# Tutorials

### From Audacity Manual

This page lists tutorials that provide step-by-step instructions for performing common tasks in Audacity.

- Editing an Existing File

  How to import an audio file into Audacity (for example, an MP3 music file), edit it, then export the result.

- Your First Recording

  Detailed instructions on connecting your audio source (be it a microphone, guitar or keyboard) to your computer, and then recording that source with Audacity.

- Mixing a Narration With Background Music

  How to edit a narration to fit the pace of the background music, and fade down the music so your listeners can hear your narration, useful in particular for podcasts.

- Recording Multi-track Overdubs

  A set of tutorials on making multi-track recordings, using three different specialist hardware configurations or using your computer's on-board sound card.

- Copying tapes, LPs or MiniDiscs to CD or your computer

  Detailed instructions on connecting your turntable, tape deck or MiniDisc player to your computer, recording from that device, then editing and exporting the recording so that you have separate audio files for each song on the original source ready to burn to a CD or import into a media player such as iTunes.

- Recording audio playing on the computer

  How to record audio that is playing on the computer such as streaming audio from Internet websites.

- Vocal Removal and Isolation

  Techniques which on some stereo tracks may allow you to remove or isolate vocals (or other parts of a recording) from the rest.

- Making Ringtones

  How to make ringtones for your cellphone with Audacity and move them to the phone.

### Example Workflows

The following tutorials provide sample workflows for common tasks using Audacity:

- Sample workflow for LP digitization

- Sample workflow for exporting to iTunes

- Recording 78rpm records

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