and saving manageable mp3 files:
Go to File  Preferences
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Click on the Audio I/O tab: under Channels select 2 (Stereo)
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File  Preferences File Format tab: under Bit Rate select 64
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Now you are ready to start recording your podcast in Audacity, and
you will be able to save it as reasonably good quality mp3 file.
NOTE: The first time your Audacity program attempts to “export as
mp3” it will prompt a search for the LAME file; since you already
put it in the Audacity folder, it will find and associate the LAME file
so that no future prompt will be necessary.
Transom.org has some information on editing with Audacity
(http://transom.org/tools/editing_mixing/200404.audacity.html ;
Handout available)
For a rough demo on recording/editing Audacity (approx. 7 mins):
http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~shaughnk/Audacity_editing.htm
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Access the full article on Podcasting at St. John’s Libraries
http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/libraries/podcast.sju
Please contact me with thoughts/questions/clarifications:
– Kathryn Shaughnessy, [email protected]
Instructional Services Lab
St. John’s University
(718) 990-1454
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