Audio Basics for Media Enthusiasts
Whether you are working on a photo slideshow, video project, or other consumer media work you will find yourself having to deal with sound, music, or plain audio files. As a media enthusiast, I think that one must take very seriously the audio in any project to get the best out of it. Whether you are working on a Mac or PC you must first familiarized yourself with basic audio software, some systems comes with audio software, some can be found free on the web, other you’ll need to buy it.
If you are working on a Macintosh, iLife comes with GarageBand a great audio solution for almost any purpose. On a PC unfortunately comes with no audio software other than “Sound Recorder” which is not good at all, but there are multiple solutions. For PC’s you have Audacity 1.2.6, Studio Buddy 1.0, and more to the Pro side Adobe Audition 1.5 among others. I invite you to share your favorite audio software with everybody, leave a comment on this post, and tell us what you use.
In the Mac platform, GarageBand 3 take your audio skills to the next level with easy to use controls that lets you take control of your audio on any other application within iLife 06. The solid integration with iPhoto lets you create breathtaking photo slideshows with almost any type of music. If you are importing music from iTunes, careful with copyrights, remember that it should be use only for your personal amusement. While in the PC platform is hard to find any similar integration, almost every photo slideshow creator lets you add your own music, as long as it doesn’t has any DRM, check out Picasa from Google.
Back in the Mac platform, iMovie add some interesting features like extracting audio from a video clip, sending your whole project to GarageBand, and two audio tracks to add effects, music, or anything that comes to your mind. In the PC platform, this type of feature can only be fund in software like Adobe Premier Elements, now this one I whish it was available on the Mac, the picture in picture feature drive me crazy, even thought you can do that with QuickTime.
Whether you are on a Mac or PC, your creativity can always be challenge with great software, audio management covers many fields on a media enthusiast life. You can do Podcasting, sound effects creation, movie scoring, record interviews or conversations, etc. The most important thing is to know what the final output is so that you don’t waste your time working on a file that may not be suitable for your project.
I will create a forum discussion thread for all your audio questions, visit www.lumencreativegroup.com/forum for all the questions you may have. Digg this post, add it to your delicious account, become a forum member, and participate in great discussions. You can also reach me at lumencreativegroup@gmail.com. Thanks.
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