Tues Oct 21, Part One: bumper music!

OK, by now you ought to have some music mp3 files available; and if you don't, you get to use my tunes, such as they are. (Hey, don't complain if my selection isn't quite the same as yours; I've been telling you about this for over a week now.) Here's what you're going do with them: create "bumper music" by using the selection tool in Adobe Audition to take out a nice 20 seconds or so from a favorite song. Bumper music is usually used to bridge the gap between sections where you're saying something, or playing an entire song, or conducting an interview etc, etc etc. Each of you will need to create at least five "bumpers" for your group, with each one being 10 to 20 seconds long. SO, if you have two people in your group, I'll be expecting a total of ten "bumpers".

OK, but just how do you make a "bumper"? It's a simple four step process, and you will need to use Adobe Audition every step of the way, so get that program started!, Then, do this:

A) Use the import command to put a song on the list at the left side of the program (just like we did with loops way back when)
(if you don't have any mp3 song files to work with, I have a bunch of them here: http://www.box.net/shared/g3kmhntxou ) B) drag this song onto a track, just like we used to do with loops C) doubleclick on that song to get into edit mode D) In edit mode, listen to the song to find a small piece of it that you like. Then just hold the mouse button down while dragging to select the piece you like

E) Once you have that piece selected, Click the FILE command then click on "Save Selection As"

F) SAVE the file as an MP3, and name it after yourself plus the name of the song or the name of the group.

G) Repeat this process until you have them all done

H) Make sure to upload a copy of ALL your bumpers to the Shared folder I've made for you


Cheers,
Mr. L