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Welcome to Working with Sound: Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing an asycrinious workshop that will help you gain or improve your skills by discussing the basics of sound, sound recording, and sound editing using Audacity. You will also be introduced to adding and editing sound in iMovie, a video editing application since many of you likely want to be creating videos with better sound and not just audio projects like podcasts.
 
Speaking for myself, I am able to more easily sit through a film with bad cinematography than I am able to sit through a film with bad sound. I find the former disappointing, perhaps boring, and sometimes frustrating, but the latter I’m prone to also find jarring and aggravating, even if it's only on a subconscious level.

The intent is to to give you an understanding of the range of possibilities on how to produce the best quality sound you can creating in a variety of conditions, from being at home due to is sound dedicated space.  

So let's start with a really important question. What is sound?

  Sound is a form of energy caused by vibrations and travels in waves.  

Contents of this path:

  1. Thinking About Sound
  2. How Microphones Work