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Evaluation This project involved in creating a sequence of audio clips to make a short radio style piece. The short audio clip had to be about a chosen object and a short or multiple interviews with people who describe the object. It was ideal if the chosen object made a distinctive sound. After researching into objects that make distinctive sounds we chose the Rubix Cube. I was working in a pair so roles were not exactly divided as we ended up doing most of the tasks together and simply consulted with each other. We both equally shared tasks in terms of research, planning and editing. However, I did do all the behind the scenes stuff such as taking pictures of them recording, the release form and planning out the possible interview questions. This project was quite hard for me as sound is probably my weakest point because I don’t know what is a ‘bad sound’ or ‘good sound’ and wouldn’t know what to do to make an audio clip sound good. However despite this, I did enjoy the editing stage as I didn’t realise how many changes can be made with one sound clip just by using effects. Additionally, when recording using the Tascam portable digital recorder, I found understanding the difference settings and mic settings difficult and this was vital as every different settings meant that the recording will be done differently. Overall, this project was better than I expected as the brief was simple and didn’t need to go out of the way for it, for example finding sound which is hard to get or even impossible. Additionally, as a pair, we managed time well and got everything done within time. The key was to record properly, in a quiet area with very little or no surrounding sounds so not much effects is needed to be added to the audio clip when editing. If I was to improve or do this particular project again, I would like to have a better understanding on what Adobe Audition has to offer as I was still unclear on what certain effects do and how they work which meant a lot of our time was spent in researching and looking at tutorials online.

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Evaluation    

This  project  involved  in  creating  a  sequence  of  audio  clips  to  make  a  short  radio  style  piece.  The  short  audio  clip  had  to  be  about  a  chosen  object  and  a  short  or  multiple  interviews  with  people  who  describe  the  object.  It  was  ideal  if  the  chosen  object  made  a  distinctive  sound.  After  researching  into  objects  that  make  distinctive  sounds  we  chose  the  Rubix  Cube.    I  was  working  in  a  pair  so  roles  were  not  exactly  divided  as  we  ended  up  doing  most  of  the  tasks  together  and  simply  consulted  with  each  other.  We  both  equally  shared  tasks  in  terms  of  research,  planning  and  editing.  However,  I  did  do  all  the  behind  the  scenes  stuff  such  as  taking  pictures  of  them  recording,  the  release  form  and  planning  out  the  possible  interview  questions.  This  project  was  quite  hard  for  me  as  sound  is  probably  my  weakest  point  because  I  don’t  know  what  is  a  ‘bad  sound’  or  ‘good  sound’  and  wouldn’t  know  what  to  do  to  make  an  audio  clip  sound  good.  However  despite  this,  I  did  enjoy  the  editing  stage  as  I  didn’t  realise  how  many  changes  can  be  made  with  one  sound  clip  just  by  using  effects.  Additionally,  when  recording  using  the  Tascam  portable  digital  recorder,  I  found  understanding  the  difference  settings  and  mic  settings  difficult  and  this  was  vital  as  every  different  settings  meant  that  the  recording  will  be  done  differently.    Overall,  this  project  was  better  than  I  expected  as  the  brief  was  simple  and  didn’t  need  to  go  out  of  the  way  for  it,  for  example  finding  sound  which  is  hard  to  get  or  even  impossible.  Additionally,  as  a  pair,  we  managed  time  well  and  got  everything  done  within  time.  The  key  was  to  record  properly,  in  a  quiet  area  with  very  little  or  no  surrounding  sounds  so  not  much  effects  is  needed  to  be  added  to  the  audio  clip  when  editing.    If  I  was  to  improve  or  do  this  particular  project  again,  I  would  like  to  have  a  better  understanding  on  what  Adobe  Audition  has  to  offer  as  I  was  still  unclear  on  what  certain  effects  do  and  how  they  work  which  meant  a  lot  of  our  time  was  spent  in  researching  and  looking  at  tutorials  online.