Final Audio Story

I began the process of creating by coming up with questions to ask Pray as I was set on interviewing him for my final project. I let him see the questions so that he was not caught off guard by them and then I was able to go through and record each question individually so that I could edit them separately and then put them together into the larger interview. I was unable to get a second interview with Pray as he was gearing up for the upcoming sporting events. I tried to refine the audio some and make it clearer with little luck. I then went through and edited out any of the “ums” or “uhhs” that did not make the interview seem natural or flow well. I did leave some natural pauses and spaces in the interview because I did not want to completely take away the natural components of it. I then went in and found some additional music to use in the beginning and ending of my interview. The music I used I felt fit into the genre of podcast or interview I was doing and I found it at www.bensound.com. I was able to choose from a large selection of music and I was able to find an appropriate one that I felt fit my podcast. I then went through and took out a majority of the song and used only the first 10 seconds and the last 10 seconds. I took these two portions and placed them at either end of my interview. I then faded the beginning one in and the allowed it to play straight into my interview with a momentary pause before the introduction. I then faded the second one out and left a bit of a pause as Pray finished speaking. I think these little changes helped a lot but I do wish I could have gotten better quality recordings.