• INTRODUCTION
• ABOUT THIS WORKBOOK
• INTRODUCTION TO AUDACITY
• BASIC USE
• OPEN (IMPORT) A FILE
• LISTEN TO A FILE
• EDIT YOUR FILE
• SAVE AND EXPORT YOUR FILE
• BASIC USE ASSESMENT
• ASSESSMENT TASK FOR BASIC USE
• MORE HELP
• ADDITIONAL HELP

Open a Sound File

Download the following audio file - http://soundcloud.com/mickradio/pancake-keith/download

If you have any problems then ask for help in the comment section below. Otherwise mark this task as complete and move on to the next task.Choose the 'Open' option from the File menu :

You will then be presented with a window where you can browse to the location of the audio file on your computer :

You can see in the above example there are a couple of audio files. I will click on one (06_ice_cake.mp3) :

If I now press OK the file will be imported into Audacity.

Now its worth noting that Audacity has its own way of storing audio files. These are known as 'Audacity project files'. So when audio is imported into Audacity it is stored in the Audacity format. You cannot then go and edit these files with another audio editor unless you first export the file to another format (for example, to MP3).

Once the import has finished you will see the audio file displayed in the Audacity window :