Whenever recording more than one person speaking, or when mixing multiple audio files together, it’s important to have a consistent sound level. This way, your listeners won’t have to constantly adjust their headphones or speakers to match the sound level, you’ll have already done it! Plus, matched sound loudness just sounds so much better. Here’s a great video on how to get really precise loudness matching.
Setting up your external microphone in adobe audition
If you have an external microphone, say a USB microphone or an audio interface system you’re plugged into, you need to configure some settings before you can record audio from the mic. Here’s a quick video on how to configure your settings! Disclaimer: the video was filmed in 2014, so your adobe audition interface should (hopefully) be updated from that older version. Even though he’s using Audition from 2014, the settings are still basically the same.
Setting up your Multitrack: a quick explainer
Super quick video to give you everything you need to get started with editing in a multitrack! Multitracks are the best way to edit and mix audio.
Long-distance pod and interview recording!
Getting really good interview audio is so difficult, even when you and the other person are in the same location. Add social distancing, long distancing, and the zoom? A recipe for bad audio. Here ares some tips to get the best possible audio when doing your distant audio recording.
Fixing a Phone Call in Audition
Recording audio from a phone call is so tricky. The audio is often distorted. But thanks to technology, and this step-by-step video, you can make the phone call audio sound less bad, or, dare I say, good!
Exporting Multitracks
Multitrack mixdowns are what you will be using to comprehensively edit audio. After you’ve edited your audio perfectly, now what? Here’s how to export your multitrack so you can share it all over the internet (or turn it in for your class project)
Editing in Audacity
Adobe Audition is lovely, but Creative Cloud licenses are expensive. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to use Audacity, a free audio editing service.
What in the WORLD is a Creative Commons License?
Understanding Creative Commons licenses is essential to understand when making podcasts and audio pieces because you don’t want to get into a sticky legal situation. This video focuses on photos, but also applies to audio!
Get Rid of Echo
Echos can happen when recording in a room that doesn’t have good sound proofing or, of course, on zoom recordings. Check out this video on how to remove echo from your audio to really clean up your audio!
Don’t have an Adobe CC license? Here are some FREE softwares featured on NPR
Adobe Creative Cloud licenses are expensive, even with a student discount. But there are some really great apps and softwares out you can use for free! Click the photo for info on free softwares from NPR.