Audacity: Effects + Soundscapes

• Design
• Arts
• 6-8 Grade

Introduction

To complete this lesson, you’ll watch a film that explains biomimicry and gives you some examples of how designers and engineers have used biomimicry to solve problems. You’ll also learn why learning from nature is an important skills to have.

1) Download Audacity 3.1

https://tinyurl.com/Audacitynow

(as many as you want)

2)

> in browser, go to LessonUp.app

> select "English" as language
> enter the code below

3. Where are your
favorite stories set?

MODA virtual studio

Audacity 3.1 Feeling

EFFECTive!

Our Big Goal

Put together projects that can showcase the ideas/people/places/things

 we love AND our audio editing skills!

Today we will

To

• Learn about each other +

  our goals

•  Explore Filmora X: tutorial +  

   ask questions

• Do the work: edit +

  share back

Today's Schedule?

Intros + agreements

Examples: Listen, describe

DEMO:  Soundbible + Audacity

YOU: gather sounds,  record + edit

Share-back

Wrap-up

Ways to Engage

Zoom - video on

            - raise hand / react

            - chat window

            - unmute self to speak

Z

LessonUp - digest info

                   - respond to questions

IRL/Filmora - take notes

                      - EXPLORE/TRY + share back

What is MODA?

We are the Museum of Design Atlanta

and we celebrate 

all things DESIGN!

ABOUT ME

Ms. Michelle (she/they):

  • visual arts & digital media teaching artist since 2001

  • from Chicago, living in Atlanta since 2017

  • believe in each person's power for self-awareness + creativity

  • usually ready for a joke or pun ;D

How about you?
What are your goals for audio editing?

Audio game:

sound =

setting?

BRAINSTORM:

It was a typical day at/in/on...

• 1 Mars
• 2 middle / home school
• 3 Land of Oo
• 4 WWII France

• 5

(AMBIENT)

...when SUDDENLY!

•  an alien chicken attacked

•  a frog ding-donged the door

•  my 15-lb cat knocked something off the shelf

• D we ran out of baguettes

(SPOT effects)

 

IMPORT media into Audacity

EFFECTS to clean up Audio

TRIM / remove mistakes

Add backup AUDIO + set all volumes

SEQUENCE clips in timeline

After making sure MEDIA is on the computer, what is a logical ORDER of first editing steps?

1           2           3           4          5       

Typical Editing Steps

1. Put media on computer*                                                 9. Add titles or elements

2. Import media                                                                    10. Add video effects + transitions

3. Create timeline + add video clips                               11. Set audio volumes
4. Sync B-roll or external audio                                       12. Add audio effects

5. Scan + trim out unneeded parts                                13. Color grade/correct
6. Rearrange to match story/feel                                   14. Export* + review

7. Add audio / music                                                           15. Final changes + export to share
8. Review + Refine

Typical Editing Steps

1. Put media on computer*                                                 9. Add titles or elements

2. Import media                                                                    10. Add video effects + transitions

3. Create timeline + add video clips                               11. Set audio volumes
4. Sync B-roll or external audio                                       12. Add audio effects

5. Scan + trim out unneeded parts                                13. Color grade/correct
6. Rearrange to match story/feel                                   14. Export* + review

7. Add audio / music                                                           15. Final changes + export to share
8. Review + Refine

*to do today           *Optional

What is Audacity?

+ free audio editing software for Windows + Mac

+ ideal for beginners

+ many tools, options and effects available!

- UI not as "sleek" as other DAWs

- not available on mobile

LET'S TAKE A TOUR!

• what is familiar?

• hover cursor over buttons to learn more

• view is customizable 

What we'll

consider

with

Audio

• Purpose

• Setup

• What we can add to help feel/story

• Sound quality & how to improve and/or change it

 

DEMO time!

1. Record yourself

- make your environment as quiet as possible

- find + do not block your microphone

- leave 2-3 seconds blank at beginning!

- speak clearly and slowly  (what would a robot say?)

- do 3 takes in a row!

2. Normalize + Noise-reduce

- Normalize to amplify + even out levels

- Noise reduce to take out the air

- Let's review how!

3. TRIM + MOVE

- trim out unneeded silence and worst takes

- learn ways to clip, trim, delete, extend, etc.

- move clip to beginning

5. Find audio online

- sites like https://soundbible.com  have free-sound-effects

- BUT beware the ads!

- will probably be in your Downloads folder after you click

6. MUSIC / AUDIO

- Import, drag and drop

- test to find music (section) with the right feel

- normalize & mix volumes

example: from not so way back

Now that we've looked at the layout + some tools of

Audacity, you will now

record+edit your own audio.

cuckoo.team

How will you know that your project is progressing ok?

- Clips are trimmed down to best parts

- waveforms do not go past top of frame

example: from right now (share!)

Do you have any
questions, wonderings
or suggestions?

Now let's wrap up...

We did it!

Did you enjoy this lesson?

😒🙁😐🙂😃

Thanks for

your hard work!

See you next week!

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