For this project I was not really sure what I wanted to do. I struggled with thinking up a topic so I decided that I could do something about that. So my little story is basically about me trying to get a assignment done but my cat keeps interrupting me. 

I wanted to try and keep my project simple. I have not done much in the way of audio editing before and that was still a very long time ago. Recording my own voice is something I don’t do often and I really found it awkward listening to my own voice over and over as I tried editing me project. I feel like I should defiantly spend more time working with audacity and other audio programs to get a better feel for them. I especially found working with incorporating music tricky and feel like I need to experiment with it more. I would also like to to try doing more with recording my own sound effects. I recorded one for this project but because its tricky to get recordings of my own cat meowing I had to use recordings I found.

-By Jazlin Sobel

What I was trying to accomplish with my Audio Project was to NOT use a lot of narrating to describe the actions in the scene, and to only focus on ambience and dialogue. The character I voiced is talking aloud to themselves and or other objects the entire time, and although my voice acting is not that of a professional- I hope I was able to capture the idea that the character was there on the island for a long, long time alone. My personal experience with this assignment was actually a little frustrating- not from not knowing the program (I’ve used it quiet often before for other personal projects), but because of the fact that I couldn’t find good sounds of someone hitting two damn rocks together. Can you believe that? I searched for DAYS. I even looked in my yard for some decently sized rocks but all I had were PEBBLES. I had to ask my friend to run outside his home and smack some rocks together MULTIPLE times to be able to get the sound I wanted, and felt insane. Made me deathly wish that I had the “play room” that was shown to us in a video in class last week. Other than that, everything else was a lot easier for me to find- the free to use fire sounds, the crickets, the steps- literally anything except the rocks. Enjoyed it all besides that (and the voice acting).

For this project, I decided to expand on one of my high school graphic design cereal box’s that I did back in 2019. Out of the three box designs I created, I chose this one for the fact that it was easier to build a commercial around it. I thought it would be fun and interesting to expand the oddity of my cereal by advertising how delicious it would be!

My experience with this project was decent. Coming up with the script was difficult for me, but I eventually pulled through. It’s not easy trying to sell something that’s not meant to actually be tasty, but try to sell it like it is! Finding the audio, recording, and editing was simple enough for me as I grew up having to edit songs on Audacity. Overall, I thought this project was interesting to do and left me an opportunity to add more to the cereal’s advertisement.

I wanted to keep things simple as I’ve never recorded my own voice before. I wanted to try a neutral, whimsical music track, but it was difficult to find something fitting as there is a lot of free music content to look through. I went with something upbeat in the end since I find the story to be not be heavy.

I found most of my experience with this project was learning about new subjects I never delved too deeply in before as I kept the concept simple. Looking into copyright and learning audio tricks in Adobe Audition was a focus. I learned tricks such as reducing reverb in audio if you get too much of an echo in your recording. For my audio thumbnail image, I decided to draw it myself to sidestep any copyright worry.

There are things I still wish to learn, such as how to balance the sound effects, music, and voice volume. I defaulted to the voice being the focus and the music and sound effects being quieter.

-Jennifer Howard

This project took me a few days to start doing it. I did not know what topic to choose. First,  I wanted to create a Radio Advertisement. I practiced for a few days, but I do not have any experience doing it, and I forgot about that idea. Then I decided to read Aesop’s fables. My son likes me to read stories before bed, so I thought it was going to be easier. Also, I thought that it could be a good idea to include him in the audio and  have a good time together. I asked him, and he was super happy. With this project I wanted to create a family time environment, being relaxed, and having fun. My experience with this assignment was a little overwhelming at the beginning because it is not easy to start when you have many ideas in your head. Also, finding the audios, working with Audition, Soundcloud, etc. Everything requires hard work, nothing is easy. Even though  it was a little bit complicated at the beginning to make the audio, I happily can say that I enjoyed it a lot. I learned so much. I had the opportunity to practice my terrible pronunciation, and also I practiced more audio editing. This project left me with very good learning.   

By Maria

My goal with the project was to write a comedic radio advertisement based on an old joke my chess mentor would say back in high school. He stated that he wished he could zap us through our phones every time we didn’t make the best move in our games. Taking this idea, I thought it would be funny to create an advertisement that satisfies this want using lots of chess jargon to appeal to the target audience. The overuse of jargon is very intentional as it is not an ad for general audiences and meant to appeal to a very specific audience of people.

When putting the project together, I had to record the audio on my phone and then send it to my computer where I edited it using audacity. Firstly the audio had to be mastered by cutting all of the bad takes and removing spaces in between the ones I kept in order to keep the narrative flowing, reserving pauses for comedic effect. As far as the music goes, it took a while to browse through sites with free music until I found one I was satisfied with. Lastly I had to draw the image using adobe animate of the man getting zapped by his phone showing the use of the product.