Category: Audio
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Podcasting – Busting the myths
UPDATE 2021 – We have updated this post to reflect technology changes when it comes to the process of podcasting. Myth #1 – You need an iPod to podcast Who uses an iPod, or any MP3 player anymore. Podcasting gets its name by combining the word iPod with broadcasting. The concept is that you are…
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Audacity Tips
Import Audio – File > Import > Audio… – Or you can drag the file into the Audacity Window. Playback – Get used to using the Spacebar for Play/Pause. Also, if you have a keyboard with “Home” and “End” key they will transport you to beginning and end of projects. Otherwise click the mouse in…
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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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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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Recording Voiceovers in iMovie
Ingredients: 1 – Computer (Mac OS) 1 – Apple’s iMovie program 1 – Video clips that need a Voiceover (narration) recording Directions Open iMovie Go to File → New Movie, or click the New (+) button and choose Movie Select a Theme (to keep it simple choose No Theme), then click the Create, and give…
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Converting a YouTube Video into an MP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toxXlgKPo0A Ingredients 1 – Computer (Mac for this tutorial) 1 – Evom Program (Mac only – Available at http://thelittleappfactory.com/evom/). 1 – Video file you wish to convert to MP3 (we are using an MP4 downloaded from YouTube) Directions Open Evom Drag video file into Evom program window. Below the question “Where do you want to…
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Import an Audio CD into iTunes (2015)
Ingredients 1 – Computer (PC or Mac) 1 – Apple’s iTunes program (current version as of this post 12.1) 1 – Any Audio CD that is playable in a standard CD player Directions Start the iTunes program. Before you insert the audio CD, you want to make sure that files will be converted into your…
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