Sound is a raw material—just like paint, ink, paper, or clay. Sound can be manipulated—cut, pasted, sampled, blended, layered, and shaped. Experiments in sound can take podcasts, video works, and other media projects to the next level by building atmosphere, generating complexity, and enriching narrative. In this workshop, you’ll learn processes in Adobe Audition that can help you craft audio in artful and intuitive ways. You’ll learn techniques for editing and mixing interviews, field recordings, and found sounds beyond the norm. You’ll also learn how to find open-source, Creative Commons audio online to use in your work. This is radio in a blender, audio collage, melted music, and remixed dialog. Get ready to test ideas, embrace the unexpected, and imagine new possibilities in sound.

While this course is open to beginners, students who have taken Intro to Podcasting, Podcasting for Everyone, or Intro to Audio Recording are especially well prepared for this course. All students should have basic computer literacy and should be comfortable learning new technologies. Students should bring a flash drive or other media storage device or be prepared to store large project files in cloud platforms like Googe Drive or Dropbox.