WCC COMM 106 post production-audacity 101-audio editing exercise part #2 LUTHER
- 1. POST-PRODUCTION: AUDACITY 101 – AUDIO EDITING EXERCISE PART #2 multimedia journalism
- 2. AUDACITY-GETTING STARTED PLEASE FOLLOW ALONG CAREFULLY AND STAY WITH THE GROUP UNTIL WE’RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE (you will be moving at your own paces soon enough) THERE IS ONLY ONE OF ME AND I CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL – I SIMPLY CAN’T REPEAT MYSELF 20+ TIMES SO PAY ATTENTION THE FIRST TIME THERE WILL BE ENOUGH ROADBLOCKS AND HICCUPS WITHOUT ONE OF THEM BEING THAT YOU SIMPLY WEREN’T PAYING ATTENTION
- 3. ALWAYS PLUG YOUR HEADPHONES IN BEFORE STARTING AUDACITY! Start AUDACITY Open the “YOUR LAST NAME-AUDACITY EXERCISE #1” project file from your USB by double clicking it – DO NOT CLICK ON ANY OTHER FILE! AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 4. This is where we left off – you’ve copied, pasted, and edited the soundbites you want to keep into a new track and your raw track is MUTED AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 5. When delivering your narration DO: IMAGINE YOU ARE TALKING TO SOMEONE SPECIFIC GIVE YOUR DELIVERY VARIETY AND INFLECTION FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE MATERIAL When delivering your narration DON’T: BE FLAT AND MONOTONE SOUND LIKE YOU’RE JUST READING – YOU’RE TALKING TO SOMEONE, NOT READING TO THEM MUMBLE OR SLUR YOUR WORDS – PROPER ENUNCIATION IS VITAL! AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 6. Now you are going to record your narration using the supplied script – first mute the track with the saved bites – if you don’t, you will hear them play as you record your narration AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 7. GO TO TRANSPORT ON THE MAIN MENU AND CHOOSE RECORD NEW TRACK AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 8. SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE AND YOU SHOULD SEE THE AUDIO APPEAR IN THE NEW TRACK AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 9. IF YOU DON’T SEE AUDIO BEING RECORDED – CHECK THE RECORDING INPUT AT THE TOP TO THE RIGHT – SELECT THE MICROPHONE OPTION AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 10. ONCE YOU’RE RECORDING – READ THE NARRATION SCRIPT STRAIGHT THROUGH WITHOUT STOPPING THE RECORDING BUT AUDIBLY PAUSE BETWEEN EACH PART – MAKE SURE THE LEVELS ARE NOT IN THE RED OR TOO LOW! AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 11. YOU ARE GOING TO EDIT THIS DOWN SO FEEL FREE TO REDO WHATEVER PART YOU WOULD LIKE BUT DON’T HIT STOP UNTIL YOU ARE COMPLETELY DONE! ALL YOUR NARRATION SHOULD BE ON ONE TRACK WE WILL HOLD UNTIL EVERYONE HAS RECORDED THEIR NARRATION AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 12. NOW THAT YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR NARRATION YOUR LAYOUT SHOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS: AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 13. You are now going to remove the parts of the narration you DON’T want but you are NOT going to edit it the way you trimmed the Trump bites AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 14. HIGHLIGHT THE AREAS FROM THE NARRATION YOU WANT TO EDIT OUT: AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 15. MAKE CERTAIN THAT’S THE PART YOU WANT GONE YOU DON’T WANT IT TO CLOSE UP, THOUGH, YOU WANT TO LEAVE AN EMPTY GAP GO TO EDIT – REMOVE SPECIAL – SPLIT DELETE AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 16. GO TO EDIT – REMOVE SPECIAL – SPLIT DELETE THIS WILL REMOVE THE HIGHLIGHTED PART AND LEAVE AN EMPTY SPACE AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 17. NOW DO THIS FOR ALL THE PARTS OF THE NARRATION YOU WANT REMOVED – LEAVING ONLY THE TRACK AS ASSIGNED WE WILL NOT MOVE ON UNTIL EVERYONE HAS DONE THESE BASIC EDITS AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 18. Once you’re done, your layout should look something like this: AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 19. Now you’re going to use the TIME SHIFT TOOL to move the bites around into the correct sequence AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 20. Once you select the TIME SHIFT TOOL you can move the bites around in their tracks so you want to sequence them so they sound natural when played: AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 21. Each track has its own VOLUME SLIDER that you will use to make sure the levels of each track are relative and sound good; the narration and the sound bites should be heard at basically the same level AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 22. WHEN YOU’RE DONE YOUR LAYOUT SHOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND IT SHOULD SOUND PROFESSIONAL WHEN PLAYED: AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 23. You are now going to add the music bed, make final adjustments, and export and submit the file AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 24. Go to the appropriate week and download/save the file “NEWSCAST MUSIC” to your USB drive in the “MMJ AUDIO” folder AS WITH ALL YOUR AUDIO FILES AND MATERIAL, THIS SHOULD PLACED IN YOUR DESKTOP MMJ AUDIO FOLDER AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 25. Within AUDACITY select FILE – IMPORT – AUDIO and select the “NEWSCAST MUSIC” file which you just saved to your AUDIO folder AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 26. After the import is complete, your layout should look something like this with 3 active tracks and one muted track: AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 27. Use each track’s VOLUME SLIDER to make sure the levels of each track are relative and sound good; the narration and the sound bites should be heard at basically the same level with the music underneath it all – the music should NOT be the focus – it’s there to provide a unifying quality and mask the edits AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 28. You also want to make sure the music matches the rest of your audio in length – use the edit tools we’ve already covered to adjust music length AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 29. Lastly – how long is it? If it’s NOT 60 seconds, you need to find a way to lengthen or shorten it so it is… AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 30. LISTEN CLOSELY TO YOUR FILE! IS IT… Consistent in sound levels - does it simply sound good? Edited smoothly with no errors such as clipping of words or unnecessary gaps? Narrated in an engaged and well-delivered manner as per the provided script? Exactly 60 seconds/one minutes long? THE GRADE FOR THIS EXERCISE DEPENDS ON THESE FOUR FACTORS! AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 31. Once you’re satisfied with how it sounds, close the RAW AUDIO track so all that remains are the 3 active tracks (Sound Bites, Narration, and Music): AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 32. Go FILE – EXPORT AUDIO and save it as an MP3 file into your AUDIO folder AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 33. ONCE EXPORTING IS FINISHED – LOCATE THE EXPORTED FILE ON YOUR USB AND PLAY IT AGAIN! Never just trust that it exported correctly – ALWAYS CHECK IT! If you’re satisfied with it, go to the appropriate folder and use the ATTACH FILE option to submit your finished exercise file AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 35. NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED FOR CREDIT USE CLASS LAB TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET HELP! I’VE GIVEN YOU THE TOOLS AND AM HERE TO PROVIDE FULL SUPPORT BUT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINAL PRODUCT I EVALUATE THESE AS IF I WERE A TYPICAL LISTENER, NOT JUST YOUR TEACHER AUDACITY-EXERCISE
- 36. THIS FORMAT IS WHAT I EXPECT IF YOU USE AUDIO IN YOUR SEMESTER PROJECT: SOUNDBITES FROM INTERVIEW SUBJECT(S) NARRATION FROM YOU MUSIC BED AUDACITY-EXERCISE