Adobe Audition Audio Editing (and Storytelling)

In this 2.5 hour workshop, limited to 6 people, we will achieve the goal of recording a 60 second audio story in the AV lab using available equipment and software.

We will learn the following in software and hardware:

· How to set up the microphone on the digital audio interface

· Basics of navigating Adobe Audition

· Basics of level setting

· How to record a monophonic spoken word piece

· Basic editing, effects application, and exporting an audio file

We will learn the following in room setup, voiceover basics, storytelling word count and pauses, and microphone usage

· Getting your voice ready to record

· Body position and basic breathwork for recording voice

· Mic pop screen

· Learn about sibilants and how to reduce them in voiceover recording https://www.linkedin.com/advice/0/how-can-you-reduce-sibilance-your-voiceover-recording

· Learn about plosives and how to reduce them in voiceover recording https://theshowreel.com/portfolio-items/preventing-plosives/#:~:text=Whenever%20a%20plosive%20appears%20in,the%20tone%20of%20your%20delivery.

· The amount of words one can realistically record in one minute

Prerequisites: None

Come to class with:

· A printed “story” that you can tell in under 1 minute

· A piece of music (in MP3 or WAV format) to use for your recording on a thumb drive or in your lab shared network folder

At the end of class, you will have a 60 second story (or if we pair up, each pair will have one 90 second story) to share, if you want, on the lab slack channel or to whomever you want.

Host or Publisher MakeIt Labs