--- Forwarded Message from Damion Renner <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:50:55 -0400
>From: Damion Renner <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6293.7 Voice Recording WAV files (!)
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
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Claire,
Thank you so much for recommending Audacity. We will be using it in
our labs for voice recording. This is really great!!
-Damion Renner
Support/Development
Multimedia Centre in the Humanities
University of Toronto
416-926-1300 x. 3256
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On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, LLTI-Editor wrote:
> --- Forwarded Message from "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:20:20 -0500
> >From: "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: #6293.4 Voice Recording WAV files (!)
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> Indeed, this looks like a nifty program, and quite easy to use. I was particularly interested in being able to export recordings directly to MP3 instead of WAV.
>
> The default setting in Audacity is to record in mono. The WAV file exports sound great. The MP3 file exported was weird, to say the least. I fiddled some and found that if you change the default to record in stereo, the MP3 export sounds wonderful.
>
> The file sizes for a 9 second recording of my voice were:
> Stereo MP3: 150K
> Stereo WAV: 1,643K
> Mono WAV: 822K
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> So even exporting in stereo, the MP3 format can save considerable disk space (or bandwidth if you're emailing the resulting files).
>
> Thanks, Claire, for pointing us to this program...
>
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> Read Gilgen
> Director
> L&S Learning Support Services
> University of Wisconsin - Madison
> (608) 262-1408
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> --- Forwarded Message from Claire Bradin Siskin <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 08:38:40 -0400
> >From: Claire Bradin Siskin <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: #6293.1 Voice Recording WAV files (!)
> >In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
> >References: <[log in to unmask]>
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> I recommend Audacity, a free, cross-platform, open-source audio
> editor. It works on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000, Mac 9 (X in the
> future), Linux, and something called FreeBSD. Audacity is still in
> beta, but I have used it on both Windows 98 and Mac OS 9 with no
> problems.
>
> Audacity can be downloaded here: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
>
> Regards, Claire
> --
> Claire Bradin Siskin
> Director
> Robert Henderson Language Media Center
> G 17 Cathedral of Learning
> University of Pittsburgh
> Office Phone: (412) 624-5939
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu
> http://edvista.com/claire
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