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SOUND EFFECTS STORY

RUBRIC - Soundscape
Criteria for Assignment
1. You must narrate the paragraph below into the computer using MIXCRAFT
2. You must use sound effects. No less than 10
3. You must compose music for the soundscape that is appropriate for the piece.
4. You must show envelope changes (Volume and Pan)
5. Final product will be exported as an MP3

Step # 1
Read through your short story or paragraph below and make a list of the words and/or phrases that you want to enhance by using sound effects.

Step # 2
Find a short excerpt of music (you may use soundforge) and have the music playing while story is being read.

Step # 3
Find sound effects from step number one by either using the SFX patch on the Roland XP-10 and/or from the Internet


Step # 4
Before you record think about where the sound effects will be placed. Practice reading through the paragraph and pace it so the effects will have room. Also READ THIS SLOWLY INTO THE COMPUTER. TAKE YOUR TIME.


SOUND EFFECTS LINKS

MIXKIT

BBC SOUND EFFECTS

​FREESOUND.ORG

PARTNERS IN RHYME

SOUNDEFFECTSPLUS+

NARRATION TO RECORD

It is a foggy midnight near the docks. Lapping against the pier, the waves are restless, and a light breeze is kicking up. In the distance, a foghorn blows.

The hero stumbles into the frame, his old leather shoes scuffing and scraping the sidewalk as he struggles to keep his balance.

He hears tires squealing behind him and whirls around. A half-empty vodka bottle falls out of his coat pocket and explodes like a grenade on the sidewalk.

​He turns and runs forward, right into a fruit crate that was home to an alley cat, which yowls in protest and runs off into the night.



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