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Module 08 Practical Assignment Project

This document outlines a creative studio project assignment. Students are challenged to create a 30-60 second soundscape or piece of music using only a 1 kHz sine wave and white noise. An example track is provided for reference, created solely from a 1 kHz sine wave manipulated through tape manipulation techniques on reel-to-reel tape recorders. Creativity is highly encouraged in interpreting and experimenting with the source material and equipment. The goal is for students to push their creative boundaries.

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Module 08 Practical Assignment Project

This document outlines a creative studio project assignment. Students are challenged to create a 30-60 second soundscape or piece of music using only a 1 kHz sine wave and white noise. An example track is provided for reference, created solely from a 1 kHz sine wave manipulated through tape manipulation techniques on reel-to-reel tape recorders. Creativity is highly encouraged in interpreting and experimenting with the source material and equipment. The goal is for students to push their creative boundaries.

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TheAudioMasterclassMusicProductionandSoundEngineeringCourse

MODULE08PRACTICALASSIGNMENTPROJECT:CreativityintheStudio

Outline

Manysoundengineersfulfillapurelytechnicalroletheyputintopracticeaproducer'sdesires,inmusic,
radio,television,film,advertisingandotherareas.
Butitisrarethataprojectcanbecarriedoutentirelywithouttheengineerputtinginatleastsomeoftheir
[Link],thesoundengineerisexpectedtobetheproduceraswell.

Thisprojectcouldbetitled'ExtremeCreativity'.Itstartswiththemostbasicofsoundsources,yetamazing
[Link]'tbelieveuntilyouheartheexamplesincludedwiththepractical
assignmentnotes.

Project

Createasoundscapeorpieceofmusiclastingaround3060secondsusingonlya1kHzsinewaveand
whitenoiseasyoursourcematerial.

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Summaryofrulesandguidelines...

Useonlya1kHzsinewaveandwhitenoiseasyoursourcematerial.

Useanykindofprocessing.

Yourtrackshouldlastbetween3060seconds.

Yourtrackcanbeasoundscapeorpieceofmusic.

Sourcefiles...
Sourcefile:[Link]
Sourcefile:[Link]

Andhereisanexampleofwhatcanbeachieved...

Examplefile:[Link]

[Link],youshouldnotlistento
theotherfilesinthefolder.

1creativity.wavwasinfactmadeusingonlya1kHzsinewaveassourcematerial,withequipmentthat
happenedtobeathand,whichhappenedtobethreeoldRevoxB77reeltoreeltaperecordersandasmall
mixingconsole.

Theprojectwasstartedbyrecordingthe1kHztoneontooneoftherecorders,withtheinputlevelsetfull
[Link]'interesting'distortion.

OneproblemwiththeRevoxB77isthattheelectronicsclipbeforethetapeissaturated,sothedistortion
washarshratherthansmooth,butintheenditdidn'tmatter.

Module08PracticalAssignmentProject
Next,[Link]
switchedfrom15inchespersecond(38cm/s)to7.5ips(19cm/s)sothatitplayedathalfspeed.

Asitwascopyingacross,Thetapewassloweddownbypinchingtheflangeofthereelwithfingerand
thumb,[Link],goingalltheway
[Link],but
therewasinterestingmaterialamongthechaos.

Theprocesswasrepeatedacoupleoftimes,generatingevenlowerfrequencies.
Next,partsofthetapethathadinterestingsoundswerecutoutandsplicedintoloops.AthirdRevoxB77
[Link]'t
altogethereasytogetaB77toplayaloopoftape,butwithsuitablepositioningofmicstandsastensioners,
itcanbedone.

Thiswascopiedforthefulldurationofthetrackandproduceda'bed'ontowhichmoresoundscouldbe
laid.

Interesting'events'[Link]
thelooptapeandtheeventtapewereplayedtogetherontwomachines,andrecordedontothethird,
withafadeinandfadeout.
Therestoftheprocesswasastraightforwardtransfertoadigitalaudioworkstationfortoppingandtailing.
[Link].

Notes

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possibilitiesinthisassignment,[Link],and
[Link]'tbeafraidto'breaktherules'.

Mostofall,havefun!

Whenyourtrackiscomplete,seewhatothershaveachievedintheassignmentnotes.

Assessmentcriteria

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youamongthefrontrunners?That'[Link],trysomemore
wayoutideas,breaksomemorerules.

Endofassignment

Ifyouhavepurchasedtheassessmentandcertificationpackagewithyourcourse,youmaysubmityour
worktoAudioMasterclassonlineforassessmentandcomments.

[Link]

PleasenotethatifyouhavenotpurchasedtheAssessmentandCertificationpackage,thesubmissionform
[Link].

Module08PracticalAssignmentProject

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