{"id":1575,"date":"2021-09-16T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T14:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/timebasedmedia\/?page_id=1575"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:10:24","slug":"assignment-sound-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/timebasedmedia\/assignment-sound-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment: Sound Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Part 1 &#8211; by Tuesday September 21<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Familiarize with Adobe Audition (or Audacity).<br \/>\nWatch the video below and mess around with <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OoRQYN3FMJ4HvMYB6Vx4L5AaF-yTg_hM\/view?usp=sharing\">some audio samples here<\/a> &#8211; no need to deliver any work yet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audition intro for sound design\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OylX5xKDC_g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>2. Listen to one podcast episodes among the ones below. The are all from the popular show Radiolab. Pick the one that interests you the most but don&#8217;t just pay attention to the content, try to listen to how the sound editing is used to support the story.<br \/>\nWrite a short response analyzing one or more passage of the show, focus on the techniques not on the subject they are talking about!<br \/>\nIf you are unsure of what to say, do a break down of all the sound clips used in 1 interesting minute of the episode.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/radiolab\/episodes\/91726-falling\">Falling<\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/radiolab\/episodes\/211119-colors\">Colors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/radiolab\/episodes\/91689-parasites\">Parasites<\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/radiolab\/episodes\/91725-words\">Words<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/radiolab\/episodes\/91520-space\">Space<\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/radiolab\/articles\/from-tree-to-shining-tree\">From tree to shining tree<\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/radiolab\/articles\/playing-god\">Playing god<\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>3. Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/mitp-content-server.mit.edu:18180\/books\/content\/sectbyfn?collid=books_pres_0&amp;id=7723&amp;fn=9780262633635_sch_0002.pdf\">introduction to the anthology Sound Unbound<\/a> by Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky.<br \/>\nMore than an essay it&#8217;s an evocative text linking the idea of remix with a lot of practices across disciplines. There are probably many concepts, authors, or references you are not familiar with. Choose one, research it and post the results on the discord.<\/p>\n<h2>Part 2 &#8211; by Thursday September 23<\/h2>\n<p>Starting during classtime.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Familiarize with a handheld stereo sound recorder from the media equipment center. It means: read the manual and\/or watch a tutorial. Book some over the ear headphones too!<br \/>\nGo on a &#8220;sound safari&#8221; around campus and hunt for interesting sounds. Post <strong>one<\/strong> interesting soundscape (a place&#8217;s ambiance) and <strong>one<\/strong> interesting &#8220;isolated&#8221; sound on your <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/\">soundcloud<\/a> account. Make them less than 1 minute. You will use them in the assignment.<\/li>\n<li>Use the CFA&#8217;s sound booth to record a voice sample. It can be your voice or somebody else, and it can be anything you want: a story, a poem, a performance, or just some raw material to manipulate. You will use it in the assignment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Part 3 &#8211; by Tuesday 28<\/h2>\n<p>Assignment: Create a sound composition incorporating:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>at least one original field recording<\/li>\n<li>at least one original vocal recording (it doesn\u2019t have to be your voice)<\/li>\n<li>up to two sound samples from a library like soundsnap (none is fine too)<\/li>\n<li>and as many additional sounds from the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OoRQYN3FMJ4HvMYB6Vx4L5AaF-yTg_hM\/view?usp=sharing\">assigned library<\/a> (none is fine too)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Duration 1-3 min. Upload it on soundcloud, google drive or a similar service.<\/p>\n<p>Possible strategies:<br \/>\n&gt; Soundscape: evoke a mood, sonify an imaginary place.<br \/>\n&gt; Narrative: create a composition that develops in time, as in a movie soundtrack.<br \/>\n&gt; Podcast: create a short podcast segment centered around a voice recording but also incorporating sound effects and documentaristic field recordings.<br \/>\n&gt; Musical: if you have music skills, try to turn non musical samples into a composition.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know what to do, don&#8217;t spend any time researching samples or looking for inspirations, rather focus on transforming a couple of random sounds as much as you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 1 &#8211; by Tuesday September 21 Familiarize with Adobe Audition (or Audacity). Watch the video below and mess around with some audio samples here &#8211; no need to deliver any work yet. 2. Listen to one podcast episodes among the ones below. The are all from the popular show Radiolab. Pick the one that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mycours.es\/timebasedmedia\/assignment-sound-design\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Assignment: Sound Design&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1575","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/timebasedmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/timebasedmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/timebasedmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/timebasedmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/timebasedmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/timebasedmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1583,"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/timebasedmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1575\/revisions\/1583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/timebasedmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}