Click here for a handout on how you can use the free audio editing program, Audacity, to create edited versions of your interviews.
**Notice you will find more detailed instructions on Audacity over in the links on the right hand side of this blog.
**Here are a couple samples of the kinds of things you might want to create from your interviews
- Interview with Gretchen Waldo
- Interview with Ralph and Thelma Norman (music can always be used for personal pieces--more complicated rules apply if piece is to be hosted on website or aired on radio)
**As you search for things to include in your edited (shortened) interviews, look for things like: 1) Great Stories, 2) Any action (maybe the person takes you over to show a photo, etc.), 3) Fun interaction between interview and interviewee, 4) Any great sounds--maybe the person sings her favorite song, etc., 4) Nice unique ways of saying something--the person describes something in a unique way, 5) Important words you want to preserve--person talks about love for family, etc.
Remember, your edited version is a highlight reel of sorts--look for the stuff with some punch--those stories, and jokes, and images that you want to last.
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