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Element 1: Soundscape

Practical

Field Recording I used hs10 to field record sounds around London to use and edit for my soundscape. Sounds Recorded Tube arriving from perspective of awaiting Tube dispatching from perspective of awaiting Inside the Tube setting off and arriving at next station Tube doors opening and closing Passing by traffic Elevator doors opening and closing […]

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Element 2: Radiology

Performance Lab: Sound Effects & Foley

Information of Equipment and Software used, DAW Logic Pro X Microphones Sennhiser 410 AKG 414 SM57 Sound Effects & Foley for Radio We captured live a foley performance to capture sounds for our radio piece. Human voice, screams with a verity of emotion Fruit, Using watermelons, oranges and lemons we recorded a verity of different […]

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Element 1: Soundscape

Research

How to Achieve a Hallucinogenic/Trippy Theme I want to discover hallucinogenic tones to incorporate int my work therefore I am researching hallucinogenic music. “Swinging Sixtes” In the 1960s the music scene was heavily dominated by acid and hallucinogenic influenced music, psychedelic rock bands took over. I would love to take inspiration of the vibe and […]

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Element 1: Soundscape

Planning

Initial Ideas Idea 1 Using sound to create a scenes of a journey though London, on route to university. Include field recording of my journey Manipulate recorded audio in DAWs Throughout the journey the mind will drift off into memory Idea 2 Hallucinogenic/Trippy Experience of a Night Out Include field recorded foley to emulate distinctive […]

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Sonic Doing & Thinking

Making your First MIDI Recording Pro Tools Lesson 7

Discussion Questions TO DO Book a Korg Volca from the kit-room Experiment with the Volca and other forms of synthesis (perhaps your own instruments or devices) Learn about the Volca. Read the manual and reference it in your blog Make some test recordings and post 2 them to your blog.

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Importance and Working with Media Pro Tools Lesson 6

Discussion Questions Review an Article by Francisco Lopez https://moodle.arts.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/1397322/mod_resource/content/4/Schizophonia%20vs.%20l’objet%20sonore-%20soundscapes%20and%20artistic%20freedom.pdf Volca Synthesiser Learn about the Volca. Read the manual and reference it in your blog… Make some test recordings and post 2 them to your blog…

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Sonic Doing & Thinking

Making your First Audio Recording Lesson 5

Discussion Questions How much disk space is consumed per minute by a mono track at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit depth of 16-bit? What happens to disk space consumption if the sample rate is doubled to 88.2 kHz with the same bit depth? (See “audio storage requirements” beginning on page 96.) […]

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Creating Your First Session Lesson 4

Discussion Questions What are some actions that can be initiated from The Dashboard? (See “The Dashboard” beginning on page 70.) What is the difference between a session and a project in Pro Tools? (See “Creating and configuring a Pro Tools document” beginning on page 70.) What is required to create a project document? What are […]

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Pro Tools Basic Controls Lesson 3

Discussion Questions What icon is used for the Zoomer tool in the Edit window? How can you use this tool to quickly zoom out, filling the Edit window with the longest track in the session? (See “Zoomer Tool” beginning on page 52.) Which Edit tool is represented by a hand icon? What is this tool […]

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Getting Started with Pro Tools Lesson 2

Discussion Questions Name some of the folders and files that ProTools creates as part of the session hierarchy. Where is the session file (. ptx) stored? What is the WaveCache.wtm file used for? What happens if the WaveCache file gets deleted or goes missing?  Where are audio files stored in the session hierarchy?  Where are Pro Tool’s is MIDI files normally stored?  […]