Posts Tagged ‘audio editing’

How to Create a PSA with Audacity

17, Jun 2009

Radio pre-recordings in the form of public service announcements (“PSAs”) and promotional announcements (“promos”) are a staple in community radio. PSAs can serve to aid local non-profits by broadcasting their messages and needs to listeners in a signal area. Promos can alert listeners to a program, station event or call-out. Radio station volunteers who know [...]

Audacity Basics for Radio

4, Jun 2009

The open-source audio editor Audacity is one of the most popular sound editing tools in community radio. Sound editors clean up dialogue tracks, cut layers of special effects, place sounds at certain times, create ambiance tracks by cutting out unwanted stuff and mixing in interesting or necessary sounds. Music production engineers may cut pieces of [...]

Basic Editing for Radio with Vegas

31, May 2009

Some community radio stations use Sony Vegas for editing audio because it is flexible. However, new users often have a hard time figuring out the software. Editing for radio with Sony Vegas is an easy process! Vegas is a challenging software package to learn. There are all kinds of tweaks to play with along the [...]


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