MC225 (Audio Production)

Class Location, Days and Times

These projects are aimed at helping students "see" sound pictures and, in the process, familiarizing them with broadcast equipment.

30 Sound Effects (SFX) Story. Each student will be given a primary SFX, which he/she will develop and record in conjunction with two secondary SFX.
Dramatized Commercial about a product/service of your choice, employing at least two voices, plus BG music and/or SFX.
Diagnostic Test; “Making A Radio Commercial” audio.
Sound-And-Music story, employing at least three SFX and instrumental music. There should be no narration or vocal music.

Audacity
GarageBand- this will be done on the student's own time - no class time will be given.

Downloading Audacity
- DLC Spring 2011 Workshops/Audacity 101/Audacity
  - Follow the instructions under "Downloading Audacity" and "Importing and Saving Audio as MP3".
    - After you install Audacity, it is very important that you install the LAME Encoder according to the directions provided.
Basic Audacity menu overview
- Toolbar Help Click on toolbar images/link for more information on each toolbar.
- For descriptions on the tools in the Effects Tab go here Effects
Main Toolbar Audacity MAIN Toolbar Help
- Envelope tool - controls volume
- Editing - cutting, splicing and using the time tool
  - Time Tool - time shifting
Recording with external mic and other recording tips
- external microphone
Cross fading - Videos 17 & 21
Balancing the sound levels - keeping it consistent Video 14
Pulling out background noise
- Noise Removal is located in the Effects Tab in the main control panel. It is a default effect tool.
Combining audio tracks
- If you have different sound bits that you would like to unify into one single track go here Mixing
How to make a LEAN podcast - file compression
- When the file is saved through the LAME encoder (which you should already have installed) as an MP3 it will automatically be compressed.