Making+Audio+Soundscapes

=Get Your Tools=
 * Download and install the open source audio editor Audacity http://audacity.soundforge.net/
 * Install the LAME library so you can explort audio projects as MP3

FYI More Audacity resources

 * Audacity Manual http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/
 * Tutorial from Audacity web site http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Category:Tutorial
 * More tutorials found in YouTube http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=audacity+tutorial&oq=audacity

= The Task - Make a Sound Effect Story (ds106 assignment) =
 * //Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online or create yourself.//**

Download sounds from Freesound http://www.freesound.org/ (account required)


 * OR **

Record your own sound effects, e.g. foley sound effects. What is Foley? It's making sound for audio projects using every day objects.

See the [|Audacity Tutorial for Recording]

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Use layering of sounds in Audacity to create background, ambient sounds, and use the envelop tool to manipulate the sound levels.

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More sources of open licensed audio (e.g music)

 * **ArtistServer** free downloads of independent band music []
 * **ccMixter** - remixes of cc licensed music http://www.ccmixter.org/
 * **Free Music Archive** - library of high quality copyright cleared music curated by WFMU http://freemusicarchive.org/
 * **Free Music Project** - free music of all genres http://freemusic.freeculture.org/
 * **Funky Remixes** "music found on this website is funky and free... a sweet collection of upbeat hip-hop, rap/rock, electronic and funky styled remixes."
 * **Internet Archive** http://www.archive.org/details/audio
 * **Jamendo** - more than 10,000 albums of free, cc licensed music http://www.jamendo.com/
 * **Macauley Library** - Cornell University's archive of natural sounds (video too) http://macaulaylibrary.org/
 * **Musopen** - copyright free music (and sheet music) http://www.musopen.org/
 * **Podsafe Audio** - "a location where musicians can upload music under the Creative Commons license for use in Podcasts, Mashups, Shoutcasts, Webcasts and every other kind of 'casting' that exists on the 'net." http://www.podsafeaudio.com/
 * **Opsound** - cc licensed music http://www.opsound.org/opsound.html
 * **pdsounds** environmental sound archive http://www.pdsounds.org/
 * **Public Domain Music** http://www.pdinfo.com/
 * **Purple Planet** http://www.purple-planet.com/
 * **SoundTransit** - creative commons licensed field recordings http://soundtransit.nl/search/