Audio Links and Resources
Additional reading, related software, training and more.
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Additional Reading
- NY Times Product Recorder Reviews
- Digitial Voice Recorders Information
- Joe Weiss Blog
- Review of Soundslides by Andrew DeVigal
Devigal is the current multimedia editor for the New York Times.
- Sample Audio Files for Tutorial
- Garageband Support Page
- Apple's Podcasting Tips Page
- Wordpress and Podcasting
- Podcasting Help
- B&H Digital Audio Recorder Buying Guide
- Mindy McAdams Audio Discussion
- Mediastorm on Audio Gathering
- Audio Gear for Rich Media
- Field Recording Techniques
- Five great places to find free (or cheap) music for your films
- Great resource for finding music tracks.
- Where to find free sound effects and royalty free music
- A compilation of resources by 10,000 Words.
- Best Sites to Get Music for Your Videos
- About.com lists several sites that are good for finding music for videos.
- New Media Toolkit on More Recorders
- The Renaissance Journalism Center offers more recording and editing tips, as well.
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Other Tutorials
- Audacity Wiki Tutorials
- Telling a Story With Sounds
by Elise Malmberg
- Garageband Video Tutorial
- KDMC's Final Cut Pro Tutorial
- This tutorial is a perfect place for journalists to begin editing with Final Cut Pro.
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Companies and Organizations
- Minidisc Community Portal
- Official Soundslides Site
Developed by journalist Joe Weiss
- FindSounds
- Free sounds and sound effects.
- Opsound
- Creative commons license music available for download and remixing.
- RoyaltyFreeMusic
- A resource for finding royalty-free licensed music (often for a small fee).
- Internet Archive (for sounds)
- Internet Archive's database for sounds and music.
- Creative Commons Music Resource
- Creative Commons maintains a big repository for sources of CC-licensed audio for videos.
- Imcompetech Royalty-Free Music
- Maintains a repository for royalty free music.
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Recommended Software
- Soundslides Embedding Utility with tutorials
- Audacity Download Page
- LAME mp3 Encoder
