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| 00:01
| Hello Everyone. Welcome to this tutorial on '''How to Dub using Audacity'''.

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| 00:08
| In this tutorial, we will learn to dub or record an audio using '''Audacity.'''

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| 00:15
| To record this tutorial I am using

'''Ubuntu Linux''' OS version 14.04.

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| 00:22
| '''Audacity '''version 2.1.2

A headset with an audio input

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| 00:29
| I have already installed '''Audacity''' 2.1.2 on my '''Linux '''system.

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| 00:36
|For more details, refer to the '''Translation and Dubbing''' Series on our website

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| 00:42
| Now let us open '''Audacity''' to dub or record a script.

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| 00:47
| If you are a '''Windows''' user, click on '''Start Menu''' and type '''Audacity''' in the search box.

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| 00:56
|Click on '''Audacity''' from the displayed list.

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| 01:00
| This will open an empty '''Audacity '''project on your screen.

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| 01:05
| If you are in a '''Ubuntu Linux''', click on '''Dash Home'''.

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| 01:10
| Type '''Audacity '''in the '''Search Box'''

Click on the '''Audacity''' icon.

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| 01:17
| This will open an empty '''Audacity''' project on your screen.

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| 01:22
| In the main '''Menu bar''', we can see various options.

Like '''File, Edit, View, Transport, Tracks''' and others.

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| 01:34
| We will learn about some of these in detail, as we go along.

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| 01:40
| Below the main '''Menu bar''', we will see the '''VCR controls''' such as

'''Pause, Play, Stop, Rewind, Forward''' and '''Record.'''

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| 01:54
| This is also called as '''Transport Toolbar.'''

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| 01:58
| Next to this, we will find the '''Audacity Tools Toolbar'''.

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| 02:03
| It has '''Selection Tool''' and '''Time Shift''' '''Tool,''' which we will use in this tutorial.

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| 02:11
| By default, the '''Selection Tool''' is active.

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| 02:15
| At the bottom left of the '''Audacity''' window, we can see the '''Project Rate. '''

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|02:21
|Click on the drop-down arrow.

We recommend to keep the '''Project Rate''' in '''Audacity''' file to 22050 Hz.

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| 02:32
| Low '''Project Rate '''will ensure low file size of the final '''mp3''' file.

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| 02:38
| As an example, I will use a Hindi script to record.

This script has begin timings of each sentence.

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| 02:48
| I will be using these noted timings while editing the audio track later.

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| 02:54
| To practise alongside, the same script has been provided in the '''Code Files''' link of this tutorial.

Please download and use it.

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| 03:05
| First I will play the original English tutorial named as ’’'''What is Spoken Tutorial'''’’-'''A two minute overview'''.

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| ---Add the audio----

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| 03:33
|Let me stop here

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| 03:36
| Now I am going to dub this into Hindi language using '''Audacity'''.

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| 03:42
| Switch to '''Audacity''' again.

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| 03:45
| To record, click on the '''Record''' button in the '''Transport Toolbar '''and narrate the script.

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|---Add the audio---

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| 04:04
| Click on the '''Pause '''button in the '''Transport''' toolbar to pause the recording.

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|04:10
|We can also press the '''P '''key on the keyboard, to pause while recording.

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| 04:16
| Remember to give a pause for 1 or 2 seconds in between two sentences.

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| 04:23
| Continue to narrate the script.

To resume the recording, again press the '''P '''key.

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|--Add the audio---

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| 04:40
| Now, click on the '''STOP''' button in the '''Transport toolbar''' to stop the recording.

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| 04:46
|You may have noticed that there was a loud noise while narrating the sentence. So I had to repeat it.

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| 04:56
|I will teach you how to rectify this problem later in the series.

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| 05:02
| Now, look at the '''Tracks'''.

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| 05:05
| The spikes are the waveforms of the audio.

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| 05:09
| If there is only one track, then the audio is recorded in '''Mono mode.'''

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| 05:15
| And if there are 2 tracks, then the audio is recorded in '''Stereo mode'''.

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| 05:23
| This will be mentioned explicitly in the '''Label '''area on the left panel.

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| 05:28
| By default, the recording '''mode '''is set to '''Stereo.'''

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| 05:33
|We have recorded in '''Stereo mode''', so we can see two tracks over here.

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| But we can also set '''Mono mode '''as the '''default mode'''.

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| Click on the '''Audio Track.'''

