A practical workshop on using Ardor & Audacity as an “upgrade” to Pro-Tools or Soundforge. The workshop will cover the installation, configuration and use of Ardor & Audacity in audio production for radio broadcast.

• Why we need audio editing
• Example source files that need to be mixed down
• Audacity: All platforms
• Simple recording of interviews
• Simple audio editing: splits, cuts, etc.
• Complex application of filters to clean up and enhance audio
• Music overlay and layering
• Tips and tricks
• Ardour: Mac and Linux only
• Multi-track editing
• When is ardour a better choice than audacity. WHen is it not?
• Tips and tricks to using ardour
• What you can't do with ardour
• Hardware to get Ardour working best
• Configuration and testing
• Example:
• from start to finish: producing a show using Ardour, Audacity and music overlays
• pre-recorded show to demonstrate