As I've been teaching, I always wanted to do a little more to post sound files on the class web page so that students could listen to and practice their parts. The problem was, the process was always too clunky. After recording the parts, I had to spend time using a web form to upload them, and that little bit of extra work convinced me that it wasn't worth a priority on my to-do list.
After spending just about forever looking for a good solution, I've discovered Posterous.com. All I have to do is record my sound file and attach it to an email. The service is free, and they give you 1 Gig to start with, as opposed to podbean.com, which only gives you 100 Meg.
Sounds like I could set up a very easy Mac workflow using the built-in microphone and a piano. Voice parts on the internet in no time!
No seriously. Check out jwdare.posterous.com. Posterous has a nice embedded mp3 player, too, so students don't have to worry about downloading hassle. I finished this all in about 2 minutes of recording and posting time. I think it would be way less if I could find faster recording software. Audacity is powerful, but it's just too clunky for what I need.
Now ideally, I could open software on my macbook, record an audio file, and hit one button to upload it so my students could see the file immediately. This will have to do in the meantime.
EDIT: Found a freeware program called, oddly enough, Audio Recorder. I had to mess around with it for a while to get it to record directly to mp3, but everything works now!
