Tutorials to give you a practical understanding of Working with Sound |
Click on the links below to view the video tutorials. Press F11 on the video pages for best viewing. Press F11 to return video pages to normal size. Most of the Video Tutorials in this bundle are about 1 to 2 minutes in length. Audacity - You cannot be without this free program when you want to work with sound. It has an incredible array of features. These tutorials will take you 'step by step' through the really useful features. Sound is one of the most important ingredients you will need to make resources or applications and Audacity will be your best friend when working with sound. Find and install audacity Install the Lame Encoder - this will enable Audacity to save files in the mp3 format which you will use in your projects. Part 1-Locating the Lame Encoder Part 2-Installing the Lame Encoder Testing one, two, three - All about Microphones Part 1: The Microphone Part 2-Start using a USB microphone Part 3-Editing and saving the sound file Setting up the Preferences in Audacity Part 1-Using Preferences to setup the microphone Part 2-Understanding the recording settings Part 3-Other settings in Preferences Record your voice in Audacity Part 1-Introduction to recording voice Part 2-Recording voice Part 3-Editing the sound file and saving Using Audacity to remove Noise from a recording Part 1-Removing noise from a recording Free to view Part 2-Removing noise from a recording Using the Compressor in Audacity to 'even out' a recording. Reduce the loud sounds and increase the quiet sounds. Part 1-Introduction to the Compressor Free to view Part 2-The Compressor settings Part 3-The sound waveforms Part 4-Waveforms and the Compressor Part 5-Trial run for settings Part 6-Applying Compressor settings Part 7-Record a new sound for compressing Part 8-Using the Compressor to even out the sounds Using the Stereo mix feature in Audacity to record sounds played on the computer or on the internet Part 1-Introduction and Setting up Stereo Mix Part 2-Recording a sound from the Internet Ripping a CD - extracting the sound files for use in a project Part 1-Introduction to ripping a CD Part 2-Getting ready to Rip a CD Part 3-Ripping a CD Part 4-Editing the sound from the CD Record from a Cassette - get the music from a cassette and put it on a computer to use in a project Part 1-Introduction to converting a Cassette tape to a computer sound file Part 2-Record music from a Cassette Tape Record and Edit a child's voice - really useful for giving a child a very powerful voice! Part 1-What you need to record a childs voice Part 2-Editing the childs voice Part 3-To even out the childs sound file Part 4-Removing noise and leveling out the sounds Part 5-Overview of the Audacity 'magic' used Free to view Freecorder - a very useful free utility to enable you to record sounds and music from the Internet. There are Privacy and internet speed issues which are covered in the 'Working with Video' Tutorials bundle which you may wish to consider before using this program ) Part 1-Find and install Freecorder Part 2-Explore Freecorder Toolbar Part 3-Using Freecorder to record music from the Internet Part 4-Save and view the recorded file from Freecorder |