I decided, for my sound project, to do a piece that represented the evolution of education. i found this project challenging for several reasons but also learned a lot.
the first challenge was that i had never used audition before, its an extremely complex piece of software and so had to use many tutorials to understand how to use it to its full potential, it turned out to be worth it as i feel i greatly improved my mixing and mastering abilities. Mixing is the process of adding several different sound recordings and raising and lowering the volume of each sound so that balances appropriately for what you want the audience to hear. an example of this is that with my project i decided to do was set inside a class room and featured the sound of a pencil writing on paper, i mixed the sound so the background noise of students talking was quieter and less pronounced then the sound of the pencil writing, helping them understand what as happening better. i thought my mixing through out was good.
I felt my project was not so good because i struggled to come up with sound ideas that represented the change from modern to post modern education. i felt despite 4 sounds to play over the background, more could have been added to develop my sound track and make it more complex, many good ideas came to me on the final day but by then it was too late as my truck had to be mastered and exported. and this was clear in the feedback given to me.
to improve this in the future i will try to experiment more practically to inspire more ideas rather than simply trying to think of them without any creative inspiration.
despite its faults, i feel my soundtrack was a good first attempt with audition and sound recorders.
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