Week 2 - CC1

For this week’s session we got more acquainted with the DME (Desktop music environment) and how to deal with it. For the first part of our exercises, we were asked to record a track in the studio using desktop softwares. The track was supposed to contain 5 different sounds that could be made using a paper.
In addition to that, we were told of how to “snap shot” our work using the abilities of Mac OS.
In Studio 5 of the EMU, I used Protools to record the track;
I chose a Shure SM58 microphone and a female XCR > 6.5mm cable for the recording.
I recorded the entire track, and then used markers to specify the regions on the track. Although at the end of it, I faded the whole track out, I didn’t use it afterwards and the fade you see below in this picture basically got deleted afterwards.


To create different regions for the track, I just had to choose the option (in the picture below) of separating the regions or I could just press alt+E on the keyboard. After this I had my regions separated and specified.



After finishing the recording, I bounced the track to a .wav file to be able to edit it later at home using a PC.


At home, using Sony Acid Pro 6, I basically utilised the option of “Chopper” and as its name shows, I just chopped (or cropped) the regions I had made and rendered each of them to a separate wave file.


At the end, I just converted all of the files to Mp3s and put them here.
Note: It would take a bit of time for these to be played.. be patient please..
Sample 1: The sound of scratching a paper:




Sample 2: The sound of pulling the paper from both sides, close to the microphone:




Sample 3: The sound of waving the paper:




Sample 4: The sound of chafing the paper:




Sample 5: The sound of rumpling the paper:




Sample 6: The sound of tearing the paper: