1. I thought building the microphones was fairly straight forward and easy. I thought soldering was going to be much harder than it turned out to be. The hardest part was stripping the rubber coating off the wire. The wind screen was also a tricky process. After the build, I thought my microphone performed very well. The sounds I was able to capture were very good. I was able to get ambient sound along with extreme close ups and just simple foreground sounds. Ideally I would like some nicer wind screens. I think that the microphones we made and used were good enough for what we were doing, and for the money they were defiantly worth it. If I had unlimited money I'm not sure what I would buy because what I had got the job done.
2. My experience with the MiniDisc was O.K. It did the job I needed it to do but wasn't the easiest to use. It was annoying how you would always have to re-enable the sensitivity after finishing a recording. Another thing that bothered me was trying to start a new recording. The MiniDisc created new groups every time instead of new tracks. It got very confusing. The only other recording equipment I have used was camcorders and I though this was nice that it had a sensitivity control. In an ideal world the settings would be saved throughout the time of use, along with making it easier to make new tracks and digital recording.
3. For this project I used Audacity. I have never used this program before and thought it was alright. I chose Audacity because it seemed to be the program that instructor was encouraging us to use. The program offered all the features that I needed and helped me create good sounds clips for my drift project. It could be a little more user friendly and have a better interface. I think I will use this software again just because I now know how it works and also because I don't know which other program I would use.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Ten Questions
1. Is there more traffic in the morning, afternoon or night?
2. Is there construction going on during the weekend or just the week?
3. Are there certain sounds that associate when its raining rather than when its sunny out?
4. Are there better sounds in urban or rural areas?
5. Is there somewhere in the city I can avoid traffic noise?
6. How many water features can I came across?
7. Is there anywhere where visuals that are very bright in color?
8. How many clocks can I record in the city?
9. Can I find a noise that will make me tense up?
10. Is there anywhere I can find sounds that echo interestingly?
2. Is there construction going on during the weekend or just the week?
3. Are there certain sounds that associate when its raining rather than when its sunny out?
4. Are there better sounds in urban or rural areas?
5. Is there somewhere in the city I can avoid traffic noise?
6. How many water features can I came across?
7. Is there anywhere where visuals that are very bright in color?
8. How many clocks can I record in the city?
9. Can I find a noise that will make me tense up?
10. Is there anywhere I can find sounds that echo interestingly?
Drift Assessment
1. One thing that really bothered me on the drift was not being able to find an area on my walk where there wasn't at least one car that went by. No matter where I recored there was at-least one car that went by. Another thing that made me nervous was recording something and not knowing if it was going to sound the same once I got back to the studio.
2. The first sound I was recording was very relaxing. I was sitting on the curb listen water running and just watching cars going by. It was an interesting situation. The sound was very peaceful and relaxing but the action I was watching was very "busy". The next situation that i found peaceful was the wind chime recording. The rhyme of the chimes was very calming and very easy to listen to.
3. The first thing that surprised me was how much construction I ran into on my random path, all of which gave me interesting sounds that were all different. Another thing that I did not expect was people to be so nice about letting me record them. In this day and age I would think most people would be very hesitant to be recored by a total stranger but all the people were very open. The last thing that surprised me was the amount of sounds there really were on just my walk. If you really aren't on a sound-walk looking for sound, you really never notice how many sounds there really are going on around you.
4. My favorite experience of drift 1 was being able to have super sensitive hearing with the microphones. Listening through the headphones made listening to the world a different experience and just made everything sound better to me. It changes the way you look at what's around you just because everything seems so closer and more clear.
2. The first sound I was recording was very relaxing. I was sitting on the curb listen water running and just watching cars going by. It was an interesting situation. The sound was very peaceful and relaxing but the action I was watching was very "busy". The next situation that i found peaceful was the wind chime recording. The rhyme of the chimes was very calming and very easy to listen to.
3. The first thing that surprised me was how much construction I ran into on my random path, all of which gave me interesting sounds that were all different. Another thing that I did not expect was people to be so nice about letting me record them. In this day and age I would think most people would be very hesitant to be recored by a total stranger but all the people were very open. The last thing that surprised me was the amount of sounds there really were on just my walk. If you really aren't on a sound-walk looking for sound, you really never notice how many sounds there really are going on around you.
4. My favorite experience of drift 1 was being able to have super sensitive hearing with the microphones. Listening through the headphones made listening to the world a different experience and just made everything sound better to me. It changes the way you look at what's around you just because everything seems so closer and more clear.
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