CREATING A WEB PAGE: PART THREE Capturing A Sound Clip
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| 1. With the camera connected to the sound card of the computer, double-click the
Sound Forge icon to launch the application. 2. Click on the Special menu then Record.
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 3. Click in the white box to get a check mark for Monitor. (To adjust the input level of the audio, double click on the horn/volume icon located in the lower right-hand corner of the desktop, near the clock.) Click on options; then properties. Use the mouse to put a dot in the recording box. Click OK. Use the microphone and volume control faders to adjust the input levels. Peaks in the red are bad. Yellow and green are OK. It’s hard to make the levels perfect, so don’t worry if you have a little clipping. Sometimes it is nearly impossible to get the levels set right! When you have decided what you want for your sound clip, click the red button to begin recording. At the end of the selection click the same button (it has turned into a black square). Close the Record sound window.
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4. Once you have recorded your sound clip, a dialogue box will appear with a graphic representation or your sound clip. You edit the sound clip by highlighting sections of the clip and deleting.
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| 5. You will see an image of the sound clip that's ready for editing. The spacebar plays and stops it. Select any parts you want to delete. When you have a satisfactory clip, click on File, then Save As. Name your sound clip. Save as Type appears. Save twice; once as Wave (*wav) and Save As again as RealAudio (*ra). When saving the RealAudio file, make sure that the "Create RealAudio 3.0" and the "Save audio stream" boxes are checked. | |
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History? | Lesson Plans | Radio
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