Audio
LoudBlog
Submitted by adam on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 00:06.
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Creating audio
Submitted by adam on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 17:20.Putting together recordings of sounds to make audio content is no longer the preserve of experts. The use of audio for campaigning and advocacy is a growing phenomenon. In this chapter you will find out how anyone with a plan, an idea, some basic equipment and a little background knowledge can create and distribute engaging and good quality audio. This section will enable you to create audio content that is powerful and relevant, and to distribute it to audiences using radio, CDs, public spaces and the internet.
Audio tools
Submitted by adam on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 23:27.We've included downloads and guides for the following tools to help you create your audio.
Audio
You have a computer and a microphone? Why not tell the world about your campaign, in your own voice? Or with the voices of those who you represent? After all the human voice is one of the most powerful and intimate way to engage with other human beings.
Audio has evolved online. More and more people are downloading audio podcasts to their MP3 players and laptops. You can now bring a multitude of voices to those who are willing to hear, to help. With the internet they can also talk to each other, making a difference at very little cost.
Podcasting with WordPress
Wordpress is great for distributing podcasts and video. Learn how to set up a hosted Wordpress blog, install Wordpress on a server and upload and publish your audio file to create a podcast.
Songbird
Submitted by allan on Thu, 02/28/2008 - 15:19.
Songbird will help you manage your music files and subscribe to podcasts. Its' functionality is similar to iTunes so you can create playlists. Songbird is the only media player which works with the Firefox web
browser so you can use it to surf the web and find audio files to download.
- Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later
- Songbird has been tested on Fedora Core and Ubuntu Dapper
Video Lan Client
Submitted by allan on Thu, 02/28/2008 - 14:54.
VLC is a audio/video player that will read almost any format you throw at it, including DVDs and VCDs. It can be used to rip CDs and DVDs, encode video and connect to audio and video streams, and that's just the half of it.
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Mac OSX or newer
- Installers are available for most Linux distributions and well as for numerous other operating systems
Audacity
Submitted by allan on Sat, 02/23/2008 - 15:45.
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder. Audacity allows you to open audio files from a digital recorder or import them from CDs. It allows you to cut, copy, paste and edit audio along a timeline. You can add multiple tracks and a range of effects like normalize volume levels across a selection or an entire file, fade regions of the file in or out, pan the sound from left to right and much more. If you want to get into making audio pieces for podcasting or radio Audacity is a great place to start.
- Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP or Vista
- Mac OS X 10.1 or later
- Installer packages for many common linux distributions are available from the website
Record & edit a 2 minute interview
Submitted by allan on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 07:52.Try out the skills and software you need to record a two minute interview with a minimum of equipment. This means doing an interview using just one microphone and a laptop.
You will need:
