I tried to take a more journalistic approach to this audio story and experimented with inserting a bunch of different voice clips. The first couple of tries with audition was basically me just practicing editing, as I was having a difficult time getting a hang of Audition. I decided to interview friends and family on their personal styles, since I am doing a fashion and lifestyle blog. I already knew what I wanted to change in my draft, and most of my peer edit suggestions agreed…so I added transitions before the different “guests” speak, and edited out some “um’s” and “sort of”‘s, etc.

I also re-recorded my conclusion to make it overall a little bit less cringe worthy and tried to keep my voice more consistent throughout the whole thing. The most difficult part was matching voice volume levels and my own tone, so I experimented with adjusting the volume level plenty of times, but of course it still isn’t perfect. If there is one big lesson to be learned, it’s the sensitivity of audio recording devices and their ability to pick up sounds you do not want them to hear, such as unwanted background noise. I added some transitions along the lines of “Here is (insert name) with how they would describe their style” or something similar. I also tried to make sure that the audio as a whole sound less choppy. I had a difficult time balancing the audio that I recorded on my computer with the audio that I had recorded on my phone, so I tried to play with the volume level to make the whole recording sound more consistent. I have already decided that when I have to do this work again, I will stick to the same recording device.

Maybe since I’m more of a visual learner, Audition was a bit harder for me to get the hang of, but I’m excited to hopefully experiment more with this important tool, and I had a lot of fun with my family trying to get these recordings…we all had the giggles.