Links
Tools for Making Radio:
Audacity A
free program to help you edit your audio. We use this program in our
workshops. Don’t forget to download the “Lame encoder,” which will let
you save your edited sound as MP3 (and post it to Vocalo)
Lessons and Information for Making Radio:
B-Side Radio A basic guide for writing and recording audio, with real player sound examples.
Teen Reporter Handbook A start to finish guide for creating audio. A good guide for all ages.
Transom A site for all things audio. Includes great guides to equipment and “manifestos” about making good stories
Outfront Examples of radio documentary with commentary from a Canadian radio show that uses the stories of everyday people
Places to Find Sounds For your pieces:
CC Mixter Music with Creative Commons licenses-- great to use if you want to put "bed" music under an interview or a story.
Freesound Free Sounds to Use-- great for finding that sound of a cow giving birth you need to make your piece perfect
Podshow More great music and sounds, free for use in podcast
Your Favorite Chicago Sounds A community project coordinated by Vocalo’s own Jesse Seay! People write in with the sounds they’d like to hear recordings of… and post the recordings. Which are licensed under Creative Commons.
The Prelinger Archive An incredible collection of "ephemeral films"-promotional films, educational films, home movies, and other stuff that has fallen out of copyright- all available for download and all in the public domain. There's a lot of great, kitschy dialogue and voice-overs in these films … plus more sound effects!