110521: Sound Effects

Today you will be looking for a sound effect to add to a line from a children's story.  You will need to use sound effects when you create digital animation in the 4th Marking Period, and as we discuss creating your own music, you should also know how to search for, download, and use or save sound effects.  Using the resources below, you have a couple of tasks to complete today, and over the weekend.  Please utilize the information and resources below to complete the tasks required.  Have Fun with this! 

sound ef·fect
/ˈsound əˌfekt/

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noun

 plural noun: sound effects

1. a sound other than speech or music made artificially for use in a play, movie, or other broadcast production.

Today you will create an account on FREESOUND.org.  Please find three (3) different and unique sounds and download them for future use.  You should select these sounds by using the search tool on the website and once you have an account, you should be able to download the sound and save it in the MUSIC folder you created on your Google Drive.

FREESOUND.org

To find the sounds I would like you to read children's stories and choose one you like on the following website:  http://www.magickeys.com/books/

Find a line from the book you select that should have sound associated with it. Copy and paste or retype the text from the children's story into an email to Mr. S (harvey.scribner@techfreire.org) and attach the sound effect to the email.  You could also use classic literature if you like.  Make sure the sound effect and the passage that you submit are appropriate for school.

If you want to read the passage and add the sound effect, try using the online voice recorder here https://online-voice-recorder.com/

You could also mix the sound effect with the voice recording using a tool like TwistedWave:

https://twistedwave.com/online 

TwistedWave is a browser-based audio editor. You only need a web browser to access it, and you can use it to record or edit any audio file.  All the audio is stored and processed on the server, so you don't need to download anything, or save your work when you are done. Close your browser window and your work is saved. Open TwistedWave somewhere else, and all your audio files, with the complete undo history, are still available.  With a free account, you can edit mono files up to 5 minutes in length. 

Home Project - Personal Sound Effects

This weekend you will need to go home and create at least 3 sound effects on your own.  Use the voice recorder on your chromebook, or on a cell phone to record your sound effects.  You must be able to upload these noises, with descriptions to your Google Drive.  You can create a google document or gmail to let me know what the sound effects are supposed to be.  Try to look up some ideas on Google or Youtube and duplicate the sound at home.

WHAT TO TURN IN

By the end of this week you should have the following items in your MUSIC folder on Google Drive (SHARE with Mr. S for credit):

  1. Two (2) 25-second, or longer, original pieces of music created with Audiotool, Soundtrap,
      Soundation, or similar application.

  2. One (1) sound effect that goes with a story, or excerpt from literature.  Please save the
      save the sound effect and the description as a GMail to Mr. S and put the sound effect in
      your MUSIC folder on Google Drive.

  3.  At least three (3) sound effect that you create at home, recorded and saved for future
       use in creating videos or other multimedia projects.