Using Zoom H4N Audio Recorder

Here's a great video on How to Use a Zoom H4n Audio Recorder.

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Podcasts Online

Well, if I'm taking a class on Audio for the Web, I better start listening to some podcasts! Here's one called Women in Technology, from NPR: http://www.npr.org/2014/03/03/285263201/to-get-more-women-in-tech-start-at-home-and-school

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Audio Editing

One of the first decisions I'll need to make for City College's BCST 135 (Audio for the Web) is this: What kind of audio editing do I want to use? The tools I've already explored are GarageBand on my Mac, and Audacity on my PC. However, here's an alternative to those two "free" solutions (GarageBand is free only because it came with the Mac!): Adobe's Audition. This has the advantage of being part of the Adobe family of products, of which I currently use the Design and Web Premium CS6. So, it's at least worth learning about. Here's a video that gives a quick demo of what Audition CS6 can do:

Adobe Audition CS6 Feature Preview: Session Templates from Todd Kopriva on Vimeo.

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Recording Equipment

The recorder recommended for beginning podcasters is the H4n Handy Recorder. Check it out: http://www.zoom.co.jp/products/h4n/features/!

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Audio for the Web

Time for another course at CCSF - this one is "Audio for the Web", taught by Dana Jae Lacbreque. Look forward to it! Here's Dana's Welcome message:

http://djlab.podbean.com/2014/02/24/bcst135_welcome/
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Central Storage

Seagate has a product they call Seagate Central, and they're marketing it as an easy solution to those of us who have media strewn all around the house. That's me! So, I'll definitely look into this. Meanwhile, here's a video with a catchy tune that tells all about it: http://youtu.be/iUyoti-82_E

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Capture Sound on Your Mac

This video shows how to capture the sound on you Mac computer, using a free download of Soundflower. The reason I watched this video was because it sounded automatically when I opened a page in MacWorld. This is VERY disconcerting - it forces one to quickly locate the mute sound button, if you don't want to wake up the household. Now I find something even more interesting. The code I copied here left no choices of dimension. Also, it is very "bloated". I wonder what all is included in its hidden recesses. SO - this is a test...

WARNING: The video shown here is NOT the one I viewed, and tried to copy! I was however able to tweak the size dimensions, but am not at all happy with this site. Not only is the video NOT the one I selected, but the link I copied (shown below the video) is NOT the link to the video, but rather to the page on which I was on when assaulted by the video. Alas, I shan't do this again.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2083402/getting-started-with-garageband.html

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