Audio Recordings

Recording Plan:

Details of Recordings:

• Numbers 1-20, each uttered 5 times, once with each syllable pronounced separately.

• List of colours (white, black, blue, yellow, red, orange, green, purple, brown, grey, pink), each uttered 5 times, once with each syllable pronounced separately.

• Animals (cow, bird, dog, cat, sheep, bee, frog, cuckoo, chicken, lion), each uttered 5 times, once with each syllable pronounced separately. Also, 3 recordings of each of the animal sounds, with variations of each, if necessary.

• Body Parts (arms, hands, fingers, shoulders, legs, knees, feet, toes, chest, stomach, neck, head, back), each uttered 5 times, once with each syllable pronounced separately.

List of Words:

Numbers:

Aon

Dó

Trí

Ceathar

Cúig

Sé

Seacht

Ocht

Naoi

Deich

Aon Déag

Dó Dhéag

Trí Dhéag

Ceathar Dhéag

Cúig Déag

Sé Déag

Seacht Déag

Ocht Déag

Naoi Déag

Fiche

Colours:

bán

dubh

gorm

buí

dearg

oráiste

glas

corchradh

donn

liath

bán-dearg

Animals & Associated Sounds:

bó moo

éan tweet

madra woof

cat meow

caoire baa

beach buzz

froga croak

cuach cuckoo

sicín cluck

leon roar

Some introductions and various phrases in both English and Irish also.

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Recording Audio Files

University of Limerick

05.08.09

Studio Description: Recording Studio 1

An acoustically isolated Live Room of professional standard which has a clear-glass window allowing visual communication between the Live Room and the Control Room where the producer works from. With a Digidesign HD setup and using ProTools HD 7.3 it was used to record 24-bit audio at 44.1kHz in .wav format.

Mic Used: U87 Ai Neumen

It is equipped with a large dual-diaphragm capsule with three directional patterns: omnidirectional, cardioid and figure-8. These are selectable with a switch below the headgrille. I chose the cardioid as I was in a static position throughout the entire recording, It has a 10 dB attenuation switch is located on the rear. It enables the microphone to handle sound pressure levels up to 127 dB without distortion. The U 87 Ai can be used as a main microphone for orchestra recordings, as a spot mic for single instruments, and extensively as a vocal microphone for all types of music and speech. As can be seen from the accompanying images, a pop shield was used in conjunction with the U87 Ai. These are typically used in recording studios and serve as a noise protection filter for microphones; preventing interference and protecting the mic from saliva.

Post-Production

· The files were recorded using the .wav lossless format using using ProTools HD 7.3. It was necessary in post-production to convert all the recordings to .mp3 as Flash does not always accept .wav files. It will only accept WAV PCM files which are large files and use up unnecessary hard-drive (or in this case, server) space. Using .mp3 files here saves *on both space and computation.*

"http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00000284.html

Although there are various sound file formats used to encode digital audio, ActionScript 3.0 and Flash Player support sound files that are stored in the mp3 format. They cannot directly load or play sound files in other formats like WAV or AIFF."

· It was then necessary to edit and then organize the audio files into folders. This was done using Audacity.

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SCREENSHOTS

The audio files were recorded on one track & separated by category during the recording process.

The format & encoding options are chosen once the recordings were made and the files were being bounced.