Thoughts about Audacity...
An interesting thing (to me), while I'm editing my recordings, is that were not just creating audiobooks and improving out readings to be the best they can, but also that were learning how to see sound. And the fact that were seeing sound-waves! I think it's pretty cool. What I mean by the "learning how to see sound", is that after editing for some time, we start to know exactly what quick and pointy thing is (it's a click). Or now I know what it looks like what I say the word "hello". It just fascinates me.
That is not only in Audacity, that is also in other recording programs. And yes, I feel it is cool, too.
I don't know how "hello" looks like, though, somehow I never really said it while recording (or at least I don't remember).I've been fascinated by looking at other people's voices in my editing software, too. I'm fairly sure I could pick mine out of a line-up. And it's an interesting way to explore recordings I find particularly 'good' (LibriVox and other sources) -- I enjoy listening to the story straight through, and then 'take a look', so I can see volume, levelling, sometimes where the edits were ...
And it's an interesting way to explore recordings I find particularly 'good' (LibriVox and other sources) -- I enjoy listening to the story straight through, and then 'take a look', so I can see volume, levelling, sometimes where the edits were ...There's honestly no such thing as a stupid question -- but I'm afraid I can't rule out giving a stupid answer : : To Posterity and Beyond!
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I've noticed this, too! When I started editing DRs, I was very surprised at the look of other people's recordings, and how different they looked from mine.
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Ha! I was just talking about this to my partner as well! That's the best way I could explain it, too...seeing sound. So cool.ej400 wrote: ↑April 3rd, 2019, 11:55 am An interesting thing (to me), while I'm editing my recordings, is that were not just creating audiobooks and improving out readings to be the best they can, but also that were learning how to see sound. And the fact that were seeing sound-waves! I think it's pretty cool. What I mean by the "learning how to see sound", is that after editing for some time, we start to know exactly what quick and pointy thing is (it's a click). Or now I know what it looks like what I say the word "hello". It just fascinates me.
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