I used to work with sound forge too. But now, I like Audacity. Audacity is
better in accessibility and easier in working.
Ngoc Ly
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From: Robbie
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 2:00 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: thoughts please, and a tutorial for blind people?
Hi Damon!
An honor to have you on this list. Folks, meet the editor of the BBC’s Ouch
podcast. A pretty sharp and funny take on disability.
I used to work with SoundForge too, but needed an alternative when it became
less accessible from Version 9 onwards. Audacity is a little more complex than
SF, it being a multi-track program. However, once I got the hang of Audacity I
never looked back. It’s a joy to create with.
One big advantage over SF is that a particular mix is never set in stone, as it
is in SF once a file has been saved. You can change things around until you’re
happy and then export your project to a file. Of course, the danger is that a
project is never truly finished, because you keep coming up with ideas of
tweaking it. :-) It does happen to me, though more with songs or drama, rather
than radio shows.
Another advantage is that you can assign key strokes to any menu option. If you
make good use of that feature you can work really fast.
Just a couple of points that sprang to mind. There’s a lot more to Audacity
than that. Perhaps the biggest advantage is that it’s developed with blind
people’s needs in mind. Many suggestions or requirements that arose on this
list were built into later versions. To me that’s a pretty strong selling
point. The more so, considering that you’re not even buying it...
The crowd support you get on this list is also unrivaled. Try getting help from
Sony.
I do miss SoundForge’s RMS Normalization feature and it’s reverb effects. There
are decent plug-ins for Audacity, but it can take some searching to find what
you need.
I hope I was able to convince you. Do ask any further questions.
Cheers! Robbie
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Damon Rose
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 10:44 AM
To: 'audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: thoughts please, and a tutorial for blind people?
Hi there,
I’m new to this list and hope am not trampling all over etiquette by posting
this.
I produce radio and podcasts at the BBC, amongst other things.
But I want to start creating more advanced podcasts with layered sound and
music on separate tracks.
Can I do this, with ease and simplicity and joy, using Audacity?
And is there a tutorial I should be listening to or reading that you can
recommend?
I want to be able to create awesome high quality broadcast radio programmes and
packages.
I presently use Soundforge which I love but it is only single track, as you
probably know.
Any assistance extremely helpful.
Thanks
