Why haven’t I begun post-production?
Unfortunately, my setup at home is having technical difficulties my monitor display isn’t responding to the HDMI signal. I believe this is because of wear and tear over the years. I’m unable to work in a DAW at home. Fortunately, I live really close to the university so I have been using the digital space to work. To the charm of unluckyness Logic Pro X has been removed from the digital space which is my choice of DAW to work in. I have put in a word about this to our student leader in our class hopefully this will be fixed.
Pro Tools: Preparing a Session for Foley
Pro Tools is an industry-standard DAW working in the sound world maybe this is a blessing to force my hand and get to know the software. Preparing a session is very important to maximise studio time, using markers I placed spotting notes for Foley to be recorded.
Using Pro Tools I spent hours preparing a session to record Foley adding markers to spotting notes however when I reopened the session nothing seemed to of saved.
Initial Research: Sound Design
Wind_SFX
Sound design for the cinemas masterly tricks the brain of the audience. You feel a part of the cinematic scene.
Through a creepy wind ambience, I will intentionally be setting the scene of horror truly representing the narrative told through visuals.
Initial Research
Wind is hard to capture through field recordings because microphones hate it!
Synthesis is another way to create the sound of wind…
Ableton Tutorial
Ableton is not a DAW I use however, this video gives me my own understanding and knowledge towards the production and creation of making the sound of wind.
Written Method
- White noise synth, uses a low pass filter and increases resonance which gives a small peek above cut off to give tonal change overtime.
- Grab LFO to create movement. Depth parameter under 10% now making white noise sound like realistic wind sfx. The offset value can be increased and decreased to change intensity.
- Add convolution reverb to remove dryness. Always have dry/wet under 50% to avoid the sound sounding washed out.
- To remove the low end add an EQ which gives the dimension of proximity.
Field Recording Wind
Yes, field recording wind is hard but the university allows us to use expensive microphones that can definitely record high-quality wind sounds.
Never have your microphone naked outside! What I mean by this is to use a microphone wind protector. This video does a great job of showcasing the difference between ‘naked’ and ‘dressed’ microphones however isn’t insightful to field-recording wind and capturing the different tones of wind.
Conclusion
Today’s attempt to begin this elements project has failed and research will need to be further developed to find ways to sound design wind in a horror texture and tone.