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Sound Workshops
Second trimester Thematic Seminars were about Sound Narratives. Below, the workshops, their content and outcome.
Stock
Recording Sound
Day 1: What is sound, and why should we care? Sound quality, foreground/background, the horrors of MP3 Elementary Acoustics
Day 2: Microphones & instruments Signals "Representations" of stored sound (Analog vs Digital, formats)
Day 3: How to record Where to record What to record And Why (i.e. make a Plan first...)
Day 4: Generating sounds (Synths, samplers, drum-machines, etc.) & Gathering sounds (from libraries, on-line)
Outcome
We built our own piezos (contact mics). I used one of them to record machine sounds.
Mastering Sound
Day 1: Different programs all work more or less the same way Using multiple tracks Mixing multiple tracks
Day 2: Using EQ & Filters
Day 3: Using Dynamic Compression & Gates
Day 4: Reverb, Echo & Spatialisation & Mastering
Outcome
Used the knowledge to produce the soundtracks requested by Larry Sider.
André Castro
Into the sound studio
A hands-on introduction to the analogue sound studio.
Outcome
Used the knowledge to record sounds using WORM analogue studio. Some of these sound samples were used in Larry Sider's assignments. Together with André and Michaela, we built a special mic, capable of recording static noise (eletro-magnetic fields). Some of these sound samples were used in Larry Sider's assignments.
Larry Sider
The School of Sound workshop
Assignment 1 - Staircase
Produce a 2 min soundtrack for a photo.
Outcome
Assignment done with Ana Luisa Moura.
Assignment 2 - Realist & Abstract soundtracks for one visual
In this assignment, we should choose one of two visuals and produce two different soundtracks for it: one realistic and one abstract.
Outcome
Visual: 2 min extracted from 'Street of Crocodiles', a 21-minute-long stop-motion animation by the Brothers Quay.
REALIST
ABSTRACT
Assignment 3- Airplane
Produce a 2 min soundtrack related to the MH370 flight
Outcome
Assignment done with Ana Luisa Moura, Elleke Hageman and Lídia Pereira.