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Making A Soundscape With Audition
Making A Soundscape With Audition
Parameters
o You may include sounds collected online, but you must include at least one sound you
recorded. It is not required, but you may include your own voice or the voice(s) of
others.
Method
o Ask yourself if you are interested in working with a particular space and if so, consider
the questions asked in our site-specific proposals. Ask yourself if you are interested in
making an interactive piece and if so, what do you want to show your audience. Ask
yourself if you want to make a soundscape for a still or moving image and how the
soundscape compliments or contradicts the image(s) and how it effects the overall
mood.
o Collect Sounds using your phone as a recording device
o Collect additional sounds on free websites such as www.freesound.org or
www.archive.org
Filter for creative commons 0, which means that it is public domain
Choose wav files when possible, they are uncompressed
If not available, MP3 files work
Stereo is preferred but not necessary
o Organize your files into two folders on your desktop and back them up on google drive
or a thumb drive. Label one folder original_audio and the other edited_audio.
o Launch Adobe’s sound editing program Audition
o Edit and export your sound piece in Audition
Audition
o Import your files from your edited folder through the media browser (where you can
also preview your audio) or by dragging and dropping into the file window in Audition
You can also record directly to audition using the page icon in the Files tab and choosing
new audio file, then hit the red record button at the bottom of preview window
o Choose the Waveform workspace (shows the amplitude or volume) if you are working
with a single file and Multitrack if you are working with more than 1 file. Select the
spectral Frequency Display to see a frequency visual of your audio.
o Optimize Vocals
Go to effect rack (tab next to media browser)
Click on the small arrow and choose Filter & EQ>graphic equalizer (10 bands)
Each slider represents sets of frequency from low base to high treble
Play your clip while adjusting sliders
This can help brighten up your vocals and make them sound cleaner
To help tame high pitches, click on the small arrow of the next effect line and
choose Amplitude and Compression> Single band compressor, then select the
voice over preset
o Effects
Under your effect rack, you have the option to choose from a preset
(Try options in dropdown menu as well as arrows on each rack)
o Add Video
Import a video file (it is best if already edited)
Rt. Click on video and select new multitrack session or to add to an existing
session
Edit audio to video workspace option will give you a preview window so that you
can see the video as you are editing sound
When you are done editing in Audition, you can send the file back to Premier Pro
Multitrack>Export to Premier Pro
(mixed down session to stereo file to make one master track)