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Audio Resources
Audacity Audio Editor Audacity – It’s an audio file editor. Just go get it! The Audacity Manual We have a few Audacity Tips to help beginners with using Audacity. Oral History in the Digital Age – A nice resource for both audio and video projects. While the title refers to Oral History, there are tons…
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What to Look for in a Camcorder
Shopping for a camcorder, or video camera, in days past was not an easy experience, but there has been constant improvement in the quality of video that can be obtained. There’s even great video to be had with your smartphone, such as Apple’s iPhone. You won’t need the most expensive camera since most do at…
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What is Video? What is a Frame?
When we shoot video, we are actually taking pictures – 30 times per second. In video parlance, we shoot at 30 frames per second (fps). There are other frame rates that are used as well. Films have generally been shot at 24 fps. People have been experimenting with other frame rates like 48 fps, and 60…
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Audio Players
In order to play digital audio files you need to have a player program installed on your computer. Most people think of iTunes as the player of digital audio files. However, QuickTime on the Mac, and Windows Media Player on the PC are also available to play most audio files. There are lots of other player…
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Audio Encoding
In the Editing section we presented an audio file named “hello.mp3”. The sound plays for about a second and a half. The file originally was recorded at CD quality, and it occupied about 300kb (1/3 of a megabyte) on the hard drive. A similar five second sound file at CD quality would occupy almost one…
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Audio Digitizing
The basic recipe for digitizing audio on your computer is: Ingredients Computer with an audio input Audio/Sound Editing software Audio Cable Hook it up, start the software, and begin recording. Oh, how we wish it were that simple. You could use a setup like the one pictured above – connect a tape player to a…
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Audio Recording
Audio can come in one of two forms, analog or digital. Recording audio at this point in time is generally done using digital technology. If you would like to make an original audio recording, you can use digital audio recorders which are available to record onto memory cards that can be immediately read by a…
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iMovie
Welcome to our iMovie help page. iMovie is a basic yet powerful video editing program that comes standard on all new Macintosh computers. If you want to know more about it, Apple has information about iMovie on their website. If you would like a quick introduction, check out Getting Started with iMovie. One of the things I…
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Final Cut Pro
Welcome to our help page on Final Cut Pro, a powerful video editing program available on the Mac. If you want to know more about it, Apple has more information about Final Cut Pro on their website, and about the current version. We have a document on Getting Started with Final Cut Pro that covers some of the…
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VLC Media Player
VLC, or VideoLAN Client, is a program to play a wide array of video file formats as well as act as a video streaming server. It will also play audio files. It is a free, open source program that is available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux computers. We like VLC because of its universality, as…
Recipes for your Digital Media Kitchen