This activity tells you how to digitize part of an audiotape for use in a multimedia project. Activity 7 tells you how to record sound directly into your Macintosh.

1. Connect the cassette deck or stereo system to your Macintosh.

 

2. Start the audio capture software.

 

3. You can capture sound using SoundMate, in the Multimedia Utilities folder. You can also use HyperStudio to record the sound.

 

4. Set preferences - In your audio-capture software, choose the sound quality, including the sampling rate (measured in kHz) and bit depth (measured in bits).

 

5. Transfer the audio to the Macintosh.

 

6. On your cassette deck, press Play.

 

 

1. In your audio-capture software, click Record to start digitizing the audiotape.

 

2. When you're finished transferring as much as you need, click Stop.

 

3. On your cassette deck, press Stop.

 

4. Save the content.

 

5. Choose Save from the Edit menu.

 

6. In the Save dialog box, type a name for the sound you recorded.

 

7. Choose a format for saving the sound and click OK.

 

 

1. Use a sound-editing program such as SoundMate to edit the audio clip. You can change volume, repeat sounds, fade out, and so on.

 

2. Save the edited content.

 

3. Choose Save As from the File menu. This command lets you save the edited audio under a different name from the one you used earlier.

 

4. In the dialog box that appears, type a filename you'll remember. For example, if you saved your original sound as "Voiceover," save the edited version as "Voiceover-edit."

 

 

The exact steps for bringing in sound depend on which authoring tool you're using.

 

1. Open the authoring tool you're using for your project, if it's not already open.

 

2. Start a new multimedia project or open an existing project.

 

3. Add the edited audio clip to your project - for example, to add an audio clip to a HyperStudio card, first create a button or other object and add the "Play a sound" action to this object. In the Tape Deck dialog box, choose Disk Library. Finally, in the list that appears, choose the sound file you want. 

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