Clunk!! Sizzle!! Scrape!!
We've all heard it before in a competition. There is the competitor perfectly groomed and well rehearsed about to to start her dance and the PA suddenly booms out some of the most irritating sounds you have ever heard.
What do you think this says to the judge? To me, it says "I don't really take my performance badly enough to make use of a good recording".
So, how can you stay away from this?
Technically, the UK copyright regulation does not allow you to edit a composition} in any manner, and this comprises of cutting it to length. However, in practice you will realize that a recording musician would be happier about their composition being edited so that it appears good instead of making it sound bad.
Considering this, you need to do it perfectly.
This article is concerned with getting your song into your PC for editing and I will explain all the measures considered necessary in a down-to-earth manner - and best of all, I want demonstrate you how to do it with free software package.
I am not allied to any software house, so I don't really recommend any one in particular. Yet a quick look for on www.download.com for "free audio editing" shows "Expstudio Audio Editor Free 4.31" being one of the highest regarded free software to do all that you will require.
For the function of this piece of writing I will presume that you are using this specific software. It is worth noting that this software will only permit you to save tracks as WAV, and not MP3. This purely means that you are only able to operate within uncompressed music formats - a WAV file is only a superior standard MP3 and your Compact disk writing program will create a WAV file without any difficulties. If you in fact have to save your work as MP3 then you will have to procure the software.
Ok, so as soon as you have the program running you ought to load your tune into it. There are a few of techniques of doing this, and it really is dependent on where you are using your tune from.
If you have the tune already recorded on your workstation it will be a easy case of opening the correct file.
If your tune is on a CD you will have to 'rip' it. This is really a name used to digitally make a copy the music from the Disc into your computer with utterly no loss of condition, it usually uses to a great extent a lesser amount of time than it would to play the file to boot. Windows Media Player, iTunes and lots of other software programs will be satisfactory for ripping the tracks from your original Compact disk - simply remember wherever you store it and then open it in Expstudio Audio Editor. Apply the help files in iTunes or Media Player to help you here.
If you only possess your composition on cassette tape then you will have to link up a cable from your tape player "line out" to the "line in"socket on your CPU. The lead you will need has a solo plug on one end which looks akin to a small headphone plug, plus at the other end there will be a red as well as a white connector. If your cassette tape machine does not include a line out socket it follows that you can make use of the headphone socket (in this case in point you will need a wire with a headset connector at each end, also the one on your tape player might be larger than the one at your computer).
Inside the topmost menu there is an option titled "AGC". Switch it on. This creates the recording into your workstation as loud as it can be without creating difficulties. Now click record (red sphere in the top menu bar) within Expstudio Audio Editor and then play on your cassette player and the software package will record the tracks to your computer.
When the music has finished playing, stop your cassette player and hit stop in Expstudio Audio Editor and save your track with a relevant name.
Well done -now study the further articles in this series to understand what you need to do with your tune after it is in your PC.
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