Audio Editing with Myna:A free audio editor

Will deBockFounder, Innovations Lab

Premises:1)There are lots of way to edit audio

2)Myna has limitations but is a good tool to haveAu

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Aviary.com is a suite of web-based tools.

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http://www.aviary.com

Process for this sessionA

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1.Show you the end product2.Make it for you live3.Discuss how it could fit into the classroom4.Time-shift the instruction for future reference5.Let you try it for yourself

Here is the end productA

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http://innovationslab.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/live-on-tuesday-myna-a-free-audio-editor/

Take 3 minutes and listen to the recording!

Three stages of media creation

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1.Production How you make it

a) InputYour microphoneOther existing assets

b) Editing and Mixing.

2. StorageWhere it lives

3. DeliveryHow do you get it to your audience

Here is the interface

Tracks

RecordLibrary ofAssets

Mode

Production:Let the chaos begin

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Production can be pain-staking, but it isn’t thehardest part, conceptually.

Feedback is immediate. Hit the play button andsee where you are.

Production seems hard because we combinelearning the technology with making a perfectend product. Ease up! Tinker before makingyour masterpiece!

Storage

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The end product of your work in Myna can live:

1) On the Myna servers

2) Or, you can download and reuse the .MP3

Delivery

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1) Embed codes for Myna don’t work in KU*ACEannouncements

2) But the MP3 you can download is flexible- email it- doc share it- use box.net or drop.io to deliver it in classroom

Ideas

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1) Use Myna to create a nifty intros and background music, and re-use them. Use Audacity (a free desktop audio editor) to do the bulk of the narration.

2) Don’t get tied to one tool! Truly technology-empowered teachers are PRAGMATISTS

- make a track in Myna and use it in Animoto- …