new media writing reflection

i chose to work with audio, since my experience editing audio is limited.

i used audacity a few times at my former job to create the soundtrack to audio slideshows, which were always simple edits with only one or two clips. for the class assignment, i wanted to do something a little more sophisticated.

my process was:
1. listen to clips provided
2. listen to clips provided again because i forgot what they sounded like
3. listen to a few clips another time, this time logging what i heard
4. finally upload some clips into audacity

from there, i didn't really have much of a vision. i love badly drawn boy, so that was an easy choice, and i settled on a few parts of shaun's recordings that i liked. the next task was how to compose it all. i don't believe there is a formula for this type of thing, we all work in our own ways. it was at this point that i began thinking "ehh ... maybe i'll just do a video." but i'm not here to relearn how to do something i am already familiar with.

the visualizations of the soundwaves are helpful in audio editing, so that you can find clean breaks. i was disappointed, however, that i couldn't figure out how to lower the decibels for just a section of a clip. i also wished that there was a pinning function. but these are things you must learn to live without when using free software.

i can't figure out how to upload the audio file here on blogger and i am amazed that they don't have that capability. i will do research this week and get it up here.