Walking around Ovalwood and collecting sounds was a difficult task, seeing as how the building seemed to be utterly silent during this common class hour. However, as I walked around, I realized that I became attracted to the sounds of water that I found. I found the waterfall on the wall in the Cyber Cafe gave a nice, clear sound of water falling. I also found that the ice machine gave the sound of both ice and running water as someone got a drink. There was a bathroom on the fourth floor that had a toilet that was constantly running water, but in a different sound than that of the waterfall in the cafe. Later on, upon going to the same floor, I heard that the toilet was continuously flushing without stopping, so I picked up that sound as well. The sound of a drinking fountain was used as well. Any instance of water I found, I realized that I was recording it.
The theme of my soundscape was water, but I wanted to put a story to go along with it. The soundscape follows a person who is getting ice and a cup of water, rushing upstairs, using the restroom, flushing the toilet, and washing their hands. Every one of these actions involves water, but each in a different way. I used the ice machine to convey ice, the fountain to convey the restroom noise, the flushing toilet for the flush, and the drinking fountain for the washing hands.
I can tell that your theme was Water! (and we both were drawn to the sound of ice :)
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting that the piece starts out with the sounds of hard, solid water (ice!) and by the end disintegrates into running water...
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed hearing the footsteps throughout the piece...They made me feel as though I am experiencing this first-person...
I think as a first Audacity experiment this turned out really nice! I improve, continue to work on the transitions between sounds (watch for gaps) and resolve the ending.
When I was listening to it, I felt as if I was doing the following: getting something to drink, then walking to the bathroom, then going to the restroom, and then washing my hands. I don't know if that was what you were getting at (kind of funny :) ) but it was very interesting to listen to!
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