Recently in our audio industries workshop we covered the playlist and comping features of pro tools and how these can be utilised during recording or mixing workflows to improve the efficiency of finalising tracks from a collection of multiple takes, to speed up the process of tracking multiple recorded takes and for editing purposes.

Once I had finished the recording stage of my podcast production I took the speech clip in protools and cut sections using the selector and separate tools to remove some dead noise and a couple of stumbled lines, using the crossfade to blend the cut points together. As audio processing of the speech clip was not permitted for this assignment, the rest of the editing was focused on the two accompanying tracks which consist of the backing audio and opening / outro jingles.

In a recent class ableton session we focused on using sampling and samplers to achieve new sounds and learn new aspects to sound design. Using an industrial hum sample from an engine, I cut the sample to a very short waveform which could then loop over to create a continuous tone, with this I then added a chorus plugin, Plus to give the sound richer harmonic content, as well as a delay to stretch out the sound as this would be hen be used to create the chord progression throughout the track, and being an abstract ambient piece I prefer lots of ringing transients, which I achieved by increasing release times on the sampler and feedback amounts on the delay.

During our class using operator within Ableton, I generated a layered kick track which incorporated what we covered in class regarding filters and envelopes. I used a total of 5 tracks, 4 being the operator plugin with which I moulded the kick sounds.