In first part of this video tutorial you will learn how to use the amazing Time Shift Tool. Then you will learn how to change the pitch (frequency) of sound and lastly you will learn how to reverse sound.

This video tutorial is a combination of both Tutorial 12, 13 and 23. You can see a full list of the available Audacity tutorials at the end of this post.

Time Shift Tool

Procedure:

The Time Shift tool is used for moving a sound forward and backward in time. This is very useful when working with multitrack recordings. The Time Shift tool will allow you to make timing adjustments to your sounds very easily.

To use the Time Shift tool you first need to find the Time Shift tool on the tool bar and click on it.

Using your mouse you now click and hold on a waveform while moving your mouse to the left or right. This will allow you to move your waveform forward or backward in time.

13 How to Change Pitch

Procedure:

The pitch of a sound refers to the sounds frequency. In other words, rumbling thunder has a low pitch and a squeak of a mouse has a high pitch. Audacity allows us to easily change the pitch of a sound and this tutorial will show you how to do it.

Open Audacity and either open a sound file or record a new sound. Use your SELECTION tool to select the portion of sound you would like to change. If you would like to change an entire track you can click the tab found on the left of the track.

Once you have select the sound you wish to chance click on the EFFECT menu and choose CHANGE PITCH effect.

You will now see the CHANGE PITCH window. There are several methods to changing the pitch in this window. In this tutorial we will be using the slider located at the bottom of the window.

By moving the slider to the right the ‘Percentage Change’ number will increase and by sliding to the left it will decrease. Increasing this value will raise the pitch of the sound, while decreasing the value will lower the pitch. Once you have the Percentage Change number you want you can click OK.

Click the PLAY button to listen to the pitch change you have made. If you are unhappy with the result you can go to the EDIT menu and select UNDO. This will return your sound to its original pitch. Now you can retry the CHANGE PITCH effect.

23 How to Reverse Sound in Audacity

Procedure:

Reversing sound is a very easy task in Audacity. First select the sound you would like to reverse. You can reverse an entire project, a single track or a portion of a track. Once your have selected the sound you wish reverse go to the EFFECT menu and choose REVERSE.

Learn Audacity Series

The following is a list of all the Audacity tutorials and activities found in this video series

TUTORIALS
1 How to Create a New Audacity Project

2 How to Open or Import Audio Files in Audacity

3 What are Audacity Tracks

4 Audacity Transport Controls

5 How to Save an Audacity Project

6 How to Record

7 How to Set Input Volume Levels

8 How to Export MP3 and WAV Files

9 How to Select and Delete Sound

ACTIVITY 1 - My First Recording

10 How to use Undo and History in Audacity

11 How to Use the Zoom Tools

12 How to Use the Time Shift Tool

13 How to Use the Change Pitch Effect

ACTIVITY 2 - Make Your Voice Sound Like a Chipmunk

14 How to Use the Fade In & Fade Out Effects

15 How to Download Sound Samples from the Internet

16 How to Use the Amplify Effect

17 How to Edit Metadata

18 How to Multitrack Record

19 How to Use a Click Track

ACTIVITY 3 - Multitrack Recording in Audacity - Beatbox

20 How to Make Silence

21 How to Use the Change Tempo Effect

22 How to Use the Equalization Effect

23 How to Reverse Sound

24 Stereo Mono

ACTIVITY 4 - How to Mess Up a Piece of Music

25 How to Remove Vocals from a Recording

SETUP TUTORIALS
SETUP 1 How to Install Audacity

SETUP 2 How to Configure Recording and Playback Hardware

SETUP 3 How to Install the LAME Encoder

PROJECTS 
PROJECT 1 - Create a Halloween Soundscape

PROJECT 2 - Interview a Superhero

PROJECT 3 - Create a Radio Play

 

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