Sound/Video Tutorial #7

Tutorial # 7 Making Your Own Sounds

If you want to make your own sounds here's what you'll need:

Audio recording software located on your computer,

An external microphone

Speakers for playback

Here are the steps to put it all together:

STEP 1: Plug your microphone into the external sound in jack on your computer

STEP: 2 Open your audio recording software

STEP 3: You will see a button to click to record, stop, and play

STEP 4: Press the RECORD button and speaking into the microphone say, "Good Morning. Welcome to Class"

STEP 5: Click the STOP button

STEP 6: Click the PLAY button

If you like the way the file sounds save the file, if not, record it over.

Now you have a sound file of your own that you can use for your classroom Web pages.

This procedure can be used to capture sound effects as well voice recordings and if you have a tape deck with external sound outputs, you can record sounds and music that way too. If you are interested in learning more about making your own movies, Tutorial 8 will get you well on your way.

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