Audio Production Projects
Task 1: Make a Digital wave file recording using a
microphone.
Write
a script in which you introduce yourself and a song.
Make
a 20 second recording of script.
Task 2: Make a Digital wave file recording of the
song
from
an external source (use Line-In connection)
Task 3: Add reverb effect to your Intro (script)
wave
Task 4: Combine the two waves to make one wave
Task 5: Normalize the waves
Task 6: Fade out song wave
Project 2: Create a Radio Commercial
Task 1: Create wave file of the following script
Hello my name is (Your Name) inviting you to join us
and listen to the Massasoit Radio Classical Hour. You will hear such musical greats as Bach, you will hear Mozart,
and you hear Beethoven. So tune-in on Sunday evening at 9:00 here on the
Massasoit Radio Station 98.1 FM.
Task 2: Insert musical samples into script file (get
samples on CD)
Task 3: Mix in last sentence of script with the
Beethoven sample.
Task 4: Edit wave file for consistency
Project 3: Compress, encode, and convert audio files
Part I: Setup
Task 1: Erase all data files in My Documents
directory
Task 2: Create 3 folders with the following names
Audio
Compression
MP3 Compression
Lame
Part II: Audio Compression
Task 1: Copy Announce.wav from CD to Audio
Compression directory
Task 2:Compress and save Announce2.wav with a ratio
of 2:1 at 20dB
Task 3:Compress and save Announce3.wav with a ratio
of 3:1 at 20dB
Task 4: Compress and save Announce4.wav with a ratio
of 4:1 at 20dB
Task 5. Normalize all four waves (overwrite each
wave)
Task 6. Open all wave in playlist of Microsoft Media
Player and carefully listen to each.
Task 7. Write a short report of the differences you
hear between the files
Part III: MP3 Compression
Task 1: Extract and install these three programs
into the Lame Directory:
EAC.exe
Lame.exe
RazorLame.exe
Task 2:
Rip Track 6 on the CD provided to a wave file using EAC program
Task 3:
Compress (Encode) the ripped wav file track to a MP3 file
Task 4. Calculate the percent reduction in file size and add it to your report.
Project 4: Create an Audio Web Page
Task 1: Use the HCK program to create a web page with the following four headers:
Title with Your Name and the word “Homepage”
Wave File
MIDI File
MP3 File
Task 2: Create a link to display each of the three audio files Wav, MIDI, and MP3
under each of the headers.
Project 5: Create an Audio Web Site
Part I - Automate Audio
Task 1 Create Project 5 directory on your desktop
Task 2: Use the HCK program to create a web page with the following header:
Title with Your Name and the words “Audio Homepage”
Task 3: Create a Wav Audio file (MyIntro.wav) introducing your web site
Task 4: Encode the Wav file to an MP3 file (MyIntro.mp3)
Task 5: Use the EMBEDDED tag to automate MP3 audio on a web page
Part II - Web Site Audio
Streaming
Task 1: Copy the Announce.wav file (from CD) to the project 5 directory on your desktop
Task 2: Create a streaming Flash Audio file from the Announce.wav
Task 3: Create a Link on your Audio Homepage (Index page) to display your Flash Audio Announce.swf file.
Task 4: Use the WS_FTP program to FTP all files on to web site for display.
Project 6: Multitracking
Task 1: Create a Hammerhead composition
Task 2: Convert
Hammerhead file to wave file
Task 3: Convert
wave file to MP3 file
Task 4: Display
MP3 file on a web page
Project 7: Edit MIDI and flash files
Task 1:
Edit a midi file
Task 2:
Convert the MIDI file to wave file
Task 3:
Convert the wave file to MP3 file
Task 4:
Create Flash audio file
Task 5:
Add both files to a web page
Project 8: Create MIDI file
Task 1:
Use Anvil Studio to create MIDI file
Task 2:
Convert MIDI file to wave file
Task 3:
Convert wave file to MP3 file
Project 9: Edit MIDI file
Task 1: Use
Electronic Keyboard to create MIDI file
Task 2: Use Jazz Sequencer Software to
record MIDI File
Task 1: Gather about a dozen images
Task 2: Create a Slide Show
Task 3: Add background music audio track to the
slide show.
Task 4: Create a web page with a link your slide
show.
Task 1: Make
a 5-minute digital video with narration using a digital camera or screen
capture software on a particular subject.
Task 2: Add a background music audio track to the
video.
Task 3: Convert video to streaming media or
compressed file format
Task 4: Create a web page with a link to your video.
Task 1: Make a Powerpoint presentation with an audio
track