My next assignment was a radio show bumper for our radio show, which was worth 4 stars.
To do this assignment, I first went to http://freesound.org and searched for fun background music. I chose “Loading…” by Sirkoto 51. I then faded the music in for the first few seconds and out towards the end of the bumper. Then I recorded my voice.
I have made a bumper before so it was pretty simple, but this was fun because we can use it for our show since it is specific to our topic.
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Now for what would normally be a 4-star assignment: the Radio Bumper! I went onto freesound and got myself a little jazzy tune, because that seems like the radio thing to do. I recorded the voice part of the bumper in audacity and put the two together, giving me this:
It’s nothing spectacular, but I think it’s pretty decent. Nice and simple. Permissions for the file are set so you can download it and everything. So yeah, been putting this off all week because I thought it’d be bad, but it wasn’t so bad after all!
This was, by far, the most daunting challenge of the week. As a general rule, I don’t do voice-overs. I’ll record anything, but the sound of my own voice feels weird in a way I cannot yet explain. Even so, here it is.
Link to Assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/creat-a-ds106-radio-bumper/
Stars: 4 (not counted towards weekly total)
Process: I actually began by recording my voice and getting used to doing so. For this, I used the mic on my Earpods and Adobe Audition. Once I had my first recording, I moved to freesound.org to look for a build I liked. I put both the build and my voiceover into a multitrack file and played with the volume levels on both. I ended up clipping the first part of the original build (to keep it under 30 seconds) and reducing the volume in the middle section to allow for voice to come during the buildup as opposed to before or after (as I had originally thought). After a decent bit of small iterative changes, I recorded a second voiceover and applied both a frequency modifier and an echo effect to it. I boosted the volume and placed it over the existing quiet section of the build, leading to what is now the current version of my bumper.
This is my response to the Create a Radio Bumper assignment. I had to create a short radio bumper for the Ds106 radio station. When I hear the term “bumper,” the first thing I think of is cars, so it only made sense to base the bumper around that. I started with a car crash sound sample. I recorded my voice and the bass with Reaper. The drum samples were made with MT Power Drum Kit, a MIDI instrument that simulates an acoustic drum set.
For this assignment, I was required to create a radio bumper for our ds106 radio station. I don’t really have a radio voice so I adjusted the pitch in audacity to make it sound a little more pleasing than my normal voice does. I recorded straight through audacity and moved the clip to where I wanted it in the sirens (which I got from freesound). I adjusted the fade in and out to make it have smooth transitions in and out so it doesn’t abruptly start or stop. It’s not too special, but I hope you enjoy!
Here is my radio bumper! First, I logged onto Freesound.org to find some jazzy music. I imported it into Audacity, turned the volume of the music down, and recorded my voice over it. I think it turned out pretty well.
For the radio bumper assignment we had to create a radio bumper which is just a generic statement to let the viewer know what station they are listening to. This was a great opportunity for me to try out audacity. I don’t exactly have a radio voice so I tried to use audacity to deepen my voice. I didn’t get exactly what I wanted, but I think with some practice I can’t make it better. Another thing I did was use a high pass filter to create some static and then amplified my voice to overcome that. I think it gave it a bit of a radio feel. I said my radio station was 99.9 WKLM which I literally made up while creating the bumper. I thought it sounded pretty generic and worked. This is something I really want to work on in preparation for our radio show project.
The Radio Bumper assignment was fun to do. Made me think that it would be kinda cool to be apart of a radio show. I recorded the bumper in Audacity then uploaded it to sound cloud. Well here it is.
For this assignment I used a combination of sound clips. I wanted an upbeat yet chill radio bumper so I looked around on Freesound, but I couldn’t find anything that stood out. So instead, I went through some songs on my Spotify playlist looking for the right sound. I ended up using a clip from the song Kids by MGMT. I faded this clip in as my intro to the bumper. Next, I applied a sound effect that I found on Freesound. I then layered this part with a recording of my voice which I altered by amplifying it and changing the pitch. The finished piece can be heard below:
