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  • The Podcaster's Guide to Exporting a Multitrack Session as an MP3 File in Adobe Audition
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    The Podcaster's Guide to Exporting a Multitrack Session as an MP3 File in Adobe Audition

    So you just finished recording an amazing interview for your podcast and you have all of the original recordings, music, and sound effects neatly organized in a project folder on your computer. It’s now time to launch Adobe Audition, import the audio files, create a new Multitrack Session and then arrange, edit and process the interview so it flows and sounds awesome. After you have completed the editing process and added the post-production magic sauce, the episode is beautifully assembled in all its glory within the Multitrack Editor. So, what's the next step so you can publish the episode?

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  • 5 Essential Tips for Collaborating with Your First Film Director as a Composer
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    5 Essential Tips for Collaborating with Your First Film Director as a Composer

    Collaborating with a film director as a composer is one of the most exciting parts of the process. It's a chance to discover a creative vision together, enhance the storytelling, and contribute to the overall impact of the film. However, navigating this collaboration successfully requires effective communication, adaptability, and professionalism. In this article, we'll explore five essential tips that can help you when collaborating with your first film director as a composer.

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  • Podcast: How to tell stories that inspire
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    Podcast: How to tell stories that inspire

    My Domestika course, Intro to Podcast Production: Tell Stories That Inspire, is all about telling stories that inspire. But what does inspire actually mean? For me, it’s about making change, doing something, spreading the word. What does it mean for you?

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  • Using a drinking straw to develop your singing technique
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    Using a drinking straw to develop your singing technique

    Hi, in today’s blog we’re going to look at how an everyday item that many of us have in our cupboards can help us develop our singing. Many singers have discovered the benefits of singing through a straw to warm up, cool down and develop their overall singing technique; it’s not a new concept, and the science behind it is simple, but it can have dramatic results.

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  • Why Are YouTube ASMR Videos So Successful?
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    Why Are YouTube ASMR Videos So Successful?

    Discover the secret of these sound-based videos that have been trending over the last few years We associate YouTube with visually-oriented content, but sound-oriented videos have been growing exponentially within the platform. ASMR videos, in particular, have increased viewers’ numbers by an average of 200% per year over the last five years. ASMR videos aim to induce relaxing, and at times sedating sensations on the listeners. They achieve this using a series of unusual and surprising means, that it is no exaggeration to define this as one of the most experimental and creative categories on the web. Read on as we show you some of the most successful examples of this genre and explain why they create such a fuss.

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  • 35 Essential Shortcuts for Adobe Audition
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    35 Essential Shortcuts for Adobe Audition

    Discover these basic keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Audition and edit audio faster in Windows and Mac Adobe Audition is a program designed for editing, mixing, recording, and restoring audio. It is a comprehensive toolset that includes multitrack, waveform, and spectral display functions. It is especially useful for producing a podcast. To speed up your workflow and help you create a professional-quality audio project, we’ve created this list of 35 essential keyboard shortcuts.

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  • Essential Equipment for Creating Podcasts
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    Essential Equipment for Creating Podcasts

    Do you want to create your own podcast? Check the basic equipment you’ll need to get started There are some fixed rules to creating a podcast, but you don’t have to follow a model to the letter, and you can be quite flexible: you can record one wherever you want and about any topic. However, for your podcast to be of acceptable quality, you will need to use some basic technical tools. Journalist and podcast producer David Mulé Rebecchi (@davimulepodcast) runs through the essential kit you need to produce a good podcast.

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  • How Video Game Soundtracks Help You Level Up Your Creativity
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    How Video Game Soundtracks Help You Level Up Your Creativity

    Even if you aren’t gaming, here’s how video game soundtracks can help you level up your creativity Whether you’re crafting, painting, or editing images, getting into the flow while you’re working can help you focus and better enjoy the creative process. Listening to music is a great way to do that. Research suggests that listening to happy music promotes divergent thinking, which is a key element of creativity. Beyond that, music can also help get you into a flow state, if it meets certain criteria.

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  • 5 Great Examples of TV and Cinema Voice-over Narration
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    5 Great Examples of TV and Cinema Voice-over Narration

    Find out how to use off-screen voice-overs to define the tone of a story The use of off-screen voice-overs to add an extra layer of meaning to what you see on the screen is common practice in audiovisuals. With voice-overs, screenwriters and directors can change their story’s tone and add elements that highlight the narrative. As an option, a voice-over can create a new atmosphere, structure a story, guide the script. It also serves as a way to engage the audience in the story. To write good voice-overs, we have compiled a series of excellent examples of audiovisual work that use this technique, and that will undoubtedly inspire you: American Beauty (Dir. Sam Mendes, 1999) This is a classic example of how the narration can keep the viewer engaged and fill in the story’s gaps. The movie begins with the protagonist telling us he is dead, and we see the sequence of events that lead him to his death. Through this narration, we learn about the protagonist's past, his circumstances, and the people around him. In this case, the off-screen voice-over allows the audience to become deeply engaged in the story and learn the facts, culminating in the final twist. American Beauty is an example of off-screen narration that directs the story.

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  • Basic DJ Equipment for Beginners
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    Basic DJ Equipment for Beginners

    Discover the setup recommended by Chuck Pereda for mixing electronic music Always wanted your own DJ setup? Before you start preparing your set and get ready to make your DJ debut, you will need some basic equipment (in addition to a love of music.) Chuck Pereda (@chuck_pereda), a DJ and radio presenter with more than two decades’ of experience, shares a basic list of essential equipment for beginner DJs. Chuck wants to point out that you will be able to acquire the following material second-hand. These are just recommendations, get together what you can, and turn up the volume.

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  • 10 Music Playlists to Spark Your Creativity
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    10 Music Playlists to Spark Your Creativity

    These playlists, curated by Domestika teachers, will inspire you Music and creativity are inseparable for many; some artists even say hitting that Play button is the first thing they do when they get to their studio or sit at the computer to work. With that in mind, we asked some of the creative professionals who teach courses at Domestika to share the music that inspires them most at work. Painting with music by Alex Hillkurtz If you had to choose a song that makes the paint flow and brushes dance, what would it be? For Alex Hillkurtz (@alexhillkurtzart), who teaches Architectural Sketching with Watercolor and Ink at Domestika, it is impossible to choose just one, so he has compiled the most inspiring titles in this playlist.

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  • How To Perfect Your At-home Sound Recording Booth
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    How To Perfect Your At-home Sound Recording Booth

    Follow these tips to turn your space into a home studio You’ve got your computer, microphone, monitors, a DAW–digital audio workstation–set up and your at-home studio is ready to go. However, when you finally get around to recording, you don’t get the results you were expecting. Even though you have all the right equipment, to get quality results, you will nearly always need to spend time adjusting the acoustics in the space where you’ll be recording. If you’re a producer, audio designer, audio, or music content developer, and you need to improve the quality of your voice recordings, follow these simple tips that will help you to perfect your at-home sound studio.

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  • Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Ableton Live 10
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    Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Ableton Live 10

    Discover the basic keyboard shortcuts of one of the most popular digital audio editing programs Ableton Live 10 is a complete digital audio editing studio. It's incredibly popular among musicians, editors, and audio professionals because not only is it an excellent tool for composing, creating masters, recording, and mixing; it also allows working with live music, both for DJ sets and instrumental music. The different view modes allow you to use samples or MIDI files, control live sessions, and edit or produce music using the tools of a classic sequencer. Get to know the most used shortcuts that will allow you to improve your productivity and save time. You can download a PDF with these shortcuts at the end of this post.

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