Sounding off

I never look forward to needing graphics for a project. Websites, images, logos, icons etc... If I do it myself, a good rule of thumb is that it will take 5 times as long as I think, and look about a tenth as good as I want. It's not that I don't enjoy doing it, I really do, it's just that it so often turns out to be a disappointing waste of my time. I'd strongly advocate outsourcing it if possible; hopefully I'll be able to do that next time something major or important comes up.

In the course of my little experiment with Flash last week, I realized that there is something much worse: needing sound. It was also time-consuming and disappointing, but I didn't have much fun with it either. One shining positive from the experience was that I found some nice open source sound processing software: Audacity. It didn't make my life any easier last week, but that's only because I'm clueless when it comes to sound. It was obvious that it would help me if I stuck at it, and that I might actually, eventually be able to enjoy myself.

Tag: free sound software