Editing Tips for Dance Teachers using Audacity, Part II

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Welcome to today’s edition of the Fox Blog! We will be looking at more editing tips for dance teachers using audacity. These tips are here to help your music sound better. Today we will be discussing how to raise and lower the bass in a song to make it fit better within your overall mix. I will be demonstrating using Audacity, but these tips can be applied to all audio editing applications.

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How to access the equalizer

The equalizer is a program within audacity that allows you to lower the volume of specific frequencies within a track. Today we will be focusing on frequencies in the Bass range (60-250 hertz). Sometimes certain songs love to pound bass and with the right speakers this can sound incredible. However, when you are using multiple songs it can really stick out when there is too much bass in one track and not enough in the other. Here is how to access the equalizer in Audacity. After selecting the track you want to adjust go to “Effects” and select “Equalization” from the Drop Down menu….

After you have selected that, a window should appear that looks like this….

Lowering or raising bass

This may look overwhelming at first, but Just take a look at everything that is 200hz and below. This is where your bass frequencies lie. The Blue arrow buttons are “Sliders”. They can be dragged up and down, With going up increasing the volume of those frequencies and going down decreasing them. From there, You should try each slider and see what produces the desired result you want. Remember not to go too high or low with the sliders as they will overpower or underpower the bass in relation to the rest of the frequencies.

How to utilize this technique

When one track is lacking bass and you transition to a song that is powerful with bass, It can seem very choppy and unprofessional. This technique is excellent for correcting this issue. Bass is the frequency range we hear the most when we are outside of the room, so adding bass can catch people’s ears that might be sitting out in the hallway and help you stand out. On the other hand, when there is too much bass, it can muddy up the other frequency ranges in a song and it will not sound as pleasing. I recommend using trial and error to find what sounds best to you. Every track is mixed differently and may require different modifications. You can also remove all the bass for a cool effect similiar to something we call a “High Pass Filter”. I can guarantee you have hear it used in songs before. This should only be used for at most an eight count because it will sound a little silly to do that for an entire track.

Now, that you’ve learned this new technique, be sure to try it out on your next edit. It may not be needed but you never know when it will come in handy.

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Thank you and Best of luck!

Sincerely,

Corey Perdue

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