Session 1: Let’s listen to and discuss the multitrack project. Explain what you learned in the process of combining several tracks of audio. What sort of difficulties did you encounter and how did you use signal processing to improve the quality of your project?
If you’re in the animation program your “Animatic Project” may involve synchronizing lip movements with dialogue. This article is an excellent introduction to basic lip sync positions and techniques used to make an animated character appear to speak pre-recorded dialog.
Lip Sync Animation
Lip-Synching for Character Animation
If you are planning on using Flash there are several ways to make sure your sound is Synchronized properly. The best way is to enable “Stream” on the first keyframe of your sound layer. This may cuase Flash to drop frames, but the synchronization will be maintained. The following link has details on how to maintain the synchronization of audio in Flash.
What are some ways to synch audio in Flash?
Session 2: Today we’ll be taking the Audio Production Midterm Quiz. The quiz is worth 15 points toward your grade. Midterm grades are due this week and will be based on the following: the loop exercise, the SFX project, the audio software essay, the multi-track project, and listening exercises.
Reading:
Wikipedia MIDI Resources
Real World Digital Audio Chapter 8 MIDI: Notes, Rhythms, and Physical Control
Like archive.org, creativecommons.org has a bunch of audio, media, and photos you can search through. Creative Commons is like a copyright where the creator of the work allows certain adaptations and usage of their work.
The media tends to just be news casts; I mainly use this site for a wide range of modern music.
Thanks, Ri. Create Commons work is also great for MIDI files, as we will be covering in week eight for the MIDI exercise.