Exercise 6
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Sound
Step by step instructions
1) Create a new folder on your desktop. Title the folder 290 EX6.

SoundEdit 16

1. Open the SoundEdit 16 program.

2. Select the Wave item in the View menu (this is also the default view).

3. Select Faster Approximation from the Wave & Style pop-up menu (this is also the default setting).

4. Select the default Ruler Units item in the View menu.
•Set the Time to Frames.
•Set the Amplitude to Decimal.
•Set the Frequency to kHz.
•Click OK.

Grabbing Sound from a CD

1. Insert the Sound effects CD into the CD player.

In the SoundEdit 16 menubar, click the CD-ROM icon

The dialog box should automatically go to the CD if it does not navigate to the desktop and open your CD,A list of numbered tracks should appear.

2. Select Track 17 and click the Open button. Another dialog box appears, offering an Options button. Click the Options button.

The Audio CD Import Options dialog box appears. To save memory select 22.050 kHz, 8 bit, and Mono at the top.

3. Save to your 390 EX3 folder on the desktop
(A small window will show the sound being converted to SoundEdit 16, / AIFF file.)

The newly converted sound appears in a SoundEdit 16 track, ready to be worked on inside the main SoundEdit 16 program.
You can also select just a part of a track to record:

•Move the Start and End slider points to where you want them, or select/type them.
•Click Play to hear your selection.
•Click OK when you have reached the end of the selection.

4. Repeat this proceedure with track 20 and 45. Then give the CD to another student to download.

Editing by Cutting and Pasting

1. Select the first two spikes in the sound track with the mouse. Copy this into the clipboard Edit > Copy..

2. Open up a new file: File > New. Click the cursor at a point in the sound track where you want the copy to be placed.
3. Select Paste from the Edit menu.
4. Check your sound by clicking the Play button.
5. Because we cut the sound before it ended it stops abruptly. We are going to fade the end of the sound out by selecting the last few second of the sound and selecting the Fade out button.
6. In the dialog box select Slow and click the Fade button.
7. Select the entire sound and check it by clicking the Play button.
8. Save the file as 390EX3sound.
9. Open up Track 20. Select the second spike, copy and paste it into 390EX3sound. Repeat this with track 45. Fade each of these clips in and out.
10. The bowing sound is a litle wimpy. Select the spikes that represent the bowling sound. Select Effects > Amplify. 200%.

Setting Cue Points

1. Place your curser at the end of the bell sound. Create a cue point Insert > Cue point. Label the cue point "Bells." Do the same for the end of the Bowling pins sound. Label the cue point "Bowling". Finally insert a cue point at the end of the wild animal sound and label it "Wild".

2. Save the file as Audio IFF. See: File Formats in SoundEdit 16

Additional Notes
Deleting Parts of a Sound
  1. Select the part of the sound you want to delete.
  2. Press the Delete key.
  3. Check the resulting sound by clicking the Play button.

Cropping Parts of a Sound

  1. Select the part of the sound you want to keep.
  2. Choose Crop from the Edit menu.
  3. Check the resulting sound by clicking the Play button. (Note that sounds resulting from cropping usually need to be moved forwards or backwards in the track.)
    Adding and Playing More Sound Tracks
  4. Select Add Track from the Sound menu.
  5. Record or paste a new sound in the new track.
  6. Repeat the above to add more tracks, if you like.
    (You can also arrange sounds in relation to other sounds by selecting a track and sliding it back and forth by holding down the Option key, then clicking and dragging.)
  7. To select for playing:
    All tracks together, choose Select All from the Edit menu.
    One or more separate tracks:
    -Click on the starting point of the highest track you want to play
    -Hold down the Shift key and click on the end point of the lowest track you want to play
    -Use the Command key to skip a track and select non-consecutive tracks
  8. Click the Play button on the Controls palette.
  9. To delete a track, select the track and choose Delete Track from the Sound menu.

Using Effects to Change How a Sound Plays

  1. To change a sound by using Effects:
    Select a sound to add an Effect to.
    For example, choose Backwards from the Effects menu.
    In the dialog box, use the defaults and click OK.
  2. Click the Play button in the upper left part of the sound's track window.
    (You play an individual track by using a track's Play button, or all selected tracks by using the Controls palette Play button.)
  3. If you don't like the result, choose Undo immediately from the Edit menu.
  4. Experiment with other Effects. (Note: Different sounds react to effects in the different ways-i.e., the change is not always obvious.)

Making a Sound File's Size Smaller:

  1. With previously recorded sound, select Sound Format from the Modify menu.
  2. Choose 11.025 kHz (CD) -or whatever smaller size is available-from the pop-up menu.
    (Read the sound size information at the bottom of the dialog window.)
  3. Click OK.
    (An alert box may pop up and tell you that you cannot record at this smaller size, but you don't want to record. Click OK to change the sound settings anyway. Remember to come back here to reset the sound to a recordable level if you want to record again.)
  4. Be sure to check the resulting sound by playing it.
  5. And, be sure to use UNDO immediately; it does not remember more than the last event recorded.
  6. Your file size can also be cut in half by using only one track (mono instead of dual mono or stereo).
  7. Save your new version when you are satisfied with the result.