Record with Audacity for Mac
Record with Audacity - MAC
When creating a recording for your department Response Group, you will need a computer microphone. This can be done with a Web Camera or by submitting a ticket to the IT Help Desk to borrow the USB microphone. In addition, the recordings should be completed using Audacity. If this application is not installed on your computer, access Self-Service and select the Audacity installation. Once installed, configure the software by following the steps below.
- Launch the Audacity application and set the recording parameters
- Audacity > Preferences…
- Devices
- Set the Recording > Channels: to 1 (Mono)
- Quality
- Default Sample Rate set to 44100 Hz
- Default Sample Format set to 16-bit
- OK to save changes
- Record and Export
- Click the red circle to begin recording.
- Click the black square to stop recording.
- The recording will appear in the window.
- Save the recording
- File > Export Audio…
- Save the recording to your Group Site or OneDrive file folders.
- Name the file
- Select WMA (version 2) Files (FFmpeg)
- Bit Rate: 48kbps
- Save
- OK
- Error with saving as WMA (version 2) Files (FFmpeg)
- You must add the FFmpeg file to the Libraries.
- Audacity > Preferences > Libraries
- Locate…
- Locate the ffmpeg_64bit_osx.pkg installer file on your MAC.
- Double click and run the installer.
- Browse for the file.
- Select the ffmpeg.55.64bit.dylib from the list
- OK to Save