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Paste some portable applications in one directory on the stick and make another directory for people to record their sound. There could be a third directory containing the \u2018tutorial audio\u2019 which everyone will use to learn to edit audio together. Then ask people to plug in this stick and use it instead of the PC\u2019s hard drive.<\/p>\n<p>It would be better to use M-Audio Microtrack recorders than mini-discs if the budget will stretch to that, because audio rushes can be dragged in file form faster than real time and time will be of the essence in your workshops.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a download link (click on \u2018website\u2019) are some instructions for setting up Audacity to work on a USB stick: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portablefreeware.com\/?id=648\" title=\"Audacity\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.portablefreeware.com\/?id=648<\/a> or on a portable flash card via a card reader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone asked me this week about setting up and training people to run audio storytelling workshops on someone else\u2019s equipment. It\u2019s best to be prepared for the unexpected. The biggest challenge is often the fact that machines are \u2018locked down\u2019 by the administrator. 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Here\u2019s a download link (click on \u2018website\u2019) are some instructions for setting up Audacity to work on a USB stick: http:\/\/www.portablefreeware.com\/?id=648 or on a portable flash card via a card reader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8,15,18,24],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Audio Storytelling Legacy Setup - Aberth Digital Storytelling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aberth.com\/digitalstorytelling\/audio-storytelling-legacy-setup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Audio Storytelling Legacy Setup - Aberth Digital Storytelling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Someone asked me this week about setting up and training people to run audio storytelling workshops on someone else\u2019s equipment. 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