Sound Production Work I

Sound Production 210
Prof. Vincent Tese

Work One: Music /Vox Edit

                

            Please review your notes regarding dubbing from source CD to half track. In this instance, you will dub in stereo, left and right, from CD, with handles, and at 15 IPS (high speed). Remember to mirror the left patch to the right side, the dub is stereo now! Obtain an appropriate L-R channel balance of the program material carefully when setting levels. Continue using the 45 degree angle on the splicing block while editing. Remember to fully insert your headphone plug to final click to correctly hear both channels.

The two CD sources run approximately 74 minutes each. Disc one is primarily music (scratchy vinyl junk,) and disc two is detritus as well, primarily vox (voice). To decide what material you’ll use, first listen to and log from the Jam CDs you’ve created.

Consider the logging process integral to the editing process. Note and therefore dub only material that is interesting to you and can be useful in forging juxtapositions to other elements you dub. You will then endeavor to make those edits real by using an Otari editor. To decide what material you will dub, first listen to and log the Jam CDs you’ve burned. Please be aware that certain items on the CDs must be used in your piece. For details on this requirement, see the addenda sheet. Something to consider: One seven inch reel of tape at 1.5 mil and 15 ips = fifteen minutes of roll time; not a lot when your source totals about 150 minutes.

When thinking about making interesting sonic juxtapositions, there are two approaches. One way is to make literal connections between the sounds you are editing together. For example, I might have a saxophone wailing and cut to a person speaking, from an interview segment, who is talking about saxophones. One sound addresses the other literally. The second approach is to make acoustical connections. Taking the same wailing sax, if I cut to the sound of a homeless man drunkenly yelling, the sound of both elements work together, though there is no literal connection, a sonic connection is clear. This requires that the sounds match from an auditory standpoint.

Technical Specs:

15 ips stereo, half track. Tails. Presented in a box and properly labeled. Six-eight feet of leader (white) and six-eight feet of trailer (red). Box label includes all of the above info plus name, assignment title and section. Works presented in any other fashion receive no grade. No source material other than what is available on the source CDs may be used. All production work must be accomplished through the Sound Facility at the Media Arts Department via open reel editing as prescribed. I may check the facility log, so make sure all your sessions are properly booked. You must have 50 edits, minimally. See the addenda for details regarding required inclusions. Your work must time out between one and three minutes. You are presenting Work One leadered, with no extra tape whatsoever. (No blank, unrecorded magnetic tape allowed. Leader/trailer can only be used at the head and tail.) Note:  No editing allowed on the dub station Otari.

Addenda will be posted at a later time in the comments section of this post. Please feel free to ask questions here.

For your convenience you may download a PDF of the assignment here.

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