Step 3: Save & Export

Once you have recorded and mastered each of the 59 clips, you are now ready to save and export your samples into the OGG Vorbis format.

Before you continue, you should create a copy of the 'Template' folder (That by now should contain the 59 empty OGG files). 

Make a copy of the 'Template' folder and rename it to a name that will help you recognise the voice (eg The Name of the Voice-ee.)  for this guide I have called the folder 'Graeme' as it will contain the voice of me! It should look something like this.

The reason why you created the 'Template' folder was so that you have a central copy just in case something goes wrong and you need to start over, then you can delete the entire folder (eg 'Graeme') and then re-copy the 'Template' folder.

Now you are ready to save.

1.) Select the first sample by clicking on the on the information pane (Where it says Mono, 22050Hz etc.), this will select the entire sample (You must select the sample before continuing).  Then select File > Export Selection as OGG Vorbis. TIP: Make sure you select Export Selection as OGG Vorbis, otherwise you will be left with one file with ALL the samples playing at once, which is nasty!
2.) Next Browse to your voice folder (eg. Graeme) and then on the relevant empty ogg file listed on my example list (for example the first sample should be '2ndLeft.ogg', click save and then choose yes to overwrite the empty file.
3.) Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the rest of the sample.  This is when you will notice the benefits of recording the samples in file name order!! TIP: Do not delete the samples in the main Audacity screen just yet, just in case something goes wrong, I would highly recommend you NEVER delete the file, instead save the whole project as an Audacity .AUP file, so you can come back to it later should you need to tinker more with any samples, for example to lengthen the gap after a sample, or re-record one because there was too much going on in the background!
4.) Once you have exported all sample, probably the most important step....CHECK YOUR FILES.  Play each individual file just to make sure you've done it right! It's just too easy to make mistakes, and a mistake could be dangerous!

Once you have done this you have completed this step, only one more to go!

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