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Digital & Interactive MediaDigital Audio Editing

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Digital AudioSound: Sound is simply waves of compressed air that

move out from its source, similar to dropping a stone in water.

Your ears are sensitive to these compressed waves. As the sound waves interact with your ear drum, the signal is sent to your brain, converting them to the sounds that you recognize.

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Digital Audio Analog Sound

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Analog sound is recorded by using some property of the original sound to reproduce the signal.

Often when analog sound is recorded, external interference, called noise, can get recorded each time the sound is re-recorded, resulting in each generation of the recording losing quality.

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Digital Audio

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Digital SoundDigital audio is sound that has been stored as numerical data which can be easily reproduced and manipulated.

Digital sound can be reproduced numerous times without losing quality.

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Audio Equipment

In addition to your computer, the only additional piece of hardware you will need is a microphone.

A simple PC microphone will work.

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Make sure the microphone is connected to the microphone input on your computer.

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Audio Equipment

You will also need some recording and editing software as well. For this lesson we will use an audio editing program called Audacity.

Audacity is an Open Source Audio Editing application that can be downloaded and distributed for free.

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Basics of Audacity Open Audacity

Should have an icon that looks like blue ear phones with sound waves.

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Basics of Audacity

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● Record● Skip to End● Skip to Start● Stop● Playback● Pause

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Basics of Audacity

Mixer Toolbar

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• The left slider is the volume control of the playback.• The right slider is the Recoding Volume• Dropdown menu allows you to select the input source for recording.

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Basics of Audacity

Editing Toolbar

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Cut

CopyPasteTrip Outside Selection

Silence Selection

Undo

Redo

Zoom In

Zoom Out

Fit selection in WindowFit project in Window

The Editing Toolbar provides many shortcuts to common editing tools used to modify audio clips.

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Basics of Audacity Audacity Project File

.aup Can be reopened and individual components can

be edited. Cannot be read on standard audio players.

Common Audio file types .wav – Windows audio file .mp3 – Requires an additional update to create

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Using Audacity

We will first create a simple recorded audio clip using your own voice .

You will need to make sure your microphone is properly connected to your computer.

Next, make sure Audacity is open.

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Using Audacity

Press the Record button and read the poem below into the microphone.

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Sandra’s seen a leprechaun,Eddie touched a troll,Laurie danced with witches once,Charlie found some goblins’ gold.Donald heard a mermaid sing,Suzy spied an elf,But all the magic I have known,I’ve had to make myself.

When finished, press the Stop button.

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Using Audacity

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Two tracks will appear in your Audacity window.

Tracks are graphical representations of the sound waves.

The two tracks shown indicate that the audio was created in stereo.

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Using Audacity

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●Click on Effect. ●Select Leveller from the list.

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Using Audacity Saving an Audio File

Can save as an Audacity Project Saved as a Project Can open and edit individual tracks and added

components of an audio file Cannot be played on standard computer audio players

Can save as a standard audio file Exported Compresses all tracks into a single track Cannot be reopened to be edited Can be played on standard computer audio players

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Using Audacity Saving an Audio File

Click on File Select Export Select the location specified by your instructor. Enter Magic as the file name. Set the Save as Type to WAV. Click Save.

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Using Audacity Saving an Audio File

You will then be asked to enter data about the audio file.

Enter your name next to Artist Name. Click Ok.

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Using Audacity Open the file MoonLanding.mp3.

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The file is the communication between the Apollo 11 and Mission Control before and after Neil Armstrong steps onto the Moon’s surface.

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Using Audacity

Locate the Tool Selector toolbar. Click on the Selection Tool. Listen to the audio and select the portion of

the audio where Neil Armstrong says “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” The phrase is around the 3:30 area of the clip.

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Using Audacity

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“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

The selected clip should just be a small portion of the original sound clip.

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Using Audacity

Trimming the Clip We want to trim away everything outside of the

selected area. From the Editing Toolbar, select the Trim tool.

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Using Audacity

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Finishing the clip When we cut away the excess sound clip, the

selected clip is still almost 3 minutes into the sound clip.

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Using Audacity From the Tool Selection toolbar, select

the Time Shift tool.

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Drag the clip to the far left of the time line.

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Using Audacity

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Click the Playback button to make sure that only the selected clip plays, and that it plays immediately at the start of the clip.

Export the audio file as MoonLanding.wav

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PodcastingMedia distributed over the internet via syndicated download.

Podcasting is not limited to iPod. The concept was conceived by Apple.

Podcasts can be viewed on computers, iPods, or PDAs.

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Podcasting with Audacity

Audacity can be used for creating Podcasts Podcasts audio files must be saved as an mp3. Will need to install an update called Lame, which

will allow Audacity to create MP3 files. When you try to export as an MP3 the first time, it

will give you the option of going to the download page to install the update.

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How Podcasts Work

Originally, broadcasts were made at specific times.

You had to be available at that time to receive the broadcast.

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Podcasting

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• Podcasting utilizes a feature knows as RSS (Really Simple Syndication).

• Used for content that is updated regularly.

• Requires you to use a program such as a Reader to check for articles or a Receiver to download podcasts.

• The Reader/Receiver automatically checks for updates.

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Podcasting Receivers

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• Google Reader• iTunes• Juice

The Podcast Receiver will automatically check the RSS Channel page regularly and download any new podcasts.

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• Upload files to your server and update your RSS feed page.

• Subscribers automatically receive the updates to their devices

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The RSS feed, or RSS Channel, is a special page that contains all the Podcasts and is recognized by Readers and Receivers.

Visitors enter the URL of this page in their Podcast Receiver to subscribe.

Available podcasts

Podcast Channel

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Creating the Podcast

To create your podcast: Record your podcast. Upload to your podcast server. Update your podcast channel. Your subscribers will automatically receive your

new podcast on their receiver.

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