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Sound Workshops

Second trimester Thematic Seminars were about Sound Narratives. Below, the workshops, their content and outcome.

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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. We recorded several sound samples and edited/mixed/mastered the soundtrack.

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.

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