This project was personally a lot of fun. I had planned on making a much more vague and spooky story, but this was my first time using Audition so I tried to keep it simple yet interesting. By the time I was done with this project, I had a much greater understanding of Audition, and audio editing as a whole. It’s a bit of a weird one, and the cover photo was generated by AI because why not have some fun with it. A lot of the weird noises are just my own voice, but distorted beyond recognition. The song was Gregorian Chant by Carlos Estella, and I licensed it through Adobe Stock. I thought that it added an interesting contrast to the robot noises and made the nonsensical ending very emotional. I made footsteps, door opening, and chair sitting noises from themselves because they were readily available. I did originally try to make them from other noises like a Foley artist might, but I couldn’t find the right sounds. I will try to incorporate the audio skills that I learned during this project in future projects because it was a very good opportunity to be creative.

By Sam Kruse