An Oldie For The Old

The rumors are true, Audacity is difficult, especially if this is your first time using the application, like myself.This week has been pretty stressful and it’s only Tuesday. I was on the Wire106 Hub and saw this AudioAssignment  done by two fellow classmates so I clicked on the assignment. This …

The Last Chance

The second audio assignment I chose to do was Sound Effects Story, which is 3.5 stars. For this assignment I had to tell a story using nothing but sound effects. I could not use verbal communication, and I had to use at least five different sounds that I found …

The Last Chance

The second audio assignment I chose to do was Sound Effects Story, which is 3.5 stars. For this assignment I had to tell a story using nothing but sound effects. I could not use verbal communication, and I had to use at least five different sounds that I found …

Mash-up Time!

So, for my first audio assignment this week, I was going through the assignment bank and I found two assignments that I liked. One was “So and So’s Greatest Hits” and the other was “Storytime! SongTag Style.” So I started doing “So and So’s Greatest Hits” for Brad Paisley. When …

Mash-up Time!

So, for my first audio assignment this week, I was going through the assignment bank and I found two assignments that I liked. One was “So and So’s Greatest Hits” and the other was “Storytime! SongTag Style.” So I started doing “So and So’s Greatest Hits” for Brad Paisley. When …

Guess the Song!

I did the assignment called “Reverse Audio Quiz” which is a 3.5 star assignment. To reverse my audio track, I downloaded Audacity, imported the original version of the track, and added the “Reverse” effect. That reversed my track. It was very simple. However, it did take me …

DS1OHYEAH

Create Your Radio Bumper

I decided to start out with a gibberish sounding noise. I then added some static to start the sound. Next comes the two noises resembling the “d” and “s” in ds106. Then there is a computer voice saying “one” followed by the sound “oh yeah.”
I …

DS106 Robot Radio Bumper

For my ds106 radio bumper, I went with a techno feel. I used this sound from freesound.org  and a voice changing app on my phone to record the robot sounding “ds106 radio” and then used Audacity to put them together. I was really struggling with Audacity last night, so I …

Bumpers aren’t just for cars?

Since this week seems to be focused on audio projects, I decided to work on a radio bumper for our own ds106 radio station! I’m excited to see how the station works out when it comes to live tweeting the episodes. It was quite easy to make, I used a …

Dead Giveaway

Guess what song this is!

Hint #1: You’ve heard this song at least 15 times

Hint #2: This assignment is related to The Wire

Hint #3: If you haven’t gotten it by now, you should probably rethink being in this class

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