This tongue twister is a doozy. I had trouble with this one. But this is a common twister that had been known for years. I remember this song from elementary school. Tongue twisters are a sequence of words or sounds, typically of an alliterative kind, that is difficult to pronounce quickly and correctly. There are many more tongue twisters but I chose this one specifically because it’s a common one. For this assignment, Tongue Twister, I chose this twister from Engvid. I then used Voice memos to record the tongue twister. After that, I converted the m4a file using Online Audio Converter. I added this file to Audacity with another file from FreeSound. I added them together and exported them to here.

In yet another edition of audio assignment, I was tasked to become the tongue twister champion of the world. Not really, but it may as well have been that with how difficult it is for me to get through a tongue twister even once. The goal was to quickly say a tongue twister and and some background noise and stuff to spice it up. I decided to go with the “She sell sea shells” classic because I had remembered hearing that it is based on a real person (not sure why that was my deciding factory, or even if it’s true). Since it has a beachy theme being about sea shells, I wanted to add some beachy noises. I settled on some seagulls quietly making whatever noise they make and waves crashing and synced it all up.

Say any tongue twister as fast as you can and include a background sound to layer it. 

He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts…

Sorry about Pennywise the Dancing Clown down below! HAHA! This is one of my favorite tongue twisters that was found to be very popular during the 1980s. This twister was even used in Stephen King’s IT. In the movie, one of the main characters Bill Denbrough, has a stuttering issue. He was told to practice the tongue twister above, to rid himself of his stutter. Bill practiced this tongue twister all throughout the movie. And he found himself saying this twister the most when he encountered Pennywise. I mean, I would too if I was face to face with a horrifying clown who wanted to KILL me!

I added a water drip sound effect to help paint a picture in your head. I’m trapped in a sewer. Which may I add, is the home of the treacherous clown. I’m stuck at a dead end. Muttering “He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.” As the gray water drips from the ceiling, all I can do is recite this tongue twister, praying that Pennywise will let me live another day and that I can escape the sewers of Derry…

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I again used Bensound for the background music in this track. I originally had me saying “She sells sea shells by the sea shore” in a sort of flat, monotone way, but as I started listening and playing to the track, I realized that I could change my voice to go along with the music in the background. I’m pretty impressed with how this turned out!

I feel that tongue twisters are so much fun to do in my free time. It’s the best way to kill time without being bored. I like things like puzzles and such and challenging games. Tongue twisters definitely fit that category. There are only some tongue twisters I’ve memorized and said really well. This is one I just learned, and honestly am really bad at.

I picked this tongue twister for two reasons: I didn’t know this tongue twister before this, and because this tongue twister won a prize in 1980. So this goes with the theme for this semester. The grand prize was from a contest in the Games Magazine.

I spoke this tongue twister probably 300 times before I finally felt comfortable that I spoke it as clearly and quickly as I could. I was beyond annoyed at how much I was messing up. Then, I was thinking to myself, what would I put in the background of the tongue twister? I wanted something quiet, and I thought of cricket/outdoorsy sounds. I thought that was perfect, considering I would repeat tongue twisters when I’m bored.

Tongue Twister:
Shep Schwab shopped at Scott’s Schnapps shop;
One shot of Scott’s Schnapps stopped Schwab’s watch.

Description: “Say any tongue twister as fast as you can and include a background sound to layer it.”

For my third audio assignment, I chose to do the “Tongue Twister” prompt. I decided on attempting to do Better Botter tongue twister!

I have always liked saying tongue twisters. I’ve tried Wood Chuck and Peter Piper, but I’ve never heard of Betty Botter and her butter! So I tried something new.  This took a lot of trial-error, I could not say it right for the longest time! It was bitter, better, butter, Botter, BLAH. I said it twice in normal speed, then I would try to say it faster each time after that. Recording this took many deep breaths and sips of water to get the tongue twister right!

After what seems like 100 takes, I finally got one where I said it correctly. Then I started editing it, which was when I found out the audio was too quiet! When I amplified the audio to the maximum, it was still too quiet!? What?! I didn’t remember whispering… I just remember struggling! Because the audio was too soft, I decided to do another take. This time though, I used my headphones and used the microphone that is attached. I talked a bit louder than last time and made sure I was talking into the mic.

To do this assignment was simple:

I recorded myself saying the tongue twister on my phone’s Voice Memo app.

After that, I went to find some free music to put in the background. I found some good tunes from this site. I decided on using the song, In A Jiffy by Stephen Bennett.

I imported my voice memo as well as the background music to Audacity.

I used the Effects – Amplify feature to adjust the volume.

Here was the adjustment to make my voice memo louder.

Here is the adjustment to make the background music softer.

I wanted to make the background music gradually come to an end rather than an abrupt stop. To make this change, I clicked Effects – Fade Out.

Once that’s done, I did one last listen, to make sure everything is good, and VIOLA!