A sound editor is a creative professional responsible for selecting and assembling sound recordings in preparation for the final sound mixing or mastering of a television program, motion picture, video game, or any production involving recorded or synthetic sound.
These steps will introduce the basic steps commonly used when editing the contents of an audio file.
- Step 1: Find a file to edit. …
- Step 2: Import the file into Audacity. …
- Step 3: Look at the waveform. …
- Step 4: Listen to the imported audio. …
- Step 5: Create a 10-second clip from your audio. …
- Step 6: Fade out the last second.
Audio editing is the process of manipulating audio to alter length, speed, and volume or to create additional versions such as loops. Audio editing is almost always done using a computer and audio editing software but used to be done with analogue tape and razor blades by splicing and taping in a pre-digital world.