This week felt very poetic what’s up with that? I am actually very proud of the bird poem. Thought out and actually matches the whole opposite theme thing going on. Less proud of the second one though ahahahahahaha. I was snowed in so just kind of looked at everything in my room and bunched it together.
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Week 4 Summary
I admittedly was trying to avoid doing audio assignments since they required me to download stuff but looks like I couldn’t avoid them in the end. Since I was busy, I had to get them done within two days.
I was lost for this since it was such a wide range of possibilities, I am not someone who knows much about radio I only listen to music and its ad free, so I don’t even get breaks for ads anymore. Still, I tried to have multiple ideas since it was plural the first one was the best.
Did the audio story telling assignments and was shocked by the moon graffiti I didn’t really understand the title until I finally listened to it. I was fun discovering how many sounds I unconsciously recognized.
Lots of drawing this week, and then there was one I didn’t understand at all so I didn’t end up doing to at all.
Radio bumper was not my favorite part of the week, but I managed to get it done, getting through something even when it doesn’t interest you take a lot of energy out of a person.
Overall, this week’s audio-based elements were a surprise but not a bad one exactly. Got to try new things and experiment with new programs that I haven’t used before. So, it was a great experience learning to use more to add elements to the stories I create and to appreciate the small detail others add.
Sound Effect Story
One assignment everyone must do is the sound effects story: This is a challenge to tell a short story (no longer than 90 seconds) using nothing but sound effects! And make it something more interesting than waking up, taking a shower and eating breakfast. We highly recommend using http://freesound.org to find free sound effects for this project. The BBC Sound Effects archive is another good source.
Freesound – Coughing 001.wav by frenkfurth
Freesound – Heart Rate – Normal, Increased Rate, Cardiac Arrest, Flatline.mp3 by thegreatperson
Freesound – Choking #2 by Universfield
Freesound – Kid running down the stairs by pfranzen
Freesound – Slam door.MP3 by SoundsForHim
Freesound – scream_male_Bram_AAH_and_OH.aiff by thanvannispen
These are the elements I used to create my story it is in fact a drama yes! Going to be a murder drama but I deemed that to be inappropriate so it’s just an unfortunate accident. There was no inspiration just hopes for something sad. Took a while to find a good balance of sounds and what can and can’t overlap. Like the live story I heard Tuesday I wanted to add extra elements to make the story feel more real. For this I stuck to Freesound for my effects. Hard to find a good door opening sound though almost made my own.
Live Listening Session
Participate in a live listening session with ds106 radio this week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 7:00-8:00 PM. We will be listening to audio productions and sharing our thoughts on what we hear. You might even hear your bumpers. We will use the #ds106radio channel in Discord for our discussion. If you didn’t get the Discord invitation in week 1 let us know and we’ll resend it. Blog about the experience and tag it ds106radio.
Tuned in at 7 to a nice song about being free, Lime town, a small town in Tennessee where everyone suddenly disappeared without a trace.
I ended up paying more attention to the story then the sounds for a while but managed to snap back to attention. There were many sounds that triggered certain emotions and memories. Clicks of lighters, bangs of movements, soft sounds, and tones of voices. The story was full of sounds of atmospheric music and plenty of other things. Snapping wood in half sounds like that? I never really paid attention. Despite the abrupt end it was a compelling story you couldn’t pull away from. The sounds pulling you into the story and driving your imagination the entire time. Adding deeper elements to a story and really bringing it to life.
I managed to tune in 2/4/25 on Tuesday a bit upset to realize I was dropped into an ongoing tale.
Radio Bumper
We will be working with ds106 radio this week, and in some future weeks, so we want you to try your hand at making your first radio “bumper” – a 10-30 second short audio that announces the radio station that is played between songs to remind listeners what they are tuned in to. This should be saved as an MP3 file, and then upload it to SoundCloud. Make sure in Soundcloud that you enable the option to allow downloads (so we can add it to ds106 radio!) Your audio must be embedded in your blog post summary of this assignment. You can embed Soundcloud audio by putting the plain text URL on its own line, and when you publish, WordPress will create a player to allow visitors to listen. The radio bumper is an assignment in the Assignment Bank, so you should tag your blog post correctly when you’re done. You may be able to get Dr. Oblivion to help out, if you ask nicely. Tag: radiobumper
For this I naturally had to go for the Technoir vibe my first thought was all about industrial sounds however I switched to thinking more along an unsettling vibe. I used one of the sounds from freesound made by a creator called looplicator. It was just perfect with some additional modifications I made it more unsettling. I was far less sure of what to actually say unfortunately.
I did try to look ups some examples after a bit of trial and error I ended up with this.
It took a few tries, but I managed to get it done. Ended up coming out far shorter than I wanted since I wasn’t the most inspired and did not know much about radio going in. So, mine is not cool or anything more about telling the viewers to relax and just enjoy. Since my original one was too cynical according to a friend.
Daily Creates
This week’s daily creates were interesting to say the least. Ahahaa the ones i drew came out pretty bad. I ended up using ai for the second one after looking through some other examples from other creators. Lots of creative people also learned that Bing makes Ai images. I ended up adding my own funny twist to the Trex after realizing how bad it came out. Overall, they were fun aside from almost forgetting to them. Had to borrow paper from work to make the Trex so I left him there for my boss to enjoy.
