Audacity is an interesting tool to work with an auditory medium. The first time I interacted
with the program, I created a podcast in response to the movie Requiem for a Dream. My skills in
Audacity were limited, thereby limiting the quality of my podcast as an
artistic piece. I manually recorded the song I wanted to intro my podcast with
and recorded the entirety of the podcast in a several single takes. The quality
of the audio alone was not something to be proud of; however, I enjoyed
creating the piece in the simplicity that it was new, and I was learning.
I tried podcasting once again in the summer for a Leadership
Development course. The chapter we were studying concerned challenging the
process. In the leadership realm, this often means improving processes such as
transitioning invoices from a paper system to an automated online system. For
the assignment, I applied the challenge of the process directly to the
assignment, leading me to respond via a podcast. This podcast was different in
that I changed the format as there wasn’t a script, only an idea of critiquing
the current system of education with two friends disenfranchised with the
system. Seventeen minutes of audio recording later, I felt invigorated- filled
with an energy to defy a system that sees my as a permanent identification
number and a flat cost. Not only that, but my two friends wanted to begin an
informal podcast.
The podcast on Lucid Dreaming I produced for Writing 105M
serves as a combination of the two processes I've experienced in podcasting
thus far. I strayed from the script and added in some passion. The result,
combined with improved Audacity skills, has been rewarding. I feel more “authentic”
as a creator of a podcast, but I've also gained the insight that I’d like to
work with sound as a writer now and in the future.
I pursue Economics & Accounting as a major for
practicality, but I pursue writing out of passion. As a medium, sound is the
most appealing to me as it ties directly into emotion. This brings up a
question I’d very much like to find the answer to- do pieces created through
sound carry the same benefits of a written piece? For example, will I gain as
much, if not more, from the process of creating an auditory piece? Furthermore,
following Scott McCloud’s comic, does leaving less to the imagination (adding
sound) make the actual message less meaningful? Also, the most basic of
questions, does listening to an audiobook benefit someone as much as reading it
themselves in regards to improving vocabulary and expanding one’s world view?
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