http://www.screencast.com/t/5tXezet4j

I absolutely love music, as you can probably tell, so I was so excited to get the chance to learn how to use audio editing software. I have minimal experience working with Adobe Audition from working at my college radio station, but this time I chose to use Audacity, the open source and free alternative. I chose to use two songs by one of my favorite artists, Bleachers, mixing the songs “Wild Heart” and “You’re Still a Mystery” off of the album Strange Desire. Like most things, getting over the learning curve is the hardest part, but once you get there its not too bad. I learned how to navigate around and tried to figure out what each tool was and their function. I already knew the best way about it was to make individual tracks and align them how I wanted. So I imported each song as a track aligned them end to end, and then recorded my promo with a pair of headphones with a mic. From then I had to mess around with the volume, amplifying my voice and bringing down the track so that I could be heard, without distorting the audio. From there, I attempted a crossfade between tracks, as well as a fade at the beginning and the end of the commercial itself. The “fade in” and “fade out” functions became my best friends in that right, as they automatically gave my audio an even and gradually fade in the volume. Overall, I had a lot of fun with it, and was proud of the product that I had mixed and created myself. It gives me a new respect for all of those amazing producers, like Jack Antonoff himself, out there! Check it out at the link located above and let me know what you think!