Recording Audio is at heart of live, interactive webcasting. Below is a list of programs and resources we use at theWebcast Academy to learn about audio. The particular tools we use and how we make use of audio on this site is always evolving, so some of these materials may be outdated.
From Lee's Book of Audio (NewMediaGuides.com)
- Hello and Welcome to Internet Audio!
- Hardware
- Software
- Recording and Audio Editing
- Streaming Software
- Publishing Your Audio to the Net
- Creating Websites for Music Promotion
- Audio Examples
- Here Are Some Links That Might Be Helpful to You
- Troubleshooting
Screencasts
- Two Audacity Screencasts - #1 and #2
- Configuring Audio Specifications in Audacity
- Setting Preferences in Audacity - Windows
- Recording both ends of a telephony call in Windows
- Recording both ends of a telephony call in Mac
- Audio editing (amplify, compression, noise removal)
- How to deal with ID3 tags
- ID3 Tags with ID3-TagIT
Comments
Template for Recording & Editing Audio
Audio Introduction / Recording Both Ends of a Telephony Call
Information captured and acquired from Class 2.3 has lead to the design of a template covering the above assignment structures and processes.
Newer enhanced topics have been blended into the webcasting process, such as the use of a 24 bit external sound card and its support softwares, as well as sound card setting software, audio production monitoring, and some new editing resources.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg9xxrf5_670g6dps8f6
Please feel free to request an invitation for collaboration to this Google docs template by sending your deployed Google email. Your input is appreciated, as well as input from Mac and Linux users, who may want to derive a template fitting to their purposes.
Such templates could enhance the repeatability of this learning adventure and also create room and potential for further-going upgrades and innovations.James/Eurominuteman
Alternative Audio Sandbox via Free Podcasting
Course Support
How can you get your mp3 file into a simple audio sandbox so your interview partner can listen to it, if you don't know how to use the Academy Sandbox as a newbie?
1. Using the Academy Sandbox actually means mastering the complexities of live Shoutcast streaming, which is not the objective during Week 1 or 2. Academy also has certain Sandbox password procedures to observe, which are addressed to later in the course.
2. Up to now, the novice way was to just send the audio file to your interview partner so he/she could listen to it using WinAmp or RealPlayer. Yet, file transfer in and out of restricted environments or during high traffic periods also made this channel a tedious approach.
3. The workaround approach
Using a free podcast provider is a workaround approach to this newbie problem.
The podcast directory Podseek http://www.podseek.net/ helped to find a free service provider for podcasting:
Podomatic http://www.podomatic.com/about
https://www.podomatic.com/path/signup
Storage: 500 MB, Bandwidth: 15 GB per month
Podomatic also features RSS feeds and sharing links to this sandbox audio file.
James/Eurominuteman