MM 3314 Week 2 Follow-up

Hello, all.

A follow-up to last week's session. The PDF of the lecture on Sound Fundamentals has been added to the Course Schedule and Projects pages, and can be accessed directly here:

http://www.glennbach.com/ai/mm3314_week_02_notes.pdf

Remember that two projects are due Week 3: the set of field recordings that make up Soundwalk Part 2, and the Script/Outline for your Audio Portrait Podcast. (I am including the field recording project description at the end of this message.)

As far as the Podcast, examples of good portrait podcasts can be found here:

http://www.radiodiaries.org/newyorkworks-home.html

And a good one to listen to is the portrait of Pasquale Spensieri:

http://www.albany.edu/talkinghistory/radiodiaries/rd-nyw-grinder.mp3

As far as the script/outline, I am only looking for a sketch of how you think your podcast might unfold. You can use the following outline as an example:

http://www.radiodiaries.org/transcripts/NewYorkWorks/cowbellmaker.html

Please note that you should not write out a script and then have your subject enact it out word for word. Students sometimes do this and the result is often stilted and unnatural. You should spend enough time with your subject so that he/she gets comfortable enough to have a natural, unforced conversation. After the podcast is mixed, you can then revise your script/outline to reflect the actual conversation word for word.

The Podcast is due Week 5, so there is still plenty of time to pull this together. But by now you should definitely have your subject picked and your appointments scheduled.

In the meantime, check out a Zoom from the cage and get those field recordings done. The PDF of the Zoom operating manual is here:

http://www.glennbach.com/ai/H2_user_manual.pdf

Okay, that's it for now. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I'll send another note on Tuesday.

Best,

Glenn

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Field Recording Requirements
Check out a Zoom H2 recorder from the cage (or use your own recorder if you have one). Find things in your environment which meet the following criteria and record one sound for each of the following qualities:
1. Small room
2. Large room
3. Cafe or restaurant
4. Store or mall
5. Exterior, urban
6. Exterior, nature
7. Quietest ambience possible (very early morning?)
8. Other space (gymnasium, pool hall, tunnel, cave, church, nightclub, etc.)

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

Edit your raw recordings into clean and edited sounds. The length of each sound should be long enough to illustrate its sound qualities but not so long that it wears out its welcome. At least 30 seconds but no longer than 5 minutes. Create separate files for each sound you recorded--with just that one sound in the file. Name the file something descriptive which indicates what it is, i.e. "small_room.mp3," etc. 

Fill out the Sound Log, with information for each individual sound file, as a blog comment (or link to your own website), with direct links to each MP3:

SOUND LOG
Sound #

File Name

Description of Sound

How, Where and When Created

Comments 

Link to file

Remember that you must host your MP3s on your own server or send to instructor via YouSendIt or Dropbox.com.

Due by Week 3