CMDS 4732 (2025)
Workshop assets¶
- Audacity download page (Recommendation: avoid using Audacity installer via Muse Hub)
- Installing FFmpeg plugin (necessary for importing M4A files)
- Online drive with audio files, presentation slides, and workshop handouts
- Direct download of presentation slides and workshop handouts
- 01_CMDS4732 - 2025 - Podcasting with Audacity (PDF, 3 MB)
- 02_CC Licenses From Most Open To Least Open (PDF, 144 KB)
- 03_Open Licence Audio Sources (PDF, 207 KB)
Resources¶
Exemplars¶
Guides¶
- Audio-Recording & Audio-Editing with Audacity (MMCL workshop page)
- How to use Audacity to Record & Edit Audio | Beginners Tutorial (YouTube vide, 39 min)
- Understanding mic limitations [Coarse Language] (YouTube video, 1 min 28 sec)
- Using sounds for effect: Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) [Spoilers] (YouTube video, 3 min 7 sec)
- How This Woman Creates God of War's Sound Effects | Obsessed | WIRED (YouTube video, 11 min)
Open licensing¶
Cost-free downloads¶
- BBC Sound Effects: Sound effects
- ccMixter: Music
- Free Music Archive: Music
- Free PD: Music
- Free Sound: Music, sound effects
- IMSLP Recordings: Music
- Internet Archive Netlabels: Music
- Pixabay: Music, sound effects
- Sonic Dictionary: Sound effects
Making & Media Creation Lab¶
Procedures¶
- Complete eClass module (mandatory) for 12 months of MMCL usage privileges
- Book in-person or on website (preferred)
- Equipment: Up to 7 calendar days
- Spaces: Up to 2 hours (pending mediation approval)
- Check-in/check-out at Room 207 service area with YU-card
Contacts¶
- Making & Media Creation Lab (Keele campus, Scott Library)
- Ted Belke, DSI Librarian (Markham campus)
- Tim Huynh, DSI Librarian (Keele campus)
- Website