Sound Effects Production

We recorded some sound effects today. Within the university we recorded some footsteps, the sound of Archies newpaper turning, plastic bags being packed (for use in the shop scene) and chair screetches (for use in the restaurant scene). These SFX were just cut and minimally edited to give us greater control during post production.
We also went to Dundee Airport and made a recording from within the terminal. There was a plane taking off just outside. Due to the positioning of the terminal and the runway we never got a recording of a plane flying overhead, though we plan to go down again at some point in the week to do this.
The airport ambience will be layered on top of an ambient recording of a shopping centre, to make it seem larger and busier than it is, while keeping the sounds of the planes.

We also experimented with some synthesis: using Native Instruments Massive to try and create a plane sound, train sound and a checkout beep (for use in the shop). The beep did not turn out too badly but we opted to record a selfscanner in Tesco.

Equipment used for recording today was the Zoom H4N handheld recorder and the Marantz PMD 660 with an AKG C1000S.

The group now has a soundcloud page where all our FX can be heard: https://soundcloud.com/group-2a

Outside Dundee airport waiting on the plane taking off (was too windy to record outside). 

Recording footsteps with the Zoom H4N

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