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The Audacity of it all!

April 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Wow, I don’t know if I’m just on a roll or what, but working with Audacity was yet another pleasantly straightforward experience! I have to admit that I was slightly worried by the amount of written instructions on the E-Toolkit page, but apparently it was all for nothing.  The Audacity and accompanying LAME software was quite fast and easy to download and install, (however I think that a younger student may need a bit of guidance for which is the appropriate download for their system).  Within a few short minutes of installation I was ready to record my first audio clip.  My first recording was quite hard to hear, with a lot of background noise, but after some tinkering with the microphone, I managed to record a decent clip.  I then was able to easily export my file in MP3 format, so it is readily available to for uploading.  I think I’m getting the hang of this technology thing.  Check out my short audio clip here: TestClip

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  • John Egan // Apr 9th 2010 at 3:11 pm

    I’m glad it went well for you! Sometimes getting LAME installed properly is a stumbling block.

    My partner is studying Cantonese and uses Audacity to facilitate his learning. He records a dialogue, creates multiple loops of key phrases, and then practices repeating them again and again. Much easier than constantly rewinding and replaying.

    Are you gonna be podcasting soon? 😉

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