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| In the '''Main '''menu, go to the '''Tracks '''option.

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| Click on the option '''Stereo Track to Mono. '''

This will convert the '''stereo '''track to '''mono. '''

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| 05:59
| Let us revert back to '''Stereo Track '''by pressing '''Ctrl + Z '''keys.

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| 06:06
| Now let’s record further in the same file.

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| 06:10
| Ideally, we should record in one go so that we get a single audio track. Now, let me adjust the track for a better view.

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| 06:22
| Click on the '''Selection Tool'''.

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| Click at the end of the previous recording on the '''Audio Track'''.

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| 06:30
| Now, click on the '''Record''' button to start the recording again and narrate the next sentence.

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|Add the audio

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| 06:45
| Click on the '''Stop''' button to stop the recording.

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| Please note.

This audio clip will appear in a separate '''Stereo Track'''.

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| 06:55
| Once we press '''Stop''' button and restart recording, the audio clip will always appear on a new track. Let me again adjust the track for a better view.

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| 07:08
| Next, we will learn how to '''merge''' all these audio tracks into a single track.

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| 07:15
| Choose '''Time Shift Tool'''.

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| 07:18
| Select the audio clip from the second track by clicking on it.

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| Drag-and-drop it at the end of the first audio track.

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| 07:29
| Notice here the 2 clips appear to be merged.

But it is actually not so.

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| 07:37
| To merge 2 audio clips, simply click on the joint between the clips.

They are now merged into a single clip.

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| 07:47
| Now we can move the whole clip wherever we want.

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| 07:52
| Notice here - the second audio track is now empty.

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| 07:57
| We can remove it by clicking on the ''''X'''' button in the '''Label '''area.

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| 08:03
| Observe that the track has been removed.

It’s a good habit to remove empty tracks.

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| 08:11
| Once we are done with the recording, we should save the file.

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| 08:16
| To do so, go to the '''File''' menu and click on '''Save Project'''.

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| 08:24
| A dialog box will open. And it will ask for a filename.

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| 08:30
| I am giving the filename as "'''Hindi-What-is-ST'''".

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| 08:35
| Next it will ask for the location where it has to be saved.

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| 08:40
| I will choose '''Desktop''' and then click on '''Save'''.

This will save the project as ''''Hindi-What-is-ST.aup'''' file

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| 08:52
| Note: we have only saved the project file.

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| 08:56
| The audio is not yet in the format that can play in any audio/video player.

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| 09:03
| Now close this project file.

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| 09:06
| Next, let us see how to open an existing project file.

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| 09:11
| On the '''Desktop''', we had saved the file '''Hindi-What-is-ST.aup.'''

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| 09:18
| Whenever we save the '''Audacity Project''' file, it will also create a folder named as '''Projectname_data'''.

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| 09:28
|In my case it is '''Hindi-What-is-ST_data.'''

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|09:35
|This folder contains the '''Audacity data '''for each project.

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| 09:40
| If this folder is deleted or moved to another location, then we cannot open and edit the '''Audacity project'''.

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| 09:49
| Double-click on '''Hindi-What-is-ST.aup''' to open it.

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| 09:55
| You can see the audio track inside.

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| 09:59
| Now let us close this project file.

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| 10:03
| Let me summarize the tutorial for you.

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| 10:06
| In this tutorial we have learnt how to-

Open '''Audacity ''' Dub/Record using '''Audacity '''

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| 10:14
| Locate audio tracks - '''Stereo Track '''and '''Mono Track '''

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| 10:19
| Convert from '''Stereo Track '''to '''Mono Track'''

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| 10:23
| Merge 2 audio clips

Delete an empty track

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| 10:28
| Save the project as''' .aup '''file

Open an existing '''Audacity '''file

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| 10:36
| As an assignment, Refer to any '''Timed-script '''on the Spoken Tutorial website.

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| 10:43
| Record an audio file using that script and save the project.

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|10:48
| The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.

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| 10:54
|If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it.

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| 10:59
| The Spoken Tutorial Project Team: conduct workshops and gives certificates.

For more details, please write to us.

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| 11:09
| Please post your timed queries in this forum.

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| 11:13
| Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.

More information on this Mission is available at this link.

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| 11:26
| This script has been contributed by the Spoken Tutorial Team.

And this is Mousumi Medhi from IIT Bombay signing off.

Thanks for joining.

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