In 2014, I stopped using Macs, and in 2020, I stopped using Windows. But, this wasn’t supposed to be an article about the shortcomings of the platforms of my past. It was supposed to focus on the present, and the future. But before I get there, I really should explain how I got here…
I’ve used lin...
We are trying out these new audiograms! Click below to hear a snippet from our latest ep … https://t.co/UbEhZSIln8> pic.twitter.com/xa6qgi8XWM
— Radiolab (@Radiolab) September 14, 2015
Audiograms are cool! By combining your audio with an image (like the book cover) in a compelling way, aud...
Ocenaudio (properly pronounced: Oh • sen Aud • io) is a wonderful, free audio program that is loved by voice actors everywhere. It has evolved quite a bit over time, so I thought it would be a good idea to go over everything that you’d need to know.
First Stop: Preferences…
The settings in...
ocenaudio is a wonderful, freeware, audio editor that runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux!
It’s a very capable tool that is always adding new features. Today, we’re focusing on Punch Recording (or Punch & Roll).
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A ridiculous amount of caffeine was consumed while researching.
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No fancy script. No hacks. Just simple, straight forward, Punch & Roll recording. For free on all Macs, Windows, and Linux computers.
OcenAudio comes through with a feature that I mentioned to them back when I interviewed them in May of 2014. Isn’t it great to find a developer that really liste...
Doing proper research before recording an audiobook can be crucial to the success of the project. If you’re like me, the research happens in fits and starts. Sometimes, making notes while reviewing the text, and sometimes having moments of insight only after allowing the text to sit for a while. Hav...
Even us creative types need to remember that when all is said and done, we are running a business. And businesses live or die on information. Oodles of information, that may or may not be useful, come our way — all day, every day. Without a reliable method to parse all of that data, valuable connect...
iZotope must be feeling the heat! RX has some solid competition in the audio repair space coming from the talented coders at Acon Digital. Acon having set the price of their Resoration Suite at $99, may have been responsible for iZotope’s recent promotion of a new version of RX on sale at $99 (r...
So, you’ve recorded, edited, proofed, and finally mastered your audio. It’s ready to head off to ACX or off to a publisher. Well… you THINK it’s ready… you HOPE it’s… You get the idea.
You know that you’ve put in oodles of work getting this audiobook done, but if only there were a way to dou...
Sometimes, the best audio engineering job, like the best haircut, it the one that passes unnoticed. The result seems so well-suited and natural that you’re not quite sure if anything has been done at all. In the case of a haircut, this is often the result of asking the hairdresser to simply “take a...
Something has changed. You bought a new mic? A new pre-amp? You added some new sound treatment? Or, your set-up is the same, but the room its in is different? Any variation in your recording space means that you really should go through all of your settings again. Don’t be afraid. There is no reason...
Whether we’re trying to deal with mouth noises, a persistent rumble from a furnace, a truck driving by, or the neighbor’s snow blower, there are times that we’d all like to remove an unintended noise from an otherwise perfect take. In short form work, the best thing that can be done is re-record. Bu...
Just like my scripts that add this functionality to both TwistedWave and Audacity, it is possible to get Audition to do a basic Punch & Roll.
My script is written for Mac OSX, it should be possible to implement a similar script on Windows using a program called Auto HotKey.
1. On your M...
