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robotech_master) wrote2006-07-27 12:57 pm
robotech_master) wrote2006-07-27 12:57 pm
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Ladies and gentlemen of the audio radiance...
One thing I mentioned in my last entry was that I had done some podcast segments. I just thought it might be interesting to talk about about the tools I used for those.
My original Castle of Cagliostro commentary track was recorded and updated using a tool called CoolEdit 96. It was a decent enough editing tool, though a bit primitive, and not open source. It was what I was used to using, though.
Finally, however, its limitations just got to be too confining, and I looked around for a replacement. I ended up with an open-source app called Audacity. Audacity is a pretty neat tool; it lets me record and mix multiple tracks, so I can do my speaky part and then put background music and audio excerpts into it. It even has a decent noise removal tool so I can get rid of my computer's case-fan noise without distorting my own voice too much.
I'm always a little hard on myself when doing these segments, because I'm so much of a perfectionist. If I flub a line on the first read-through, I always feel like I have to correct it. Fortunately, I've learned that I can just wait a few seconds, then back up a few lines and start over, then go back in and snip out the flub later on. That saves a lot of annoying tweak time right there.
One other thing I've learned is to save the project often; Audacity isn't necessarily the most stable beastie, especially if you're doing copy and paste work. If it crashes on you, you lose everything you've done since your last save point. At one point I ended up having to rerecord an entire 25-minute segment from scratch. That was not pleasant.
Tonight I expect to be putting some final touches on the voice track and then doing a lot of mixing on a segment for RDF Underground comparing the music of Mospeada and Robotech in-depth. I'm not looking forward to it, as it will probably take up the entire evening...but we have to sacrifice for our art.
I just wish I knew that people were listening. Since it hasn't really been promoted much, I have this sinking feeling that I could count all the podcast's listeners if I took both shoes off.
My original Castle of Cagliostro commentary track was recorded and updated using a tool called CoolEdit 96. It was a decent enough editing tool, though a bit primitive, and not open source. It was what I was used to using, though.
Finally, however, its limitations just got to be too confining, and I looked around for a replacement. I ended up with an open-source app called Audacity. Audacity is a pretty neat tool; it lets me record and mix multiple tracks, so I can do my speaky part and then put background music and audio excerpts into it. It even has a decent noise removal tool so I can get rid of my computer's case-fan noise without distorting my own voice too much.
I'm always a little hard on myself when doing these segments, because I'm so much of a perfectionist. If I flub a line on the first read-through, I always feel like I have to correct it. Fortunately, I've learned that I can just wait a few seconds, then back up a few lines and start over, then go back in and snip out the flub later on. That saves a lot of annoying tweak time right there.
One other thing I've learned is to save the project often; Audacity isn't necessarily the most stable beastie, especially if you're doing copy and paste work. If it crashes on you, you lose everything you've done since your last save point. At one point I ended up having to rerecord an entire 25-minute segment from scratch. That was not pleasant.
Tonight I expect to be putting some final touches on the voice track and then doing a lot of mixing on a segment for RDF Underground comparing the music of Mospeada and Robotech in-depth. I'm not looking forward to it, as it will probably take up the entire evening...but we have to sacrifice for our art.
I just wish I knew that people were listening. Since it hasn't really been promoted much, I have this sinking feeling that I could count all the podcast's listeners if I took both shoes off.
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