From a newbie to a newbie:
I did the research to find a way to edit my shows and upload to the Live Music Archive (LMA). I never found a comprehensive instruction on this site, so I decided to make one for others in the same situation. If this thread proves useful, I think it would make a great sticky! For all those experts, feel free to edit my work and add any tips you think would be helpful.
Enjoy!
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Ten simple steps for post-production after recording a live show:
1. Open file in FREE sound editing program Audacity. Get it here:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/. Feel free to pay for a different program and figure that one out.
2. Normalize, amplify, or make any other edits to recording. Save work often. See
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Audacity_Wiki_Home_Page for tips.
3. Split into tracks. See same audacity wiki link above for tips.
4. “Export multiple” as flac files. When doing so, the files can be tagged with artist and show info.
5. Rename flac files according to LMA naming standards (found here:
http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=NamingStandards).
6. Create a .txt file using a template from the archive (for example:
http://www.archive.org/download/jjgam2009-01-29.BR.flac16/jjgam2009-01-29.BR.flac16.txt), and an .ffp file using the “Create Checksum” function with FREE program Trader’s Little Helper (download here:
http://tlh.easytree.org/).
7. Begin upload process to LMA (if the band allows it). See
http://ia351407.us.archive.org/0/items/uploaded/Tyler-Uploading_to_LMA_2007-08-06_final.pdf?cnt=0 for instructions. Or post on
http://bt.etree.org if you intend to seed it. Instructions are on the site, and they seem quite simple compared to LMA.
8. If LMA: Use ftp program for uploading flac, txt, and ffp files (ie SmartFTP, Filezilla, or FireFTP). You must copy and paste the FTP window (provided by LMA) in Internet Explorer before opening the FTP program.
9. Wait a while and refresh your LMA page to see results.
10. Share the music!