FIRST-YEAR WRITING PROGRAM: ORIENTATION MATERIALS
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T
ools for
students:
Audacity
(The world’s greatest, free, audio editing software)
The LAME Plugin for Audacity
(This is a plugin for Audacity that allows you to export projects as .mp3 audio files)
Audacity Video Tutorial
(The basics on recording, editing, mixing)
Audacity Written Tutorial
(All the basics)
The 365 Days Project
(This is a strange site that’s chuck full of weird music and sound effects, background noise, and pulled-from-life sounds that you can use, royalty free, in your audio creations)
Garage Band Tutorial
(If you prefer Garage Band to Audacity)
YouTube Audio Library
(Royalty free music for your podcasts, vlogs, and videos)
Transom
(an online network for sharing resources, workshops, and audio editing tools for radio-oriented people).
BBC Free Sound Effects
(Free sound effect library by the BBC).
Freeshound
(Another free sound effect repository).
Opsound
(Copyright free music and sounds available here!).
Opensourcemusic
(Free music available here!)
T
ools for
instructors:
Teaching Students Audio
(NYTimes) survey the elements of podcasting
Bring in your favorites. Don’t have any? Consider the following:
T
he Daily
,
this American life
,
Cabinet of Curiosities
,
Serial
, or
S-Town
4 ways audio can enhance teaching:
https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/4-ways-audio-recording-can-boost-classroom-learning
As Loud As I Want To Be: Gender, Loudness, and Respectability Politics:
https://soundstudiesblog.com/2015/02/09/as-loud-as-i-want-to-be-gender-loudness-and-respectability-politics/
Toward Expansive Listening and Sonic Composing Practices: (PDF in this folder).
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