Sonic Design - Exercises

30/03/20201 - 20/04/2021 /  Week 1 - Week 4  
Avery Ong Xuan Ting / 0344462
Sonic Design / Bachelors in Design ( Hons ) in Creative Multimedia 

Exercises / Audio Fundamentals

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INSTRUCTION

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LECTURES

Week 1 / Video and Audio Production :

Lecturer had sent us a recorded lecture link in our Facebook group. 

Week 2 / Sound Effects :

Week 4 / Automation :

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WEEK 1

Today lecturer have a simple brief of our module. We need to download Adobe Audition for the exercises. Before the class ended, lecturer want us to turn on our camera and introduce ourselves. It was a little bit awkward but very fun.

WEEK 2

Tutorial

Parametric Equalizer

Lecturer had taught us the basic of using Adobe Audition today. He gave us some class exercises to show him in class. Below is the video for the EQ tutorial. Teaching how to match a track to an original track using a parametric equalizer.

fig. 1.0 ; parametric equalizer (tutorial)

We downloaded some sound provided in Google Classroom and started to match to the original track. After that, we need to screenshot and show lecturer our outcome.

fig. 1.1 ; class exercise (EQ1)

fig. 1.2 ; class exercise (EQ2)

fig. 1.3 ; class exercise (EQ3)

fig. 1.4 ; class exercise (EQ4)

Explosion Sound Effects

Below is the Explosion sound effects. We should watch the video and use the given sound to practice.

 

fig. 1.5 ; sound design tool (tutorial)

Task 1

Download the explosion and punch sound effects given in Google Drive to practice using Adobe Audition and upload to our blog.

fig. 1.6 ; progression of explosion

fig. 1.7 ; progression of punch sound

Final Outcome in Google Drive

WEEK 3

Task 2 

Lecturer send us two environment pictures and want us to add some ambience sound for the two image. We can download the ambience sound from freesound.org.

fig. 1.8 ; environment 1

fig. 1.9 ; environment 2

Below are the progression while I was editing in Adobe Audition :

fig. 1.10 ; Environment 1 (progression)

fig. 1.11 ; Environment 2 (progression)

Final Outcome in Google Drive

Lecturer's Feedback :

- ( Environment 1 ) The second laser sound can be louder so it will be more prominent.

- ( Environment 2 ) The beep sound was quite nice. Overall was good.

WEEK 4

Task 3 

Lecturer taught us to play around with EQ in Adobe Audition. We used any sound that was given in Google Drive before and tried to play with the volume and EQ, then show it to lecturer.

fig. 1.12 ; first sound progression

fig. 1.13 ; second sound progression

Final Outcome in Google Drive

WEEK 7

Task 4 

Today's class was a little bit different but fun. Lecturer had sent us a sample scripts for radio commercials, therefore we need to choose one of the scripts from the Google Docs. to voiceover and send it to Discord.

fig. 1.14 ; sample scripts

I had do some research for radio advertisement from YouTube and Google before I starting to record. Besides that, I had practice many times. However, Below is my outcome for this exercise :

fig. 1.15 ; outcome

Lecturer's Feedback :

The voice was too soft, need to increase the volume. Too much room ambience, need to record under a blanket or something. If reduce the sound the voice will become muffle and reverb. EQ then compress. Could add some music to mask the noise by another voice.

According to the feedback given, I rerecorded the voiceover again. I used my IPhone 12 Pro and covered myself under the blanket to record directly without using headphone. Afterwards, I imported to Adobe Audition for editing. Below are the adjustment I had made in Audition :

fig. 1.16 ; compressed the voice

fig. 1.17 ; adjusted EQ

fig. 1.18 ; noise reduction

Nevertheless, below is my final outcome :

fig. 1.19 ; final outcome