How to Install Audacity in Windows 7

In this video tutorial, I will show u how to install Audacity 2.1.0 on Windows 7.

How to record, playback and save the recorded audio.

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. The interface is translated into many languages.

Download Audacity at http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/

Go to www.yahoo.com

Type audacity in search box

Click on link to download Audacity

In tab Download

Click on the link to download the version match to your Operating System

You can save Audacity executable (.exe) to your desktop or to a folder

Double-click on Audacity executable to begin installation

Click Yes if it ask your permission to allow this program make change to the computer

Click Next to continue...

Click OK to install addition plug-ins needed by Audacity

Go to Control Panel, Sound, tab Recording

Take note of the default recording device (green check mark)

Start up Audacity

Make sure the entry next to the icon Microphone match the default recording device in Sound

Press the Red button to start recording

Start talking into your microphone

Press the Yellow square button to stop recording

If recording was success full, then you will have a wave line as show

Press Green arrow to play back the sound we just recorded

Highlight the portion of wave sound we wish to save

Press the Green arrow button to play only the selected audio portion

From menu, File -> Export Selected Audio

Navigate to the folder where we will store this audio file and give it a name

You can select from drop-down menu for file type. In this example I selected WAV

Double-click on the audio file and the default player will attempt the play

In this example I have Windows Media Player as my default audio player