• Audacity 3.7.8 Masterclass curriculum

    This curriculum is about this workshop: https://shop.master-editor.com/products/audacity-3-7-8-master-class-the-complete-voice-audio-workshop-audiobook-voice-over-podcasts-content-creation

    💡 The 6-Class Plan

    Class 1 — Recording Setup & Studio Readiness (in Audacity 3.7.8)
    Build a clean, consistent foundation for every recording.

    • Setting up the latest Audacity: preferences, bit depth, and project rate

    • Microphone placement, gain, and monitoring

    • Managing your noise floor and avoiding distortion

    • Room acoustics and practical, low-cost treatment for home studios

    • What "good enough to record" actually looks like for your use case

    Class 2 — Editing Techniques That Save Hours
    Learn to edit naturally, efficiently, and confidently.

    • Navigation shortcuts and fast selection

    • Removing mistakes and tightening pacing

    • Breath reduction and silence management

    • Crossfades, punch & roll, and seamless replacements

    • Cleaning up plosives and clicks

    • A real editing example, so you see the workflow end to end

    Class 3 — Voice Cleanup, Effects & Macros
    Make your recordings sound clean and professional.

    • Noise Reduction, EQ, Compression, Limiter, and Normalization

    • The correct order of effects for the best result

    • De-clicking, de-essing, and fixing sibilance

    • Building your own Effect Chains and Macros for one-click processing

    • Matching tone between different recording sessions

    Class 4 — Mastering & Technical Standards
    Prepare your audio for wherever it's going.

    • Understanding and fixing RMS, Peak, and LUFS

    • The full mastering workflow for ACX and Audible compliance

    • The right loudness targets for podcasts and content platforms too

    • Consistent tone and volume across chapters or episodes

    • Exporting and batch processing multiple files

    Class 5 — Your Use Case, In Depth
    This is where the five paths get their specific attention.

    • Audiobook: chapter structure, pickups, and ACX submission

    • Professional VO: audition-ready delivery and fast turnaround

    • Meditation: smooth, warm, unobtrusive processing

    • Content creation: speed without sacrificing quality

    • Podcast: multi-segment editing, intros/outros, and consistency

    • Adding music beds and intros/outros where they fit

    Class 6 — Complete Workflow & Confidence Building
    Put everything together into a workflow you'll keep.

    • A full start-to-finish demo: record → edit → process → master → export

    • Organizing large projects and handling multiple takes

    • Troubleshooting common voice and noise problems

    • Reviewing participant work with individual feedback

    • How to know when a file is truly "ready to publish"