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== What to do ==
 
== What to do ==
 
# Choose an episode plan you want to make. This should likely be a '''B''' grade episode plan.
 
# Choose an episode plan you want to make. This should likely be a '''B''' grade episode plan.
# If you use [[audacity]] (recommended), get one of the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/archive.php?url=studio/templates templates]</span>.
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# If you use [[audacity]] (recommended), get one of the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/archive.php?url=studio/templates templates]</span>, otherwise, you'll need to download [[The Unwelcome Guest| our theme tune]].
 
# Download the relevant audio segments and listen to the audio a couple of times and familiarize yourself with the content
 
# Download the relevant audio segments and listen to the audio a couple of times and familiarize yourself with the content
 
# Convert any stereo audio to mono (<font face="courier">Tracks/Stereo to Mono</font> in [[Audacity]])
 
# Convert any stereo audio to mono (<font face="courier">Tracks/Stereo to Mono</font> in [[Audacity]])
 
# If necessary, [[Removing Noise from Audio Files | clean up the audio]]
 
# If necessary, [[Removing Noise from Audio Files | clean up the audio]]
# Decide which (parts of) audio segments you'd like to use, and (roughly) what you'd like to say
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# Decide which (parts of) audio segments you'd like to use, and roughly what you'd like to say
 
# Plan how you're going to fit it all into 1h 59min
 
# Plan how you're going to fit it all into 1h 59min
 
# Cut and assemble the audio as needed
 
# Cut and assemble the audio as needed
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# Check you have followed the [[FCC-Safety]] guidelines
 
# File/Export the final product according to the [[Production Guidelines]]
 
# File/Export the final product according to the [[Production Guidelines]]
# When it's done, upload it (''N.B. As of 2010-10-12, we still need to build a mechanism for this. For now, post it somewhere on WWW and post a link to the mailing list'')
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# When it's done, ask a site administrator to upload it (''Post it somewhere on WWW and post a link to the mailing list''), and update the site indexes accordingly
  
 
== Where to ask for help ==
 
== Where to ask for help ==

Latest revision as of 09:01, 21 January 2012

You will need

  1. A reasonably fast computer, with internet access
  2. A microphone
  3. Audio editing software, such as audacity
  4. An account on this website

You should read

  1. The Basic Principles of Audio Recording
  2. The Production Guidelines

What to do

  1. Choose an episode plan you want to make. This should likely be a B grade episode plan.
  2. If you use audacity (recommended), get one of the templates, otherwise, you'll need to download our theme tune.
  3. Download the relevant audio segments and listen to the audio a couple of times and familiarize yourself with the content
  4. Convert any stereo audio to mono (Tracks/Stereo to Mono in Audacity)
  5. If necessary, clean up the audio
  6. Decide which (parts of) audio segments you'd like to use, and roughly what you'd like to say
  7. Plan how you're going to fit it all into 1h 59min
  8. Cut and assemble the audio as needed
  9. Check you have followed the FCC-Safety guidelines
  10. File/Export the final product according to the Production Guidelines
  11. When it's done, ask a site administrator to upload it (Post it somewhere on WWW and post a link to the mailing list), and update the site indexes accordingly

Where to ask for help