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THE COPYRIGHT OF RECORDINGS
& ENSURE YOU HAVE THE CORRECT LICENCE, etc |
If
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Audacity is a free audio editor.
You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings. It also has a built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Bass Boost, Wahwah, and Noise Removal, and it also supports VST plug-in effects.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ |
Audacity Tutorials
www.tsof.edu.au/resources/sound/Support/tutorials.asp
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/tutorials
http://www.agnula.org/documentation/dp_tutorials/audacity/
http://www.transom.org/tools/index.php |
Audio grabber -
copies the digital audio from cd's. -not through the soundcard-
which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals
AudioGrabber and also another program - Audio Grabber |
AudioCatalyst 2.1 costs $29.95 - takes CDs to MP3s
XingMP3 Encoder costs $19.95 - converts WAVs into MPEG Layer 3 files
both from http://www.xingtech.com/
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ACOUSTICA -
MP3 to WAV converter, MP3 Mixer, CD Ripper, Burner & Label Maker software! |
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| BBC - Free Online Courses from the BBC including several on sound editing.............. http://www.bbctraining.com/onlineCourses.asp |
Information
about Background music for AVs can be read on the PTE Forum at
http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=299&hl=copyright+free+music&#entry2041
and also
http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=782&s=78e863560957481a97e8d1f7685ff96a |
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To convert to mp3 files - MP3
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Cool Edit software has just been bought by Adobe. (May 2003)
Cool Edit Pro is now Adobe Audition ( August 2003)
see ....http://www.adobe.com/special/products/audition/syntrillium.html for all
latest news
You can purchase Adobe Audition for $299 or
i If
you own Cool Edit 2000 or Cool Edit Pro 1.x, you can purchase an upgrade to Adobe
Audition for just $99.
Cool Edit Digital Audio
Editing with tutorials to download
new
support from Adobe
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COOLEDIT
below are some links to sites which offer help & tutorials....
help with cooledit
(Music Forum at www.radiomute.com)
DVDRhelp.com
Forum
Basic
Recording Tutorial .....
Audio
Tutorials ......ModRec.com
Cool
Edit Tutorials,
theage.com.au
tutorials
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dBpowerAMP -
A Swiss army knife of Audio, dMC is able to:
Rip digitally sound from Audio CDs and store in a multitude of formats, dMC is the Fastest CD Ripper and now AccurateRip Compatible, Convert from one format to another, just about every audio type is supported: mp3, mp4, Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Monkeys Audio, FLAC and many others [Codec downloads], whilst preserving ID Tags, Volume Normalize audio files, Windows Explorer Integration - right click Convert To & popup useful information on audio files (such as bitrate, length).
ID tag editing [Power Pack Option], Record from LPs or anything [optional Auxiliary Input install],
Fully compatible with Windows 95/98/ME NT4/2000, Windows XP and Linux (using Wine).
100% Free, No nags, popups, hidden spyware or bundleware. |
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Music
Information Resources on the World Wide Web |
FREE music tracks and loops - Rob Kirkwood's
Looking for some background music for your AV ? Check out Rob Kirkwood's site at http://www.visibleform.co.uk/freemusic.html - don't forget to read Rob's Royalty-Free Use Licence
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MP3 Workshop
MP3 Workshop - freeware MP3 ripper/ encoder / decoder + more ......( download 855 Kb) |
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| NEO Sounds - http://www.neosounds.com - Royalty Free Music tracks, Production Music cuts, Music Loops, Sound Effects, Imaging Elements for Radio, Video, TV and Film production. Pro quality. Fresh content. Instant download. |
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A guide to recording Stories
http://www.transom.org/tools/basics/200501.shoutout.web.pdf |
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Companies in the UK which supply "Royalty Free" Music include:
2b Royalty Free Music
Broadcast quality, copyright-free soundtracks for audio/visual productions. Email Website
AKM Music
PO Box 2213, Coventry, CV5 6XL Email Website.
AVP Copyright Free Music Library
The Studio, 239 Worcester Road, Malvern Link, Worcs WR14 1SY (01684 576423)
Clever Cloggs
Woodlands, 9 Mottins Hill, Crowborough, E. Sussex TN6 3SE (01892 663840)
Mad Hat Music
In Town,Off Lichfield Street,Walsall,West Midlands, WS1 1SQ.(01922 616244) Email Website
NVM Music Services
P.O.Box1, Bentham, Lancaster LA2 7GA Email Website
Trackline Music Services
68 Alton Street, Crewe, Cheshire SW2 7QB (01270 665750). The company's representatives are frequently guest speakers at clubs.
YoPo Music
(You Only Pay Once) Sounds Visual Ltd, PO Box 726, Devizes SN10 1TW UK (01380 726831) Website.
There are a growing number of companies providing music via the Internet, usually in MP3 format. These are listed in our web Links pages. |
Locating Royalty free music
If you do a search on a search engine for Royalty free music you will find lots of sites
http://www.gregmaroney.com/
e.g. http://www.royaltyfree.com/
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/
http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/
http://www.musicbakery.com/
http://www.freshmusic.com/
http://www.soundrangers.com/
http://www.media-tracks.com/
http://www.music2hues.com/
http://www.sounddogs.com/start.asp
http://shockwave-sound.com/
http://www.wickedwavs.com/
http://www.q-music.co.uk/to name but a few.............................................. |
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| Sound Effects Libraries |
| Sounddogs |
| Free sound effects |
| Better Soundtracks by Howard Gibbs |
| Soundtracks - Site devoted to Film Soundtracks |
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Sound Effects - free effects and a big range try below.
http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/noflash.htm
or you could try
http://www.sounddogs.com/start.asp
http://www.digitalstockresources.com/htm/homeset1.htm |
A1 Free Sound Effects
www.stonewashed.net |
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To copy right track into left, using Cool Edit
1) Load track into the wave editor mode
2) Edit - edit entire wave - edit-copy
3) Open left track by itself (Click on narrow area between the blue line and the top of the work space. Should be a small arrow and a letter "L")
4) Set curser to start of the "time line"
4) Edit-copy
5) Open up right channel (Click on general black work space for right channel)
- Thanks to Howard Warren Swindon AV Group |
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