Audio
Songbird
Songbird will help you manage your music files and subscribe to podcasts.
Its' functionality is similar to iTunes so you can create playlists.
Songbird is the only media player which works with the Firefox web
browser so you can use it to surf the web and find audio files to
download.
- Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later
- Songbird has been tested on Fedora Core and Ubuntu Dapper
Video Lan Client
VLC is a audio/video player that will read almost any format you throw at it, including DVDs and VCDs. It can be used to rip CDs and DVDs, encode video and connect to audio and video streams, and that's just the half of it.
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Mac OSX or newer
- Installers are available for most Linux distributions and well as for numerous other operating systems
Use podcasting systems
Learn how 'podcasting' can make your voice heard across the world. Here we'll show you how to choose your podcasting system and to publicise your messages using different services.
Audacity
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder. Audacity allows you to open audio files from a digital recorder or import them from CDs. It allows you to cut, copy, paste and edit audio along a timeline. You can add multiple tracks and a range of effects like normalize volume levels across a selection or an entire file, fade regions of the file in or out, pan the sound from left to right and much more. If you want to get into making audio pieces for podcasting or radio Audacity is a great place to start.
- Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP or Vista
- Mac OS X 10.1 or later
- Installer packages for many common linux distributions are available from the website
Strategic Audio Distribution
This guide will provide practical tips on how to get your audio published on the Internet, and how to use existing distribution channels to reach audiences that will appreciate it most. Examples are also provided of nonprofits who incorporate this technology into their advocacy work.
Edit your audio file information
Tag your audio messages to make them easier to find by other people. Here we'll carefully take you through the steps necessary to attach important information to your audio files.
Copy a CD to remix it
This guide will help you try out the skills and software you need to to remix a track from a CD. The first stage to copy the audio from the CD, this is a process called 'ripping'. To do this we will use VLC. In order to edit the audio you'll need to import the ripped file into Audacity.
You will need;
Record & edit a 2 minute interview
This guide will help you try out the skills and software you need to record a two minute interview with a minimum of equipment. This means doing an interview using just one microphone and a laptop.
You will need
