Overcoming Audio Editing Fears

Building my Audacity Friendship

For the audio assignment Create a DS106 Radio Bumper (1.5 stars) I used Audacity to upload, mix, and edit several recorded clips. To begin this assignment, I asked two of my roommates to allow me to record them saying “DS106″. On Audacity I recorded myself saying “You’re listening to…” and “DS106 radio” while also pulling a clip of the theme from The Wire, Season 2 called “Way Down in the Hole”. Using the YouTube tutorial posted below, I played with each sound clip and added the following effects:

  • Amplify
  • High Pass Filter
  • Fade Out
  • Normalize
  • Reverb
  • Change Tempo
  • After giving each of the clips a radio sound effect, I positioned each using the slider tool so that the timing was just right. I’m very happy with the results of my DS106 radio bumper and am so excited to add it to our radio project! Take a listen…