Audacity Forum

Thanks Koz and Steventhefiddle In the past, students were measuring the 'loudness' of homemade instruments in elementary/ middle school using a sound meter / that recorded a value in dB. As schools do not have many sound meters, preservice students were wanting a device that could record "straight" ...

I am involved with teacher education. I want to know if Audacity can be used to measure the loudness - in decibels [the number]? We would like students in the classroom to monitor the volume of sound on their computers as they work. Can it be done in a simple way?

thanks