AA3 Week 4 - Production “Outside the Square" Part I

This week I cut out sections from my Harp recording last week and made some new creative sounds. I used Logic Pro and its plugins to create my new sounds. I originally used Bias Peak but had problems with it crashing so decided not to use it. I used Audacity in the final stages to create fades and normalise files that needed to be louder.

The first new sound was created by reversing the audio. I then used delay, reverb, and EQ to shape the sound. I was trying to create a reverberant space that is used in film sound. I am really happy with the final result.

The second new sound was created using more subtle plugins. I used a spectral gate to try and warp the sound, along with some EQ and some slight reverb.

The third new sound was actually an accident. I originally had the sample in Bias Peak. I applied a number of effects and when trying to save the audio file, Peak crashed and the file became corrupt. This happened twice so I decided to forget about my ideas in Peak. Forgetting that the Logic session was at 192kHz sampling rate, the sample played back very fast. I duplicated the sample several times and applied some pitch automation.


VISUALS
Screen Shot Of Plugins Used [1.4MB]


AUDIO
First Harp Sample Unprocessed [152KB]
First Harp Sample Processed [212KB]
Second Harp Sample Unprocessed [216KB]
Second Harp Sample Processed [224KB]
Third Harp Sample Unprocessed [28KB]
Third Harp Sample Processed [36KB]



[1] David Grice. "Audio Arts: Semester 1 - Week 4 - Production Outside The Square". Lecture presented at the Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 25th March 2008