The “Create a Place” assignment was to “Create a place by just using sound. For example, make the listener know where they are if outside use birds, cars, etc.” I decided to create a farmyard scene. I used freesound.org to find lots of different sounds, such as a rooster, birds, chickens, etc., and overlapped and […]

The “DS106 Radio Commercial” assignment was to “Create a commercial featuring an item that you have invented that would be extremely useful to your favorite movie or TV Show character. Try to be as creative and abstract as possible. Must include sound effects or background music and be at least 20 seconds in length.” I […]

The “Create a DS106 Radio Bumper” assignment was to create a bumper for DS106 radio. Since my group mates and I are currently working on creating our own radio show, I decided to do a bumper for that specifically. I created a bumper that I think would be good to play right at the beginning […]

The instructions for the “Tongue Twister” assignment were to “Say any tongue twister as fast as you can and include a background sound to layer it.” I decided to use the classic Peter Piper tongue twister. I recorded myself saying it and uploaded the audio to Audacity. Then I figured out how to repeat the […]

What does the morning sound like for a secret agent? The instructions for the “Sound Effects Story” assignment are to “Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online. The story can be no longer than 90 […]

The instructions for the “Make Noise From a Normal Sample” assignment were to “Make Noise!! The title is pretty self explanatory. Take a recognizable song or sound, and then turn it into a completely unrecognizable sound. For example, take a dog barking and make it sound like tv static. This can be accomplished using any […]

I’m sure we’ve all received some weird spam, whether it be an urgent email from a fake credit card company, or a job offer for 10k a week. The instructions for the “Taking Back Spam” assignment were to “Find some spam. Could be email spam, could be comment spam, whatever you want. Read it aloud. […]