I recorded a narration of Aesop’s Fable: The Hare and the Tortoise. I just thought this would be fun because practically everyone knows the story. I had never really worked with audio, so my goal with this project was really for it to just sound good! I had a bit of trouble navigating Audacity but viewing tutorials and trial and error helped me figure it out. I wanted to add some fun sound effects to the story, so I have “happy music” from Freesounds.org playing in the background to add an element of fun. I also added some footstep sounds from the same website for when the race begins. The snoring in the audio is actually from my little dachshund napping earlier this week. She is an avid snorer. I don’t love the sound of my voice but I had to make due and just go with it. I figured I would be the only one who really doesn’t like it. Plus I didn’t want to force one of my family members to record their voices either! Overall I had a lot of fun with this project and I hope that the audio sounds good to everyone else too!
By Morgan Murphy
Nicely done with the sound effects Morgan! Good, clean vocal recording too; also, you have a great reading voice so give yourself some credit. My only criticism would be to have a smoother outro for your recording. Instead of an abrupt ending have a gradual fading out. That way it is not so jarring when the audio is over.
I liked this one. I remember this story from when I was a kid. You balanced the audio levels very well and the music was super fitting. A+.