Audio Storytelling
Moon Graffiti by The Truth Podcast
Starting off did not love the fact I couldn’t figure out subtitles or captions, so I was a bit lost. Audio stuff is certainly not the best for me, but I can appreciate sounds since words never reach my brain right and come out even worse. The beeping was nice but I did not enjoy the radio sounds but that does tell how easy sounds allow you to imagine things. Hearing the crash and hearing the panic in the men’s voices was interesting. Weird to realize I recognized so many small sounds. Are you there mike with a soft buzzing that made you feel anxious. The sound of unsteady breathing, anxious breaths unsure of what was happening. Didn’t know kicking dust was so important. Rip to the cosmonauts sacrificed. After listening you can feel the emotions even without ever seeing face.
Audio storytelling creates an immersive experience that engages the listener’s imagination, making them active participants in the narrative.
The lack of pictures in radio storytelling encourages a listener to go beyond simply enjoying but allows their minds to craft a scene making it a work between the storyteller and the listener.
Sound is not just a background element but the driving force in audio storytelling, shaping the world, shaping the mood, and advancing the narrative. More than a boom and bang here and there.
Sound effects, changes in tone, music, and silence create a powerful sense of place and atmosphere.
Sound design allows the listener to feel the reality of the situation without seeing it.
Sound advances the narrative by introducing changes in the astronauts’ tone of voice, program alarms, and the Nixon speech.
Jad Abumrad’s insights into radio’s power are applicable in the way “Moon Graffiti” uses sound to prompt the listener to create their own mental images. Jad Abumrad’s ideas on radio and sound are important in audio storytelling. He argues that the absence of visuals in radio is a strength, requiring the listener to actively participate in creating their own mental images. This co-authorship is essential, as the listener paints their own mental images based on the audio cues provided by the storyteller. The human voice, a fundamental element of radio storytelling, can convey significant emotional weight, emphasizing the immediacy and intimacy of the story. Abumrad’s ideas are demonstrated in the audio drama “Moon Graffiti,” where the listener uses audio cues to construct their own understanding of the story.
Radio Show Ideas
What to do when the power goes out, hackers become innocent by standers and politicians are blamed. Join us for ‘Stuck in darkness’. A radio show that interviews citizen about a mysterious event that took place a week ago lasted only a day but caused lasting chaos.
This show will interview the various characters taking time to learn a bit about their daily lives and how the power outage affected them. Through these interviews you will discover what lies behind the scenes of this so-called accident.
Joke ending a rat bit the wrong wire
Drama ending it was all a ploy to drag to the current politicians so they could be replaced by the Governers people
Another idea is a segment called “alternate reality” this would be the characters talk about making a small shift in their lives and talking about how they think it would play out. For example, if they chose to get a job cleaning the streets instead of doing the crime. So just short audio dramas presented through each character.
Final idea, A murder mystery show, the intention is to play these characters and have them discover clues in a Technoir setting until they figure out who done it. Yes, it’s basic but also very on theme!
Audio Assignments
Soundtrack to Your Life – Assignment Bank
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLelZtVeDFv_i4bRAeAihpMVazQpc1NbzE&si=D2ZwDV_L4XXCfnT4
I decided to think back to all the songs that got me through life and showed I wasn’t alone to songs I just sung because they were complete brain worms. Took a lot of searching with lyric finders to compile this. I use YouTube music instead of Spotify and pandora, if I look back at either app, I am sure I’d get a blast form the past.
Auditory Hell – Assignment Bank
Freesound – Short_metal_screeching_sounds by Artninja
Freesound – z scream 26 mph 35 c.wav by ERH
Freesound – Harddisk scream.wav by sumsa
Freesound – 3-mod; 101Hz @ -10dB (AS) + 1111Hz @ -6dB (Sq) + 10101Hz @ -.5dB.wav by shimsewn
Well, I truly did not want it to be too long since it’s irritating in my defense, I get annoyed when something drops so doesn’t take much. So, I simply went with sounds that are annoying shoved them together and boom a horrible thing was created. Honestly harder to find bad sounds then good sounds. Still, I managed this took less careful layering since the intention was to make it sound bad.
Weekly Summary 3
This was probably my least favorite part of this week’s work, why read an article when you can create after all, so it ended up being my last task of the week. Probably should have skipped the money video I was confused and uncomfortable the whole time.
Honestly, I was at work when I was doing this assignment, so I had a lot and only a little to work with. So, they are very tech based in a way but that’s about it. I did it in the 20-minute allotted got confused how time works and took the second picture late or early I still don’t know. What do you mean it stops at 60 ugh, time.
So, most of my assignments were chosen based on existing images I had or ideas. It was done in the first few days since there were so many pages, I took time flipping through only to go back to the beginning in the end.
This weeks daily creates I started much sooner, so I was quite pleased and wasn’t stressing over it daily like last week. My favorite was the Australia day one since mine came out quite cute.
Commenting
I have been making sure to react daily or react to ones that I noticed.
Vote
For voting I went with this post Mickey’s Not So Scary Christmas Party – Rebecca’s Radiant Realm by Rebecca. It’s creepy cool and I love how it came out. I did have to make sure to keep it focused on this week’s work though I may end up voting again.