Audacity + Finding Audio

"Audio is what finishes an animation and makes it come to life."

USING AUDACITY

- Audacity turned out to be very user-friendly

- Used it to record voice acting for my society's show and used to record voice actors for this module's animation

- Very easy to splice and export audio

IDEAS AND TESTING

https://staffsuniversity-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/b040020m_student_staffs_ac_uk/EZiVoY-GcLhHgWQzLFAb4P8BkDMTxkTj8cKZYBqgOhW54Q?e=V0bujq&nav=eyJwbGF5YmFja09wdGlvbnMiOnt9LCJyZWZlcnJhbEluZm8iOnsicmVmZXJyYWxBcHAiOiJTdHJlYW1XZWJBcHAiLCJyZWZlcnJhbE1vZGUiOiJtaXMiLCJyZWZlcnJhbFZpZXciOiJwb3N0cm9sbC1jb3B5bGluayIsInJlZmVycmFsUGxheWJhY2tTZXNzaW9uSWQiOiJiNmU3NWZhZC1jNmY2LTQxYzYtYjY5ZS0zMTdjZWJjYmM2ZWEifX0%3D

- Created above audio as a test to get used to using Audacity

- All audio from YouTube and recorded using Black Hole technology in H051 computer lab

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igU_hVBzDkQ - footsteps 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx4PBQzE60w - door  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ0NHT_lxTw - colt cocked  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9iES_ikE6I - colt shot 

LINKS TO AUDIO FILES USED

All users and creators of sounds credited in final animation and showreel

- Ambient sound

- Footsteps on wood

- Lantern swinging

- Garrett and Maxwell hiding

- Candle blown out

- Door opening

- Gasp

- Body falling to floor

- Blood dripping through floor

- Brush against clothes

- Billy's death

- Opening music

- Showreel music

EDITING AUDIO

- Some audio had parts I didn't like

- Some VA had breaths and spikes

- Used Audacity's 'Clip Fix' feature to repair it and reduce the decibels of those instances