Sound Recording and Design

Alright, so I got behind this semester. It kind of sucks having a virus on your computer for a couple of weeks.

After hearing the complete library of recordings I was impressed with the amount of creativity that the other groups put into the different projects. Some sounds that stood out to me included the jet engine, the guitar scratch, projector, the lengthy electronic music, chimes, and a lot others. There's a wide variety of effects, voices, and ambient sounds to choose from. The design part of the assignment was very challenging because my partner and I are both brand new to FCP. Luckily I'm in a slightly better position than my partner, as I'm learning the program in another class. We got a pretty hard title to conceptualize I think: In the Land of the Blind the One-Eyed Man is King. The track was constructed as just a constant wall of sound that ended up resembling your worst nightmares. We did a lot of speed reduction and acceleration, reverberation, and reverse motion. There isn't a single moment in the track where you aren't listening to at least three or four different sounds at the same time. We paid particular attention to a lot of the vocal work and ambient effects when creating the track. There is one sound that we stretched out for the entire length: the German conversation. It's that constantly vibrating low hum that you'll hear the whole time. One thing we did well, I think, is that we maintained a consistant atmosphere. For a first attempt at Sound Design and Editing it's not bad.