THE RECORDING PROCESS

THE EDITING BOOTH This is the editing equipment that I used to create the final product. It includes a AKG C1000S Condenser Microphone with cover, a Behringer Euromix MX 1604A Mixer and Adobe Audition on a PC with Windows 7.

STAGES OF EDITING I have used the Software Release cycle model as a basis for how each stage of the production will work. First is the ALPHA stage. This is where the articles will first be contructed. Next is the BETA stage. The articles will be checked over, and the soundbed and jingle will be added into the main session file. Finally is after checking and editing out some unnecessary content the bulletin can be said to have gone GOLD, and is finished. ALPHABETAGOLD

Parts of the Bulletin Each article is split into Studio Recordings introducing each story (or in the case of the Hard Story, introducing and explaining the full story), Outside Recordings explaining the story, and Interviews and Vox Pops that give the opinion of a specified interviewee or a certain group respectively. After the creation of each article the soundbed and jingle with stings will be added. Studio Recordings Outside Recordings Interviews and Vox Pops Soundbed Jingle and Stings

Recording Studio and Outside For each paragraph of recording, multiple takes were recorded in case of minor mishaps or mispronunciations. For the studio recordings, I used a certain code for each recording that separated by story, recorded paragraph and take. (For instance, the second take of the hard story’s third paragraph was labelled “Hard C 2”.)

Editing Studio and Outside After choosing the best take of each paragraph for an article, I cut the excess noises from each clip and slightly overlaid them so that the background noise would mix, making each paragraph flow into each other in a smoother fashion.

Editing Interviews and Vox Pops When editing the interviews, I cut out the pre-selected samples from the main body of the interview and edited out non-fluency features like long pauses and fillers. Editing the vox pops was slightly different. I chose several samples from the folder of previously cut samples, and arranged five that would cover both questions and give a wide range of responses. The clips were left mostly as they were so that they would sound more spontaneous.

Arranging the articles I arranged all the different clips for each article into separate session files. Then I balanced the audio levels so that there were no huge alterations to the overall audio. Each article was then exported to be arranged in the final session file.

Creating the Jingle The jingle was created by combining music with my own vocals. The vocals were edited to alter the flanger and make my voice seem more “robotic”. This was then exported to be used in the final session file.

Arranging the Final Cut After arranging all the articles and the jingle into a final session file, I added music –which was quietened - as a soundbed. I overlaid the end of one track and the beginning of another so that it would “loop”. This final track was then exported as the final bulletin.