Weekly Summary #5

Weekly Summary #5

by @ldeitrick

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September 29, 2017

I have zero experience editing audio. Zero. The closest I’ve ever come to being a sound producer was burning CDs on my desktop with Napster was still a thing. Needless to say, this week’s audio assignments were a challenge for me. The process was slow, sometimes painful, and on a steep learning curve. The greatest …
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Sound Construction Site

by @ldeitrick

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September 29, 2017

So, audio editing is a work in progress for me. I spent a lot of time working on each assignment, only to finally realize I wasn’t going to modern, electronic Mozart on my first try. My pieces aren’t going to sound like what I hear on the radio or at DJ event, if they did, …
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Rule the World

by @ldeitrick

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September 29, 2017

A superhero soundtrack was tough on me from a creative perspective. I really didn’t want to do a voice-over because I felt like it fit my character or her story. I didn’t know how I could adequately relay her story in a quick voice-over. Instead, I decided to go a very minimalist, abstract direction with …
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Bumper……. radio?

by @ldeitrick

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September 29, 2017

Technical stuff I used Freesound to download “Batman punches” and a surreal galaxy These are nods to both the DS106 superhero theme and my blog’s personal title theme. I voice recorded the intro using the SoundCloud app on my Samsung Galaxy phone. I find the sound quality from my phone’s microphone is light years ahead …
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Can You Hear What I See?

by @ldeitrick

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September 29, 2017

Have you ever closed your eyes while watching television? Or perhaps, you are like me and have a show tuned on while in another room just out of eyesight? In the virtual classroom, we mimicked that experience with a few minor differences. If we missed something or were unable to decipher what was happening based …
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Silence is the loudest sound.

by @ldeitrick

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September 28, 2017

“Moon Graffiti” grabs you right from the moment you start listening. The producers achieve this primarily using two distinct styles when introducing the story. NPR’s “How Audio Stories Begin” describe these techniques as diving immediately into the narrative and introducing a mystery. We are confronted with alarms signaling a sense of danger and urgency, as …
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Super supper and small talk.

by @ldeitrick

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September 26, 2017

My ideal radio show….. sure I’ve thought about this before, but getting class credit and the opportunity to give it whirl – how intriguing. So what would the radio show look like? I’m sure most people find their friends fascinating, otherwise why are you friends? But of course, I believe my friends are objectively fascinating. …
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