If you finished, hit 'Quick Mix' in Audacity or save / export your project in the format you desire. When you're happy with your arrangement, check the over all level isn't clipping (hitting red) otherwise you may need to turn some of the individual sounds down. Move your sounds around randomly, import more and make a horror mash-up! Fades are very important when editing scary sounds. But you must create a quick fade at the start and end of each section, otherwise you'll get a nasty click sound. If you want to chop your sounds up, select the scissor tool and chop away. This could be reverb (echo) which would place it in a large hall.

When you hit play, you will notice that you can hear both tracks at the same time.Select your scream sound and use an 'effect' to spice it up. You may need to create a new track for this but editors like Audacity will automatically create one for you. This can be a WAV file, AIFF or mp3 file.

Open your audio editing software and import a spooky drone sound. You can make your own unique horror soundtrack in no time by following these simple instructions.

Nowadays, we all have access to audio editing software - whether it's inside your usual media player like Nero, Roxio or a great piece of free-ware such as Audacity.

There are many other sound effects resources on the internet, but if you plan to sell you Halloween creations or use them in a commercial production it is important to make sure you have the correct license. If you're planning on making your own Halloween soundtrack, we'd recommend the Creative Commons sound effects available at which can be download and edited quickly and easily for free.

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