It is so quaint. Having to record audio on one device, edit on a second and distribute to a third. Like having to first hitch your horse to a wagon before you could go or having to shut off the gas to extinguish your lamp.
Without questioning the workflow, I was all set to record audio on one device, my Creative Zen, transfer the .wav file into my MacBookPro, import it into Final Cut Pro and after editing it, export the file, and send it as an attachment to an email, after first opening my GMail account.(ugh) Which doesn't even include the time wasted because the .wav file has to be rendered before it will playback on the edit timeline and to open yet another additional program needed to make the .wav file into an .mp3 file, which is smaller and more universally applicable. (double ugh)
That was then. This is now. Record, edit and send from the same device. In my case an iPad. I downloaded a free App from NCH called Pocket WavePad HD that records, edits, plays and distributes audio. No separate audio record device. No other computer needed, to house an unneeded separate edit program. No additional transcoding program needed either, as WavePad exports to mp3.
Easy.
As I think about what is to come, I know that what is revolutionary now is merely evolutionary. That no matter how amazing the present seems, the future will make it appear passé or perhaps retaining some antiquated charm, quaint.
This article was written on the same iPad, using notepad, then accessing the web, uploaded and edited the text, found and downloaded the Flickr Creative Commons main picture and added iPad screenshots of WavePad to make this yourpublicmedia.org page. (Thank you Derrick)
