Christine Hawryluk, Week 9, Recording and editing software

Hey everyone! It's time for crunch time. Can't believe the school year is almost over. A bitter-sweet moment it is. So this is my first time using editing and recording software, but I found that Audacity was the best bet to go.

I have never used Audacity before and was feeling a bit overwhelmed, but after fooling around with it for a bit, I realized that it is not that hard to use once I am comfortable with it. After all, we are not recording some major new hit that will be on popular radio channels.

To help me understand how to use new programs, I always head first to user guides. I find I understand more and retain more information when I read something, rather than listen to YouTube clips or someone else trying to explain to me what to do.

The first source of information that assisted me in learning this new program is the Audacity manual. This manual was honestly a life saver. I could go through all the different aspects of Audacity that I needed to learn to be able to record and save my podcast so that I am able to post it when the assignment is finally due.

I honestly checked on other websites and youtube videos, but all of those other sources I found did not help me at all. This Audacity manual had everything that I needed to understand how to use Audacity.

I was playing around with audacity by recording my voice from my laptop and I found that wasn't working. I decided to record my voice on my IPhone (I also have an IPad), and I found my voice sounded a lot better--clearer and less noise in the background. After I recorded my voice, I tried to upload it on Audacity, but it would not let me, so I needed to convert my voice from my IPhone recorder into a WAV file. This website I found  converted my soundtrack very quickly.

After I converted it, I was able to import my sound into Audacity and export it and save the file onto my computer. I know someone from my group said that she needed to download a LAME mp3 converter. However, when I double clicked on my exported file, it right away started playing it ITunes, so I know it worked.

From playing around with my phone and audacity, I now feel comfortable with recording my podcast. I feel very happy with the way my voice sounds my using the Apple recording software available on my Apple devices! The hardest part is going to be fixing up my transcript to the way I want it for my recording process!
Good luck everyone!!