Week 3

This past week, working with audacity had been an interesting experience for me. For some reason I was "that person" who kept having all kinds of technical difficulties with the program. I figured it was because it was on a school server that was outdated but then I still had difficulties when I brought in my own computer, so maybe it is just me. Audacity seems like a very easy to learn program despite all the obstacles I encountered. It favors the basics and I can appreciate that. I felt good once I started feeling more confident in playing around with the program and manipulating sound and audio with it.

The part that I am having the most trouble with is actually just coming to terms with the fact that I have to record myself. I HATE the sound of my voice in recordings. I can't stand even just making the voicemail greeting on my phone. That always takes a few tries to get right simply because I am so insecure of the way that my voice sounds in recordings. I definitely think that sound effects are going to be my buffer as I try to distract people from the sound of my voice.

Considering the question: how is, or isn't, audio tied to text in terms of podcasting? Audio in this instance is giving life and personality to the text. The audio is what sets the tone for the text and helps to define the audience that the text is geared towards. The way someone reads the text and the type of music that they choose to accompany it is what helps to determine the way that the text is received by the intended audience.