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Podfic audio tutorials
Apr. 18th, 2012 10:34 amHey, would any of my podfic-creating friends be interested in me making tutorials on how to improve sound quality etc?
I was thinking of taking questions from podficcers, or having people send me short samples from their drafts, then creating short video tutorials/screencasts on how to solve specific problems or create particular effects. I was planning on mostly using Audacity for the demos -- since it's free/open source, and apparently lots of people use it, seems like it would probably be a good choice, yes? I might also include some basic audio theory, maybe use other sound software to demo stuff, etc, but the idea is that I would be teaching fundamentals you could use in any software. (If screencasts prove too hard, I might do images/text instead. I don't know yet.)
Would anyone be interested in this? Are there any subjects/questions in particular you might like to know about? Would anyone be interested in sending me a short sample of something they'd like improved, or would it be better if I just worked in the abstract?
(The thing with samples is, I need something to demonstrate the techniques on, but I don't want to use stuff without people's permission, nor would it be easy for me to fake up examples of audio that wants improvement in specific ways. Like, in my own bedroom, I have a problem with high-pitched birdsong in the background of all my recordings, but I don't have, say, heavy traffic sounds. So if I wanted to advise on traffic sounds, I'd need a sample with that problem.)
(Note for background, since this is likely to be linked to people who don't know me: I'm currently studying sound engineering and doing work experience at a recording studio, so this is basically my professional field. I'm hoping that doing these tutorials will help me improve my own skills as well as offering something to the podfic community. I'm not much of a podfic listener, but I love that podfic is a thing that exists, and want to help out in some other way.)
I was thinking of taking questions from podficcers, or having people send me short samples from their drafts, then creating short video tutorials/screencasts on how to solve specific problems or create particular effects. I was planning on mostly using Audacity for the demos -- since it's free/open source, and apparently lots of people use it, seems like it would probably be a good choice, yes? I might also include some basic audio theory, maybe use other sound software to demo stuff, etc, but the idea is that I would be teaching fundamentals you could use in any software. (If screencasts prove too hard, I might do images/text instead. I don't know yet.)
Would anyone be interested in this? Are there any subjects/questions in particular you might like to know about? Would anyone be interested in sending me a short sample of something they'd like improved, or would it be better if I just worked in the abstract?
(The thing with samples is, I need something to demonstrate the techniques on, but I don't want to use stuff without people's permission, nor would it be easy for me to fake up examples of audio that wants improvement in specific ways. Like, in my own bedroom, I have a problem with high-pitched birdsong in the background of all my recordings, but I don't have, say, heavy traffic sounds. So if I wanted to advise on traffic sounds, I'd need a sample with that problem.)
(Note for background, since this is likely to be linked to people who don't know me: I'm currently studying sound engineering and doing work experience at a recording studio, so this is basically my professional field. I'm hoping that doing these tutorials will help me improve my own skills as well as offering something to the podfic community. I'm not much of a podfic listener, but I love that podfic is a thing that exists, and want to help out in some other way.)
