SOUND EDITING FOR VIDEO PODCASTSCreating Video Podcasts 2

Oct 2011

Several Kinds of Sound• Narration

• Use Audacity to record• First record audio, cut video to match

• Voice Over• Use Premiere to record• First shoot video, record audio to match as you watch it

• Ambient sound• Set sound level in Premiere• Delete if unneeded

• Soundtrack• Use public domain music, import into Premiere• Set sound level and duration in Premiere

Soundtrack• Use only for beginning and end – don’t compete with

content• Use Public Domain or Creative Commons Commercial

Use Allowed license for music • http://ccmixter.org/• Filter kind of CC license to: Commercial allowed

• Import into Premiere• Drag into Soundtrack track• Use editing tools to set duration (left clip and drag end of clip)• Use Audio Tools>Audio Mix or yellow line to set level (have

scrubber at BEGINNING of clip)• Right-click track to add fade-in and/or fade-out

Ambient Sound • Comes attached to video track when you import

• Mute or set level using Audio Tools>Audio Mix• Have scrubber at BEGINNING of clip• Yellow line another option

• Right-click>Delete Audio also works

Voice Over• Shoot and Import video• Click Audio Tools>Add

Narration• Hit record

• Use headphone• Turn OFF speakers• Keep mute checked• Wait for 3 second countdown

*turn off speakers NOW*

Narration• Use Audacity to record

• Save as .wav or .mp3 file

• Import audio into project• Drag into Narration track• Use Audio Tools>Audio Mix

to set level• Have scrubber at

BEGINNING of clip• Yellow line another option

• Cut video to match• We’ll explore in detail in

next session – video editing• Quickly show you how to

pull in clips

More resources• Audacity download page

• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

• Using Audacity video tutorials• http://www.ext.colostate.edu/vid_tutorials/#pod

• Creating Video Podcasts page• http://www.ext.colostate.edu/vid-pod/• All graphics and audio used• All previous Connect sessions• Video Production handbook