I really enjoyed working with Audacity. With some practice, it could definitely be a great tool to use in a variety if ways. All sorts of applications come to mind for my middle school classroom. I had been thinking of… Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed working with Audacity. With some practice, it could definitely be a great tool to use in a variety if ways. All sorts of applications come to mind for my middle school classroom. I had been thinking of… Continue Reading →
Here is my sound effect story, created using GarageBand. I had not used GarageBand before, so it took some time to orient myself to the site. Once I did, it was fairly easy to move stuff around and edit, however… Continue Reading →
The “Sound Effect Story” activity was a valuable on several fronts. One, I have always wanted to learn how to create and edit sounds, visuals, and/or sound tracks. Two, I was able to visualize a sequence that would accent the pictures on my WordPress home page, and then frame it to flow in an intentional …
I decided to tell a story of a couple making and eating dinner. I used Freesound for all of the noise clips. I even used some of the search tips I learned in other activities to improve my searches. I used 8 sound clips in total. The background music was chosen because it sounded ‘normal’ …
The Piano Tuner’s Craft I had fun with this final installment to our course, although I admit that it was […]
This was an interesting adventure. It was a (mostly) healthy debate between what was and what should be. What Was I have an mp3 recorder and I used that to create a variety of sound files. I then imported the sound files into Audacity and then started working with each file. I learned how to … Continue reading Sound Effect Story
I enjoy editing movies so I didn’t find this too difficult. I had to be careful to ensure I didn’t end up trying to make a full motion picture. I used Audacity and Soundbible to find my effects. I kept it fairly simple. If I was to do it again I would probably spend a … Continue reading Sound Effect Story
Working on this was a challenge. The language used on this platform is mostly for people who have exposure to this so there was a lot of learning and research before actually doing it. Even though I love technology and getting into the nitty gritty of that, sound and audio is much different. Until you …
For my sound effect story, I created a short clip of a baby being woken up from a nap by a telephone ringing. Being 30 weeks pregnant, I’ve got babies on my mind! I imagine this will be a situation that I will face in the near future. Or maybe not…I won’t be so careless […]