Sonic Design / Exercises

30 Aug - / Week 1 - Week 4
Leem Sejin / 0362419
Sonic Design / Bachelor of Design (Honour) in Creative Media
Task 1 - Exercises

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LECTURES

Week 1

Mr Razif brief about the module and what projects we are going to do in the semester. He recommend to have headphones for sound designing for this module.

Week 2

Fundamentals of sound

Nature of Sound : a vibration of air molecules that stimulates our eardrums

Sound waves : Air molecules vibration and propagation (movement)

- Sound waves exist as a variation of pressure in a medium such as air
- Created by the vibration of an object, which causes the air surrounding it to vibrate
- Vibrating air causes the human eardrum to vibrate, which the brain interprets as sound

 Properties of Sound

1. Pitch
2. Loudness
3. Timbre
4. Perceived Duration
5. Envelope
6. Spatilization

Week 3

dynamic : concert/live use /use dynamic for house
Condenser : studio

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INSTRUCTION

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TASK

Week 2

Exercise 1 - Equalizer

During the class, we are tasked to practice the software ; Adobe Audition. With the software, we can tweak the pitch and tone by adjusting the parameter graph. We are tasked to use the equalizer to adjust similar sound as the sample music.

Exercise 1 submission :

Fig 2.1 EQ 1 (6/9/2023)

Fig 2.2 EQ 2 (6/9/2023)

Fig 2.3 EQ 3 (6/9/2023)

Fig 2.4 EQ 4 (6/9/2023)

Fig 2.5 EQ 5 (6/9/2023)

Fig 2.6 EQ 6 (6/9/2023)

Fig 2.7 Filter 1 (6/9/2023)

Fig 2.8 Filter 2 (6/9/2023)

Week 3

Exercise 2 - Revert

Using the Revert, we can add echos to the sound. During the class, we are tasked to edit the give voice record according to the given venue

Exercise 2 Submission:

Click Link for mp3 File

Fig 2.9 Telephone (13/9/2023)

Fig 2.10 Closet (13/9/2023)

Fig 2.11 Walkie Talkie (13/9/2023)

Fig 2.12 Toilet (13/9/2023)

Fig 2.13 Studio (13/9/2023)

Fig 2.14 Airport (13/9/2023)

Week 4

This week, we learnt how to create light fade and fade out for each sound effects by controlling pan and volume graph bar.

Track automation : for film ( specific range) much more relevant (time based work)

Clip automation : ( when move it around the place)

Pick according to the location.

Notes taken during class :

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Fig 2.19

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REFLECTION

It is first time that doing sound design, and to my surprise, I can produce different sound and impactful sound sources by adding equalizer, reverb and so on. Before I learnt the software, I didn't know that phone call sound effect can be produced by reducing treble and bass easily. Learning audio design is really interesting because I never touch the area before.