Audacity
Here's just a sampling of the things that you can do with this wild and wonderful tool:
Amplify - changes the volume of the selected audio.
BassBoost - enhances the bass frequencies
Change Pitch - changes the pitch/frequency of the selected audio without changing the tempo. (Can also change speed and tempo.)
Click Removal - removes clicks on recordings from vinyl records without damaging the rest of the audio. You can choose how sensitive the click detection is, and what the maximum length of a click is.
Echo - repeats the selection with a decay, sounding like a series of echos.
Equalization - Boost or reduce arbitrary frequencies. You can select one of a number of different curves designed to equalize the sound of some popular record players, or draw your own curve.
Noise Removal - lets you clean up noise from a recording.
Repeat - repeats the selection a certain number of times.
Reverse - reverses the selected audio temporally; after the effect the end of the audio will be heard first and the beginning last.
Wahwah - uses a moving bandpass filter to create its sound.
Geek heaven.
posted by Tabula Rasa | 5/10/2006 05:53:00 PM
5 Comments:
I've used Audacity *extensively* in my never-ending quest for that perfect back-masked Satanic rock song.
(Sad to report that "Stairway to Heaven" encourages us to eat more salad, "Iron Man" reminds us to be kind to old cats and Revolution 9 becomes even more gibberish when played backwards.)
I have audacity on my comp. But I use it to record miserable attempts at Joni Mitchell covers and also to record random conversations, when people don't even know they're being taped.
:D
km:
drat. you just took away some of my more anticipated projects. (are you *sure* you tried stairway? all versions? *with* the wa-wa filter?)
scout:
wikkid! (how do *you* sound with the wa-wa filter?)
Nice - I have to get this. When I was in high school I mangled up my favourite Queen tape trying to make it play "Another One Bites the Dust" backwards. I think it said something about marijuana, but that may have been the wishful thinking of an adolescent mind.
mt:
:-D
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