Editing

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="2a301641egerdp.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PC Recording"><U>Home PC Recording</U></A> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > |  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.distantwords.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.distantwords.com"><U>Home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="setup.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Setup"><U>Setup</U></A>   |   <A HREF="recording.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recording"><U>Recording</U></A>   |   <A HREF="editing.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Editing"><U>Editing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="more_info.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Info"><U>More Info</U></A>  |  <A HREF="getreviewed.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Get Reviewed"><U>Get Reviewed</U></A>   |   <A HREF="http://www.distantwords.com/forum/index.php?act=SC&c=10" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.distantwords.com/forum/index."><U>Forums</U></A>   |   <A HREF="submit_info.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Submit Info"><U>Submit Info</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=15% BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="vst.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VST"><U>VST</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="noise_removal.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Noise Removal"><U>Noise Removal</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="compression.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Compression"><U>Compression</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="amplify.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amplify"><U>Amplify</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=348 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Editing</div> <div> (First off, I need to say that I am in the process of totally redoing my PC Recording site, so some of this info is a little out dated.  One thing in particular is with the editor I use, <A HREF="http://audacity.sourceforge.net" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://audacity.sourceforge.net"><U>Audacity</U></A>.  They have a new version out with tons of new features, as well as different ways of doing things.  I hope to get this all updated soon.  Thank you.)</div> <bR> <div> Once you've gotten some tracks recorded, it's time to edit them. To do this, you will need an audio editor. There are several different programs that you can use for this. Sonic Foundry has an audio editor called Sound Forge. I know a lot of people who highly recommend this program, but I have yet to really use it as it's a paid program, and I just don't have the money to spend on it right now. Besides, the audio editor I use is free, and works just fine for me.</div> <bR> <div> The editor I will be talking about is called "<A HREF="http://audacity.sourceforge.net" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://audacity.sourceforge.net"><U>Audacity</U></A>". As I said, it's a free program you can download with full functionality, and does not time out (meaning it wont stop working after a certain period of time). Here is a screenshot:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Click Image For Full View</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.distantwords.com/pics/recording/audacity.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.distantwords.com/pics/recordi"><U> <IMG SRC="http://www.distantwords.com/pics/recording/editingthumb.jpg">  </U></A></div> <div> Click Image For Full View</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>***IMPORTANT***</B></div> <bR> <div> Before editing any given audio track, be sure to create a copy and place it in a safe location. That way, if you screw something up, you'll still have a back up copy. With Audacity, it will not let you overwrite any file currently in use with itself, but I don't know how other audio editors work.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.localbandfinder.us/cgi-bin/topbands/rankem.cgi?id=distantw" TARGET="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.localbandfinder.us/cgi-bin/to"><U><U>Click Here</U></U></A> to vote for this site.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Help keep this site alive,</div> <bR> <div>  <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" TARGET="_blank" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="distantwords@yahoo.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Distant Words"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> <input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/x-click-but21.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> </form>  </div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=32 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="1e201201egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="04258020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Copyright ©2002-2003 Distant Entertainment</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>