Salt: Learning the Basics: Audio Editing for Dialogue with Dianne Ballon (online) | OSA 052-W27

Salt: Learning the Basics: Audio Editing for Dialogue with Dianne Ballon (online) | OSA 052-W27

$395.00
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  • Salt: Learning the Basics: Audio Editing for Dialogue with Dianne Ballon (online) | OSA 052-W27
  • Salt: Learning the Basics: Audio Editing for Dialogue with Dianne Ballon (online) | OSA 052-W27
  • Salt: Learning the Basics: Audio Editing for Dialogue with Dianne Ballon (online) | OSA 052-W27
Salt: Learning the Basics: Audio Editing for Dialogue with Dianne Ballon (online) | OSA 052-W27

Salt: Learning the Basics: Audio Editing for Dialogue with Dianne Ballon (online) | OSA 052-W27

$395.00

Fri, Tues, Sun | January 29, February 2, February 7 (3 sessions) | 06:00 PM - 08:30 PM EST

Many podcasts hitting the airwaves are in dire need of editing. A poorly edited production risks not only boring your listeners but also losing them. A good edited production fills your program with content, not filler.

By sharpening your editing skills, you will learn where, when, and how to edit. We will cover cut and splice editing techniques and you will try your hand at complex edits like cutting between two words without space in between. You will learn how to edit out mouth sounds and all the Um's, Ah's and false starts that interrupt a story as well as learn the importance of those fraction of a second silences before and after someone takes a breath. And, you will learn how to splice in a breath, when needed. To put into practice what is learned, audio files in need of editing will be provided.

This is a 10-day intensive with 3 Zoom meetings.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the principles of audio editing
  • Develop the ability to recognize and apply editing techniques for listener
    engagement

Learning Outcomes:

  • The ability to edit audio files, removing filler words and unwanted sounds
  • Editing techniques such as precise splicing and timing adjustments to improve the flow of a podcast

Who is this class for?

  • Whether you are new to editing or have been editing all along, this class is recommended for beginners and intermediates. However, advanced students would benefit from the editing examples demonstrated
  • If you have never heard of editing at zero crossing, this class is for you!

Course Details

Day Scheduled
Fri, Tues, Sun
Date Range
January 29, February 2, February 7 (3 sessions)
Time Scheduled
06:00 PM - 08:30 PM EST
Room
Online
CEUs
n/a
Faculty Name
Dianne Ballon Headshot
Dianne Ballon
Faculty Bio

Dianne Ballon is a sound artist from Portland, Maine. Her sound works have aired onNational Public Radio's All Things Considered. She was awarded a Maine ArtistFellowship from the Maine Arts Commission.

Her recent exhibition at the Maine Maritime Museum, Lost and Found: Sounds of theMaine Coast by Dianne Ballon, featured her field recordings of working harbors,boatyards, and the sounding buoys of Casco Bay. From the museum's collection, sherecorded the historical, circa 1900-- bells, whistles, and early foghorns. These objectsaccompanied the sound recordings.

Her coastal sound work was featured in Yankee and Down East magazines. And, onthe podcasts: Radio Maine, The Natural Curiosity Project, and Light Hearted: the officialpodcast of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.

During her Artist-in-Residency at Shenandoah National Park, she created a soundportrait for the park. At the Goethe Institute, she presented her sound installationMusical Instrument Dreams. She produced audio for the award-winning, nationalexhibition, The Marines and Tet: The Battle That Changed the Vietnam War. For aninternational radio art competition, she was awarded for her field recording of boatscreaking at a dock in Iceland. She produced audio for Tactile Images, a company thatcreates fine art for museums that is accessible to the blind through touch and sound.

At the University of Maine at Augusta, she taught audio production and radio theatre.For over ten years, she was a member of the teaching and production staff at theNational Audio Theatre Festivals. She taught many workshops and classes to artists,producers, and podcasters. This includes the Public Radio Exchange Podcast Garage,Harvard Music Department, and the Harvard Sound Education conference. Currently, sheteaches audio production through the SALT Institute for Documentary Studies at MaineCollege of Art & Design.

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Supply List
  • Each student should have access to - and be familiar with - using a (DAW) Digital Audio Workstation
  • Headphones (not earbuds)
  • All other material/content will be provided

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