For my audio project, I chose to read ‘The Ass and the Load of Salt’ from Aesop’s Fables. I chose this story because it was kind of funny, and I thought that would make the project more enjoyable. I have to say, that I did not enjoy this assignment. I have never liked audio, because you have to listen to the same sounds over and over again, and it drives me a little crazy.
That being said, what I did first, was find the story that I wanted to read. Then I searched the internet for free sounds that I thought would go along with the story. After finding the sounds, I recorded my voice. I ended up using my phone to record it because it has a much higher quality microphone than my laptop. At first, I tried to record the whole thing at one time, but I kept messing up on words halfway through, so I decided to record the story one sentence at a time, then string them all together in Audacity. Although that made the recording process easier, I think it made working in Audacity a little harder, because I had so many different voice channels.
I did not get this project perfect, but honestly I just couldn’t listen to my voice tell that same story one more time. That being said, here is ‘The Ass and the Load of Salt’, as told by Johnny:
Hi Johnny,
Fantastic job on the story. Your sound effects and voice went along great together. I also liked how you chose a story that had a good meaning to it. Keep up the good work
Hi Johhny!
I really enjoyed listening to your audio project, I felt that you used the most sound effects out of the class but they really helped make the story come alive, I could clearly see and hear everything that was going on in your story by closing my eyes and focusing on your recording. The only improvements I would suggest would be to fix some of the audio that seemed to be too loud but everyone had the same problems too. Great job again!