Here our readers will want to select Effect > Fade Out as seen below:Īfter selecting Fade Out, our readers will see the selected area fade out from 0 dB to (-) infinity throughout the entire duration of area selected:Īs seen above, the beginning of the audio fades in from (-) infinity to 0 dB, as does the audio fade out from 0 dB to (-) infinity. After highlighting the desired section of the audio, our readers should see something similar to the following: Next we will select an area to fade out, also making sure to select as far right of the end of the audio as possible. Here our readers will want to select Effect > Fade In as seen below:Īfter selecting Fade In, our readers will see the selected area ‘fade’ in from (-) infinity to 0 dB throughout the entire duration of area selected: Click and drag with the mouse cursor or for those keyboard enthusiasts out there use Shift + Left / Right arrow keys to make a selection.įor a Fade In effect, our readers will want to make sure to place their cursor as far left of the beginning of the audio as possible and make their selection to the right for the intended fade duration.Īfter highlighting the desired section of the audio, our readers should see something similar to the following:
Step 3: Highlight, Fade In / Out + Export Once the file opens in Audacity, our readers will see something like this: Open the software and click File > Open, selecting the audio to be edited. Don’t see it listed? Open Audacity from the Applications folder in the dock. Right-click the file and choose Open With and select Audacity from the list. Now that the file our readers wish to edit is on their computer’s hard drive, they will want to open the file with Audacity.
Click the Title of the Audio you wish to Download Step 1: MP3 Downloadīefore one can edit their AudioAcrobat recording in Audacity, the first step is to make sure that the file resides on the hard drive of the computer on which editing will be performed.ģ. Looking for Setup instructions? We’ve got you covered! Our recent Audacity for Mac OS X Installation Tutorial includes setting up LAME as well!įor today’s walk-through, we’ll be applying Fade In and Fade Out effects using Audacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode) for Mac OS X.
Have you ever needed a sound to start off very softly and ‘fade’ in to a higher volume level? How about the need to ‘fade’ out to complete silence? In today’s posting, we will take our readers through the steps of using our favorite free, open-source audio editing software aka Audacity to accomplish just that by applying a Fade In and Fade Out effect to the beginning and end of an audio file.
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