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D2L Talk: PowerPoints

I need to have a moment about PowerPoint, y’all. When done well or creatively (as Rich Whitney recently shared with us), PowerPoint presentations can be a thing of beauty. When poorly organized or over-stuffed with content, they can be dangerous. But, as a ubiquitous medium, we’re all going to use …

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SITE: Don’t Fear the Reaper.fm

Last week, I had mentioned my easily portable and relatively inexpensive recording rig—condenser microphone and stand, USB interface and headphones.  Today, we’re going to look into the actual audio software I use for all my projects: Reaper.  Once again, there are countless ways to record audio, with no single “right” …

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D2L Talk: Audio Player

Now that I’ve become a podcast fan (late to the game, I know), I find myself seeing ways that audio clips can be used in teaching much more often. They’re a nice lo-fi way to bring some life to your course, and sometimes, we just need to communicate with speech. …

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SITE: Field Recording

For the past 15 years, I’ve been recording my own work, and occasionally the work of others. I’ve worked with, and gone through at least a dozen different portable recorders, all of which still work, and for the most part, I still use. From song sketches to presentations to rehearsals …

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SITE: Bandcamp!

Hi All, SITE is announcing the existence of our fine new audio archive on bandcamp, which can be found here http://site.bandcamp.com I’ve been using bandcamp for the past few years, and have found it to be an incredible tool for cataloging, sharing and archiving audio.  Don’t let the word “band” …

Sansa Clips

By Reid Miller Having trouble with the iPod Shuffle? Or, are you already trying to figure out how you’ll replace your Shuffle if Apple is indeed “killing” it? One alternative to Apple’s mini-mp3 player is the SanDisk Sansa Clip Zip audio player. The latest product from SanDisk is easy to …

iMovie: Audio Separation

by Joe Miller This tutorial explains how to separate audio from video taken from a camcorder (such as a Flip Video Camera) using iMovie. By doing this, you can then have a separate audio file that can play as an mp3 in iTunes and help with dictation of interviews, speeches, …