Producing Amazing Audio Content In-House
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Producing Amazing Audio Content In-House
- 1. Producing Amazing Audio Content In-House Title – Heather Marie Wells Heather Marie Wells Education Technology Coordinator Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Bentonville, AR http://crystalbridges.org
- 2. Heather Marie Wells Heather Marie Wells is the education technology coordinator at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR, where she started in November of 2010. Before joining the staff at Crystal Bridges she was the collections assistant and technology coordinator at Shiloh Museum of Ozark History where she started many technology initiatives such as podcasting, iTunes U, the museum's Twitter feed, Facebook Bio – Heather Marie Wells page, and teen website, The Shiloh Loft, as well as developing the museum’s first publically curated exhibit. Before that she served as a collections assistant and an education assistant at the University of Arkansas Museum. Heather Marie’s projects have earned awards from the Arkansas Museum Association (AMA) as well as a MUSE award from the Media & Technology Committee. She was also named as the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) Emerging Professional of the Year for 2008. She has presented numerous times at AMA, SEMC, and AAM meetings and written tech articles for the Historic House Museum Affinity Group newsletter and the American Public Gardens Association magazine. She is serving her first term on the Arkansas Museum Associations’ board. Heather Marie earned her MA in anthropology from the University of Arkansas.
- 3. PRODUCING AMAZING AUDIO CONTENT IN-HOUSE Heather Marie Wells October 24, 2011
- 4. Poll: What are you thinking of using audio for? Tours Podcasting Streaming On demand in galleries Presentations Other
- 5. Poll: What goals are you trying to achieve with audio? Alternative learning method Means of delivering supplemental information Reaching a global audience Accessibility outside of business hours Other
- 6. The Steps to Creating Audio Pre Production Production Post Production
- 7. Poll: Which step do you need the most help with? Pre Production Production Post Production
- 9. Pre Production - Make a Plan Write what your goals are How do you think you want to publish your audio? What tone do you want to have - formal or informal? How to pick voices Where to record Getting equipment
- 10. Content Concerns: Think Before You Record Release forms Language Subject matter Copyright
- 11. Copyright - Theirs Types of material Performance rights organizations ASCAP license BMI license SESAC license Royalty free music (podsafe music) Sound effects
- 12. Copyright - Yours Terms of Use Creative Commons Control vs. Accessibility
- 13. Making Recording Fun - Selecting Voices Listen to the voices around you What sounds pleasant to you Tone, timber, gender, age (of the voice not the talent) Match content to voice style Balance of knowledge and quality
- 14. Making Recording Fun - Quiet place Location Small or large Comfortable furniture - stands, floor mats, chairs No phones - cell phones should be in airplane mode Hang up signs asking for quiet Plenty of power outlets Convenient facilities Good, but quiet ventilation Available for multiple sessions
- 15. Production
- 16. Production Record directly on a computer Audacity Garageband Portable digital recorder
- 17. Digital Recorders You get what you pay Don’t look at anything less than $100.00 Really nice ones start in the range of $400 - $600 Pro recorders start at $1000 and go up
- 18. Considerations Battery life & type Physical size Inputs Audio quality Memory type Recording format Accessories
- 21. Microphones Type of plug Condenser Phantom power Direction
- 22. Misc. Equipment Cables Adapters Headphones Shock mounts Windscreens Mixers Sound booth Accessories
- 23. Sound Booth
- 24. Making Recording Fun - Talent Set expectations, explain the process, talk about who the audience is Have water available Don’t schedule marathon sessions Allow time for breaks and questions Be patient If they ask for another take, let them Be supportive, but constructive If a mistake is made restart at a logical place
- 25. Making Recording Fun - Mic Test “Check one, two. Check one, two.” “Pop goes the weasel ticky-tock, ticky-tock while Suzie sells seashells by the seashore.” “A steel seal searches childish snakes for chewy chocolates.” “Boldly balancing pickles on punks in poodleskirts.”
- 26. Post Production
- 27. Learn from my Beginner Mistakes Make a backup of your raw audio and make edits to another copy Save and save often Save multiple versions Do not delete any related files until you have published your audio
- 28. Where to Edit Quiet place Hang up signs Comfortable furniture Plenty of power outlets Controllable light source Good ventilation
- 29. As An Editor Give yourself breaks Have water Big monitors / dual monitors Pad the schedule - it always takes longer than you think Ergonomic work station Like writing - do multiple rough cuts and walk away for a bit
- 30. Audacity
- 31. Easy as Editing a Word Document Select audio the same way you select text Same keyboard short cuts Use of the delete key To copy - Control c To cut - Control x To Paste - Control v Or there’s always the edit menu
- 32. Effect Options
- 33. Common Editing Effects Amplify Fade Noise Removal Normalization
- 34. Amplify
- 35. Fade
- 36. Noise Removal
- 37. Normalize
- 38. Q&A
- 39. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING! Heather Marie Wells Education Technology Coordinator HeatherMarie.Wells@CrystalBridges.org Twitter: hmwells http://sites.google.com/site/hmbwells Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Bentonville, Arkansas Opening 11-11-11