This week's tool is Audacity, a great resource for collections with audio files.Audacity is an open source program for recording, editing, and transforming audio. This easy to use software can copy, mix, splice and apply effects to recordings in a variety of formats. In addition to functionality, Audacity is a great tool because of its easy to follow tutorials, so even novices can use this software with ease.
The Ohio 5 have a number of collections underway that involve audio files, many of them oral histories. With Audacity, the Oberlin based project Hispanic And Latin American Studies In The United States: Conversation Pieces has been able to improve the quality of oral histories originally recorded on cassette tapes in the field by reducing background noise.
In addition to professional use, Audacity can be great for personal projects too. Check out the tutorial on creating your own ringtone.
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