The short audio took me a longer time to put together than the previous photo assignments. For photos, I guess one of the tricks was to take a bunch of pictures, and choose the best ones and then edit. Even if most of the pictures were terribly taken, there should be at least one or two that were more or less presentable (this method works for me, as a beginner). However, it probably would not apply to the audio assignment.
When I was trying to record, first it was hard to find a quiet place to interview people. And even if the room is quiet enough, there would be people walking by in the corridor and making noises. Also, because the equipment is very sensitive, I got a lot of noise in the background when I checked the recording. And the noise sounded even bigger when I normalized the clip. When editing the audio, I had to use the "delete noise" function under the "effect" button. It worked like magic! but still, although the noise is gone, it has created an echo effect in the sound clip.
I also learned that choosing the right background sound is important. Like the Tango dancing I recorded, it was great that I could collect some sound bites of the tango music, footsteps, instructors talking to students, which made the audio clip sound more rich and vivid. But if it's just the music, it would be less like "learning to dance Tango," but more like "just Tango." It was the noise of footsteps and people communicating in the background that showed it was a class, and the focus was "learning."
When I was trying to record, first it was hard to find a quiet place to interview people. And even if the room is quiet enough, there would be people walking by in the corridor and making noises. Also, because the equipment is very sensitive, I got a lot of noise in the background when I checked the recording. And the noise sounded even bigger when I normalized the clip. When editing the audio, I had to use the "delete noise" function under the "effect" button. It worked like magic! but still, although the noise is gone, it has created an echo effect in the sound clip.
I also learned that choosing the right background sound is important. Like the Tango dancing I recorded, it was great that I could collect some sound bites of the tango music, footsteps, instructors talking to students, which made the audio clip sound more rich and vivid. But if it's just the music, it would be less like "learning to dance Tango," but more like "just Tango." It was the noise of footsteps and people communicating in the background that showed it was a class, and the focus was "learning."
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