How digital data converted to analogue sound A converter circuit should be used, named DAC (Digital to Analogue Converter). In essence it is a reversed process of the conversion from analogue to digital. It translates a binary audio data signal to analogue oscillating/ alternating electrical signal, essentially continuous voltages instead of an on/off signal. The … Continue reading More jargon busting in digital audio processing
DAW – Education
The Cure cover track produced as part of my college work
As part of my HND level Sound Production course, we had to create a cover song from scratch. The studio work was a group effort and mixing was an induvidual affair. Our group of four has picked the "A Forrest" from The Cure and I would say shamelessly, that Mr Robert Smith should be proud, … Continue reading The Cure cover track produced as part of my college work
Audio Post Production naming convention
As I am continuing my journey in audio I have got myself into the art of audio post-production, specifically into game and animation audio. In that discipline of audio, the sound designer / editor has to work with numerous sound files. Best practice tells, to treat your audio library as a large database, which makes … Continue reading Audio Post Production naming convention
A Perfectly Sad Day – a short animation Audio Post Production
A friend of mine recently made a traditional short animation by photographing every frame individually. I thought that would be a good exercise for me to practice a bit of sound design/ audio post-production. This is the second version of it (first one will never be seen...) All the sounds are from fresound.org and edited/ … Continue reading A Perfectly Sad Day – a short animation Audio Post Production
Pro-Tools & Windows audio troubleshooting, aka how (not) to have a nightmare
I am a DAW beginner, probably even a noob. However, I feel, I can pick software products up fairly quickly, a DAW is just another one, albeit a very complex one. I have spent a couple of longer sessions over the weekend with Pro-Tools recently in order to get through some college assignments and learning … Continue reading Pro-Tools & Windows audio troubleshooting, aka how (not) to have a nightmare
