Audacity Audio Recording Download Instructions

Audacity is software that you can use to record your voice. It is installed and ready to use on machines in the LRC (Ciruti), Information Commons (Miles-Smith) and MEWS (Dwight). It is also available to download to your personal computer for free. Below are some directions to direct you to the appropriate files if you would like to install Audacity on your own computer. USB Headphones with microphones are available to borrow at the Circulation Desk (Williston) and the LRC (Ciruti)

MAC DIRECTIONS & PC DIRECTIONS

If you have a Mac:
First things first. You need to know what type of operating system is on your computer. If you don't know this or are unsure, click on the little apple icon in the upper left corner of the Desktop and then on "About This Mac" -- in the section named "Processor" look to see if it includes the word "Intel" or "PowerPC."

• If you have a Mac OS X "Intel" system:
  1) First install the Audacity program file ; follow the prompts, we recommend saving the program to the computer's "Applications" folder
  2) After you go through all of that process, download the "libmp3lame.dylib" file so that you can save recordings as MP3s (necessary for uploading to ella and sharing with other people) -- make sure you save this file in the same folder as the first one, otherwise it won't work!
  3) Finally, you need to instruct Audacity to use the "libmp3lame.dylib" file as follows:
  • Open Audacity (by going to "Go" "Applications"); and, once Audacity is open, in the menu bar, click on "Audacity" then "Preferences"
  • In the Audacity Preferences window that opens, click on the "File Formats" tab
  • In the MP3 Export Setup section, click on the "Find Library" button
  • A window will open asking you if you would like to locate the libmp3lame.dylib file now -- click on "Yes"
  • Navigate to where you saved the libmp3lame.dylib file on your computer then click on "Open"
  • Return to the Audacity Preferences window and click on the "OK" button
    
    
• If you have a Mac OS X "PowerPC" system:
  1) First install the Audacity program file ; follow the prompts, we recommend saving the program to the computer's "Applications" folder
  2) After you go through all of that process, download the "LameLib" file so that you can save recordings as MP3s  (necessary for uploading to ella and sharing with other people) -- make sure you save this file in the same folder as the first one, otherwise it won't work!
  3) Finally, you need to instruct Audacity to use the "LameLib" file as follows:
  • Open Audacity (by going to "Go" "Applications"); and, once Audacity is open, in the menu bar, click on "Audacity" then "Preferences"
  • In the Audacity Preferences window that opens, click on the "File Formats" tab
  • In the MP3 Export Setup section, click on the "Find Library" button
  • A window will open asking if you would like to locate the LameLib file now -- click on "Yes"
  • Navigate to where you saved the LameLib file on your computer then click on "Open"
  • Return to the Audacity Preferences window and click on the "OK" button

1) First install the Audacity program file; to do so, follow the prompts, starting with double clicking on the "audacity-win-1.2.6.exe" file; we recommend saving the program and all of its pieces to the computer's "Program Files" folder (this will likely be located in "My Computer" then "Local Disk" and "Program Files")
2) After you go through all of that process, download the "lame_enc.dll" file so that you can save recordings as MP3s (necessary for uploading to ella and sharing with other people) -- make sure you save this file in the exact same folder as the first one (in "Program Files") otherwise, it won't work
3) Finally, you need to instruct Audacity to use the "lame_enc.dll" file as follows:

• Open Audacity (by going to "Start" "Program Files"); once Audacity is open, go to the menu bar, click on "Edit" then "Preferences"
• In the Audacity Preferences window that opens, click on the "File Formats" tab
• In the MP3 Export Setup section, click on the "Find Library" button
• A window will open asking if you would like to locate the lame_enc.dll file now -- click on "Yes"
• Navigate to where you saved the lame_enc.dll file on your computer then click on "Open"
• Return to the Audacity Preferences window and click on the "OK" button
  
   

Audacity now installed? Now you are ready to record.  Consult the the LITS Audacity Quickstart Guide for tips on how to get started. Have fun!