I am still struggling with the spoken word part of the assignment. I went though many trials. I tried a granddaughter – grandmother conversation; I can’t bring myself to put English words in my grandma’s mouth. I tried a dream narration – it feels way too personal and I lack the necessary skill to engage… Continue reading Speak! Speak!
Category: Sonic Doing and Thinking
Dream Brain Waves Sonification
Is it possible? Apparently yes! I am always interested in the science of things. Brain waves are radio waves. Sonification exists. But how? I started researching dreams sonification. http://www.nouspace.net/john/archive/dreamcycle/dreamcycle.html Gerold Baier (University of Manchester) and Thomas Hermann (Bielefeld University) performed within the contemporary music festival Wien Modern 2008, as opening event of the Wien Modern 2008 series “MUSIC… Continue reading Dream Brain Waves Sonification
Church and Drama
I have been trying to understand what radio means to me and how can I make my project a bit more personal. I don’t really listen to any radio or even podcasts at the moment so I started looking back. I have this very vivid memory of childhood days spent at my grandmother’s house. They… Continue reading Church and Drama
Narrative
What is there particular about radio? How must one adapt their narrative in this medium? That’s what I’m going to explore in this blogpost. Tips on how to build a radio story: 1.) Ask a question 2.) Dive immediately into the narrative 3.) Introduce a mystery 4.) Establish the concept first 5.) Get personal Reading I… Continue reading Narrative
Good Ol’ Days
Looking for something to say about the radio. An itch to scratch. Why do people listen to the radio nowadays? Short research and it turns out it’s for the novelty aspect of it. The possibility of being exposed to a new piece of information, being kept up to date. Why then is Elton John No.1… Continue reading Good Ol’ Days
Lesson 5
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.) Sample Rate… Continue reading Lesson 5
Lesson 4
What are some actions that can be initiated from The Dashboard? (See “The Dashboard” beginning on page 70.) The Dashboard lets you complete the following actions: create a new blank session on local storage, create a new blank project, with or without cloud backup, create a new session or project from a template, open a… Continue reading Lesson 4
Lesson 2
1.Name some of the folders and files that ProTools creates as part of the session hierarchy. Where is the session file (. ptx) stored? Audio Files, Video Files, WaveCache.wfm, Bounced Files, Clip Groups, Pro Tools Session.ptx (stored in the session folder with the same name). 2.What is the WaveCache.wfm file used for? What happens if the WaveCache file gets… Continue reading Lesson 2
Lesson 1
1. Name and describe five types of production tasks that ProTools can be used for. Audio processing, MIDI sequencing, mixing, scores and notation, audio for video. 2. What’s the frequency range of human hearing? Human hearing frequency range: 20 Hz-20 kHz. 3. What does the frequency of a sound wave affect in terms of how we perceive the… Continue reading Lesson 1