What were doing

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What were doing

• Aims
• To develop a recording, taking account of
  audience and purpose.
• Objectives
• In this lesson you will capture the speech for
  your recording.
• You will assemble the various takes, and add
  sound effects and music to produce the first
  version of your advertisement.

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Effects Processing

• Audacity can be used to change the sound of
  things we have recorded. E.g.

Input
Process
Output
Higher or deeper voice
Change pitch
Recorded voice
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Effects Processing
Input
Process
Output
Original selection, with added echo
Selected part of recording

• Echo

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Effects Processing
Input
Process
Output
Selected area is louder or quieter
Selected part of recording

• Amplify

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Activity 1 (5 mins)

• Load guitar.wav into Audacity using
  ProjectgtImport Audio menu item
• Load car ad.wav into Audacity using
  ProjectgtImport Audio menu item
• Use the amplify effect to make the speech
  clearly audible over the music

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Voiceovers

• A spoken part, which is added to other sounds to
  make a finished recording is called a
  voiceover.
• They are often created by actors or celebrities
• See some examples of how people make a living out
  of creating voiceovers at
• http//www.voiceovers.co.uk/

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Takes

• Recording a perfect voice over first time is very
  hard, if not impossible.
• Most of the time, you will need to have several
  attempts at getting it right
• Each attempt is called a take.
• The best bits from several takes can be edited
  together to come up with the best recording
• You did this in the first lesson when you removed
  the mistakes from the given recording.

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Activity 2

• Working from your script, record the
  narration/dialogue into Audacity.
• Record as many takes as you need, and edit the
  takes together to produce a final result.
• Add music and sound effects by loading into
  Audacity using the ProjectgtImport Audio option.
• Move audio using the Align Tracksgt With cursor
  option under the Project menu.