In this tutorial you will learn how you can use your computer to not only link to sounds on the web, but also:
You will learn how to produce a quality voice recording by using a microphone with a tape recorder or by recording directly on to your computer. (You can also listen to the difference in quality between "good recordings" and "bad recordings" and learn to avoid the problems found in the "bad recordings".) You will also learn how to transfer pre-recorded sound from a device like a walkman to your computer.
You will learn to edit your digitized sound and change the quality characteristics.
You will prepare your sound for web delivery and be able to upload it to play on a browser.
Keep in mind that we are only showing you the basic steps for accomplishing these goals, and that there are other ways to do each of these things. In particular, there are many other kinds of software designed to capture and manipulate sound. All of the software we are demonstrating is available on both Macs and PCs in the English Department Computer Room in Robinson A411. To get access to that room, contact your instructor.
This tutorial also includes assignments for poetry students and for linguistics students.
Click on the topics on the left to get started.
last update: 19 July 2002
