That sassy title is for you, Jim Groom.  I told you I would try and improve my post titles.  But really, I do hope this post will be interesting. I did not do a post about the Sound Effects Story … Continue reading →

Here are my 3 creates from this past week. I had a lot of trouble with loading the New post page in wordpress, but think I have it resolved now (re installed my browser). 2/20-Record a sound that represents an … Continue reading →

Ugh! Sound Week!  This was my least favorite week thus far.  I have very little experience with sound editing, and by little I mean none.   Up until now, my assignments ...

“Killer Empathy” – http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2012/feb/06/killer-empathy/ Wow. This radio show was just… wow. Speaking strictly about the context, I found myself both in awe, and in disbelief. “Killer Empathy” features Jeff Lockwood, a professor at the University of Wyoming. Jeff Lockwood experimented … Continue reading →

“The Contest Nobody Can Win” is an assignment created by procsilas that involves taking short, one second segments of songs and mixing them together. Then it is up to the viewers to guess what the six songs are. Here is a selection that rap and hip-hop fans should like. So can you guess all six …

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This assignment is called “Character Bird Call” by CogDog. Essentially we have to create an audio clip that would attract a character from our favorite tv show or movie, much like a whistle would attract birds. For this assignment I chose one of my favorite characters of all time, Homer Simpson: Simpson Bird Call The …

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hangover For my last audio assignment, I chose to do a dramatic reading of the DVD back jacket of the Hangover. I chose to read it slowly and in a melancholy, monotone manner because I think it reflects the true nature of a hangover, which is the opposite of the pacing of the actual movie. ...

The first assignment required for the week is the “Sound Effects Story” created by Jim Groom. The purpose of this assignment is to create an audio story of just sound effects, no verbal communication. For this story I decided to do a typical war scene you may see in movies. As part of the assignment, …

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TDC 2.20.12 – Tell the story of a place with an ambient sound recording: Computer Lab by maura_monahan TDC 2.22.12 – Say your name backwards: Say My Name, Say My Name (Backwards!) by maura_monahan TDC 2.24.12 – Take a photo … Continue reading →

I listened to a Radio Lab episode called “A 4-Track Mind.” Not only did I find this episode very interesting, but I really liked the layout. They kept flipping back and forth between the talk show aspect and interviews they … Continue reading →

This assignment was very easy but very delightful. We had a book that was called “What’s Your Poo Telling You?” HOW COULD I NOT READ FROM THIS BOOK! I wasen’t even dramatic but just saying it in a serious voice … Continue reading →

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/play_full.php?play=409&podcast=1   I listened to the episode of This American Life “Held Hostage.” I enjoyed this radio production. Yes the content was captivating, but I began noting the production itself. It felt as though I was just closing my eyes while watching tv. The background noises were appropriate and life-like. I became very sensitive to ...

ringtone   Still trying to figure out how to embed the soundcloud bar into my post… anyway.. for my second and third stars I created my own ringtone. I searched freesound.org for classic phones ringing. I downloaded a number, including a cell phone vibrating. It turned out that I accidentally hit play before I could ...

I listened to this radio show on Radiolab in order to get myself acquainted with the type of radio we’re dealing with in ds106.  Honestly, I don’t have much experience (almost none) with this type of radio.  In some ways … Read More →

I’ve always wanted to use a fake accent when I ordered food at a drive-thru so here’s my chance! I’m not sure exactly what kind of accent this came out as… but it definitely is entertaining. I recorded my order directly … Continue reading →

For this assignment the instructions were to tell a brief joke in a language that is not your native tongue. I have taken a couple semesters of Spanish in school, but am still far from fluent. I hope my Spanish … Continue reading →

SpamReadingDS106 by annie_belle1 For this assignment, submitted by Alan Levine, I recorded myself reading various pieces of spam mail that I currently have. I wanted to record myself reading them in a really upbeat way that made it seem like they all c...

may i take your order   For my first audio assignment, I decided to start simple and record my McDonald’s order with a southern accent. I first wrote a script for me to read off of. I then recorded each piece on Audacity. I saved the audio as a project. I then went to file ...

GollumDS106 by annie_belle1 This creation was inspired by this assignment submitted by Sarah Parlette. I am slightly obsessed with the Lord of the Rings movies, and I love Gollum’s voice, so I started doing an impression of him a few years ago th...

I liked this assignment. It was fun messing with Garage Band to clip and arrange tracks. Again, I used music that I had in my iTunes. You can [..]