Audacious Audacity

When I think about Audacity I automatically think....

"How DARE you have the AUDACITY to speak to me like that!"

Anyway, I think I would like to take this moment to say that to my podcast.

" How DARE you have the AUDACITY to be so freaking difficult!?"

My podcast at first was so much fun. Looking for cool sound effects, interviewing my friend, hearing how funny my voice sounds on the computer. Yes, it was all fun and games before the dreaded editing.

Even a second of sound can make a difference I have realized. One second of awkward pause or cut off words can really break the flow of the podcast. Going back in and editing and re-editing little bits of sound was a major pain.I interviewed my friend on the phone so listening to all the scratchy sounds and distortions in voice was definitely not ideal. I aimed for crystal clear sound and I wanted to blow everyone out of the water only to find out that I have zero equipment and skill for that.

On a lighter note, I would have to say the rewards for learning how to use Audacity are as plentiful as the headaches. Using Audacity, I can mix music for let's say a dance performance or if I wanted to record a song I could do that. I don't think I will make a podcast ever again, to be honest, unless I hire an editor to do all the dirty work for me. But, I can use this program for other purposes and it makes me feel really technologically advanced.

As for audio tied in with text, I feel like the text is like a story-board and the audio works to embellish and bring it to life. The text provides a clear, linear point of view. This is me, this is my podcast, this is what we're going to talk about. The audio on the other hand, fleshes out the script. It makes it believable and brings out the speaker's personality. I guess it would kind of represent left brain and right brain. The text is the left brain whereas the audio is the right brain.