Outline

I. Download sample clips (2 minutes)

II. The Sound Forge Interface (5 minutes)

A. Key elements of interface include a workspace, record and playback buttons, menus for processing and editing files.

B. Files are displayed as "waves" : graphical representations of audio data

III. Capture Audio (10 minutes)

IV. Edit Audio (15 minutes)

A. Selecting

B. Copying and Pasting

C. Cutting and Trimming

IV. Optimize Audio (15 minutes)

A. DC Offset

B. Smoothing

C. Compression

D. Normalizing

V. Save and Publish (10 minutes)

A. Compressed vs. Uncompressed format

B. Link to streaming content

C. MP3 files