Video: Audacity Tutorial - how to set up Audacity for MP3 exporting

The blog post TWO days in the making... LOL...

So first off I'm Some AUDIO Guy. I'd just like everyone to keep that in mind when you watch this. I really have no business editing video.

That being said, I've gotten a lot of questions from clients about how to setup recording software, and I tend to recommend Audacity. It's really easy to use, plays exactly the same way between Mac and PC (I don't know of many that do that), and the price is right (free).

The only down side is it can be a little tricky to set up, but once it is, I think the software is solid.

This video is a step by step, from beginning to end, tutorial that covers everything from downloading the software to setting up MP3 exporting, all with a focus on what us VO people need to accomplish. If you're interested in setting up some software to keep yourself in shape, or to start recording auditions, I think this will help.

I'm including two different versions a high and low quality. The low obviously loads faster, but the high quality version is downloadable HERE.

Revver (Low Quality):


DivShare (Download High Quality version):


As always, I'd love to hear feedback, and suggestions for future tutorials.

For those looking for something a little more advanced, you can check out this previous vid I made of cleaning audio in Audactiy.

Thanks for watching!

***EDIT***

Ok having looked at the DivShare streaming version, it's only marginally better than the Revver version (really just sounds better), but I promise if you go to the DivShare page here, and download the original, you can actually read all of the text on my screen.

Sorry folks, I'm still figuring all this screen capture stuff out.

heh-heh...
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David Anthony Pizzuto goes crazy during Game Zombie Interview

Crazy in a good way!
David is asked to give them some voices, and boy does he deliver!
It's been my pleasure to work with Dave in the past, and the man plays evil well ... maybe a little tooo well... hmmm...

Seriously though, Dave is a great voice actor, and has recently become a driving force in getting actors better compensation for their work in videogames.

GameZombie.tv presents a conversation with the David Anthony Pizzuto, a major voice actor who's performed in Pride and Glory, Blazing Angels 2, SWAT 4, Steel Horizon, 50 Cent: Bulletproof; Credits: Producer: Spencer Striker, VJ: Jessica Frasher, Editor: Gabe Goldstein

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Ripping DVD Audio to MP3! The fun and easy way!

Hey all!
I've gotten this question a couple times now, and thought I'd record a quick tutorial on it.

There are some ad agencies that are really good at giving voice over clients a copy of the commercials they record. In this digital age, the copy usually comes in the form of a DVD. However, when the actor wants to put together a demo, it can be difficult to pull the audio off of a DVD to mix into a demo (usually an mp3 in this day).

Before I would either run a line in and record in real time, or there were always really tricky methods of converting DVD's to AVI's, and midway through the process you could grab a rendered WAV file. More recently, I've been importing DVDs into Vegas, and then saving the file from there. Vegas, however, can cost almost $600.

I just caught a tip on Lifehacker with a much easier (and FREE) piece of software to get this job done!



Here's Lifehacker's link.

Here's a link to another program that will pull audio off of other video files (avi, wmv, divx, mov, etc).

So please pardon the fact that I was a little congested when I recorded this, and as a fun bonus, see if you can find the moments where my wireless mouse was wigging out on me!

Don't Worry! We'll be fine without the writers.

No really! The producers have it covered!

Beginner Audacity Tutorial, WITH VIDEO!

Yes, an exclamation point in the title!

So, I've put together a little video with some basic tips to improving the sound of home recordings using Audacity.

And here it is:


Basically, we just want to clean up the sound of an audition. As an example, here's a sample of the audio used before cleaning:



And after:



Also, since the streaming vid is a little hard to see whats going on (even when you expand to full screen), I do have a high quality version hosted on divshare, but it's big (180MB) and DivShare is moving DOGSLOW right now.

AUDACITY TUTORIAL HIGH-ISH QUALITY

If anyone has any advice on better file hosting (for CHEAP), please let me know!

GameZombie.TV Interviews David Sobolov

First off, it's Game Zombie. That's just cool since I'm a sucker for zombie flicks.

***[Ed. note, Game Zombie has NOTHING to do with the Zombie movies linked to above. Audio Guy's just a big ole nerd.]***

Secondly it's David Sobolov. A pretty cool guy, I've had the pleasure of meeting, and is pretty much video game VO elite. If you've played anything in the last 9 years, you've probably heard this guy's voice.

Thirdly it's on Revver, so you ... uh ... can watch it...