Hey everyone!
I am partnering with Raising a Reader for my website. Raising a Reader is a non-profit organization that helps children by providing services that allow them to appreciate reading. Here is the link to my PSA : https://soundcloud.com/frank-furter-821041250/psa-frank .
The new blog post that I have uploaded contains a PSA for Raising a Reader. Raising a Reader is a non-profit organization that helps children develop their reading skills and appreciate reading as an important habit. My audio file is to endorse Raising a Reader by giving the listeners important information about the organization. The music used is Title: 24 Happy Hours a Day by Igor Khainskyi. The license is free to use as long as I cite the provide the details of the music, which I just did.
- How would you describe the fidelity of your recording? How does the fidelity of your voice-over compare with the fidelity of your background music, and how do these levels relate with concepts of loudness as described in Kyle Devine’s article?
According to Kyle Devine, “In order for recording companies to bolster the claims of realism and presence and truth-to-the-original that pervade the history of sound reproduction, playback had to be faithful (utilising a frequency range wide enough to approximate the original sounds) – but it also had to be loud (capturing a dynamic range comparable to that of the original sounds” (Devine, 159). I can describe the fidelity of my altered audio recording is that it captures the essence of my original audio, except for one detail. I increased the loudness of my voice audio because it was the important part of my PSA so it had to be louder than the background music. However, for my background music, the fidelity was changed as I altered the sound more than once. I faded-in at the beginning and faded-out towards the end.
- How did you control the fidelity and loudness of various components in your file using techniques we have learned in class, and how were your decisions related to your audience’s needs as listeners?
I used the fade-in and fade-out technique. I faded in with the music at the beginning because I wanted the audience to adjust to the background music so they are not startled by it. And then I also faded out at the end of the music because that was when I was closing my segment, so I thought that by fading out, I would signal to my audience that I was going to stop speaking soon so they will anticipate the end, instead of being surprised.
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