What should I do with "raw" recordings?

[dleufer]

Hi guys,
I'm finally (1 year later) starting to sort through the recordings I made in Sangbralla last year.
I've downloaded Audacity (free audio editing program) but I'm quite clueless about what to do to the recordings. Some are WAV and some are mp3. They are all very quiet which is annoying, the stereo needs to be turned up full to hear them and there is a lot of background noise.
Any tips?
Once I get this done I'll post up some recordings. I found a nice Bolokonondo earlier

[michi]

Load a clip and select "Effects/Normalize". That will raise the volume level. Then choose "File/Export" to export as MP3. 256kbits/sec is plenty good enough.

Cheers,

Michi.

[dleufer]

Thanks!