My five-year-old daughter Zoe sings the Philippine National Anthem.

Zoe's Lupang Hinirang

Raw audio of me and my five-year-old daughter Zoe reading "Noodles and the Gingerbread Boy," a conversation that can be acted out. Recording setup: recording directly to Audacity with a condenser mic patched through M-Audio Fast Track audio interface, powered by USB through a Mac.

Ed Davad-Noodles-raw

Minor editing of a recording of me and my five-year-old daughter Zoe reading "Noodles and the Gingerbread Boy," a conversation that can be acted out. Recording setup: recording directly to Audacity with a condenser mic patched through M-Audio Fast Track audio interface, powered by USB through a Mac.

Noodles-edited2

A story read by my favorite voice talent. Voice recorded straight through Audacity, then opened in iMovie to add its built-in effects. After adding the effects, the file was exported to iTunes and saved as an MP4 file. The resulting file was opened in Audacity. The music track (from iLife) was added to the vocal track.  Compressed the dynamic range of some parts to remove the clipping in the vocals. Used Audacity’s auto duck in the music track to reduce its volume against the vocal control track. 

Eduardo Davad