Tool – Dr Bexl Revamp

WavePad Sound Editor

In my search for the right tools, I wanted to find a simple sound editing tool. For months I have been wanting to convert a radio interview that I had done (and had coverage from the entire event, but wanted to just use my section). I had tried Audacity (recommended by JISC), but it produced a 10+MB file, which was too big even for self-hosted WordPress, so I was pleased to find WavePad. The result can be found on this page, or go straight to the MP3.

WavePad Info:

“WavePad is a full featured professional audio editor for Windows. Create and edit music, voice and other audio recordings. When editing audio files you can cut, copy, and paste parts of recordings and, if required, add effects like echo, amplification, and noise reduction and more. WavePad is a freeware WAV / MP3 editor but it also supports a number of other file formats including VOX, GSM, RA, AU, AIF, FLAC, and OGG and many more in the Master’s Edition. Recording and editing Mp3 and WAV files are freeware features.”

Download the software.

Brizzly appears to be a new toy on the market, as recommended by @StephenFry (still the UK’s top Twitter advocate?). I still haven’t done a great deal with it, but with the rise of spammers, it looks to be a useful/interesting tool, and again, is capable of managing multiple accounts. I wondered what was different, but it opens up all short-links (which you’ll still need to use to post to keep them short and maximise the use of your 140 characters), images and videos (which can be watched in the software). The intro video is a helpful start off, and you can group people by self-defined groups, and mute people for short periods of time (rather than de-following) if, for instance, they are at a conference that you’re not interested in. You need an invite code to get in – I got mine via @WriterCharly, who got hers from @StephenFry.