1. Audacity Audacity is a free software, cross-platform digital audio editor and recording application. au·dac·i·ty [aw-das-i-tee]

2. Some of Audacity's features include: Importing and exporting WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and other file formatsWAVMP3OggVorbisfile formats Recording and playing sounds Editing via Cut, Copy, Paste (with unlimited Undo) Multi-track mixing Digital effects and effect plug-ins Amplitude envelope editing Noise removal Support for multichannel modes with sampling rates up to 96 kHz with 24 bits per samplesampling rates

3. Microphone Close sample Farther away Background noise

4. YouTube Tutorials http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3VZkf dgV8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3VZkf dgV8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyD6gY oU6rg

5. How to Make a Good One? Planning and scripting Accurate information Make it interesting Sound effects Both partners can be heard Speak slowly and clearly Practice

6. Demo Audacity - click on the icon on your desktop Plug in the microphone – bottom port