Audacity Tutorial by KQED Education

Here is a five part series on how to use Audacity. Audacity is a free sound recording and sequencing program for Mac and PC. The sections of this series are as follows: Downloading Audacity; Overview of Audacity; Recording with Audacity; Basic Editing; Exporting

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Download a YouTube Video into an mp3

To download a YouTube video as an mp3 sound file is very simple. Follow these steps.

1. Go you YouTube to search for a song or audio that you want to use.

2. Copy the URL of that video.

3. Go to www.youtube-mp3.org

4. Paste the URL in the bar above where it says “Convert Video” (see image below)

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5. Click Convert Video

6. Click Download after new window opens. (see below)

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The file will then save to your Downloads folder or wherever your downloads get saved.