Recording Audio for the Kanikapila

If you would like, recording on an iPhone or Android phone can work, but if you leave the recorder on for the whole event, you will have a huge file on your phone which will be difficult to deal with.

A better solution is to record on your desktop or laptop computer using free software called Audacity. It is easy to use, being modeled on the idea of a tape recorder. Here is a brief tutorial.

In order for this to work, You need to have a least a little of June's voice/playing on your recording so that we have a way of syncing your playing with hers. One thing to remember is that by default, Audacity saves project files in its own format that cannot really be shared. You will need to EXPORT your audio. The best format is wav, but an mp3 is fine too. Once you have exported an audio file, email it—or a link to your Google Drive with the file stored there if it is too big to email—to: here.

Jam out! Don't worry about whether it is good enough: When we put our voices together it will make all of us sound great, so I hope you won't be shy and will try out this fun experiment!