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When I used to be an editor there would be a final sound pass done after me mostly for top quality music, dialogue tweaks, etc. A lot of my sound effects though

When I used to be an editor there would be a final sound pass done after me mostly for top quality music, dialogue tweaks, etc. A lot of my sound effects though ended up making it in the final product depending on the quality and how well they matched up. I very quickly found myself getting excited and randomly recording strange noises in public - that squeaky fan in the parking garage you might not normally notice might in fact be making some super unique mix of resonances that can be manipulated into something really cool!

kebman 5y ago
I sometimes teach classes in how to make audio recordings for fiction. When I'm sure they know the basics, I'll usually challenge them to do something really different with the sound. Here's one assignment I often give them: Record a sentence. Reverse the sentence. Learn how to pronounce the sounds of the sentence as heard backwards. Then re-record the backwards sentence. Then flip it forward again. Now enjoy your David Lynch moment.
- awild 5y ago
  Throw some reverb on the to be reversed recording for spooky premonitions
  - kebman 5y ago
    If you've got access to a mixer with a 1/4" tape recorder, try giving it a bit of feedback while recording and you get delicious analogue tape echo. Edit: Just noticed that Hainbach has of course made THE video on tape echo. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYz2J4DmxVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYz2J4DmxVA
darkerside 5y ago
This makes me feel like there's a big opportunity for AI in sound design. Could we have a person provide inputs and goals and then have an AI come up with an infinitely evolving palette of sounds to be mixed and utilized towards those goals?
- Melatonic 5y ago
  Potentially yeah. The problem is that it is not just about creating accurate sounds but also often something unique (but not unreasonably unique) or even something that has a subtle call back in peoples memories to something else. The latter would be very hard for an AI to accomplish. But what might be interesting is if a proficient Foley artist could take a unique sound they had recorded and then input that base sound into some kind of AI based software which would then spit out tons of different versions for them to listen to. I would imagine the Foley artist could still do a much better job for the final piece tweaking the sound themselves but it might provide a quick way to get some inspiration on how to edit the audio.
  - darkerside 5y ago
    Yeah I was mostly thinking about the last thing you described. But, I wouldn't be surprised if AI were able to create some really neat uncanny valley type sounds. Things that should sound familiar but aren't.

kebman 5y ago

I sometimes teach classes in how to make audio recordings for fiction. When I'm sure they know the basics, I'll usually challenge them to do something really different with the sound. Here's one assignment I often give them: Record a sentence. Reverse the sentence. Learn how to pronounce the sounds of the sentence as heard backwards. Then re-record the backwards sentence. Then flip it forward again. Now enjoy your David Lynch moment.

awild 5y ago
Throw some reverb on the to be reversed recording for spooky premonitions
- kebman 5y ago
  If you've got access to a mixer with a 1/4" tape recorder, try giving it a bit of feedback while recording and you get delicious analogue tape echo. Edit: Just noticed that Hainbach has of course made THE video on tape echo. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYz2J4DmxVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYz2J4DmxVA

darkerside 5y ago

This makes me feel like there's a big opportunity for AI in sound design. Could we have a person provide inputs and goals and then have an AI come up with an infinitely evolving palette of sounds to be mixed and utilized towards those goals?

Melatonic 5y ago
Potentially yeah. The problem is that it is not just about creating accurate sounds but also often something unique (but not unreasonably unique) or even something that has a subtle call back in peoples memories to something else. The latter would be very hard for an AI to accomplish. But what might be interesting is if a proficient Foley artist could take a unique sound they had recorded and then input that base sound into some kind of AI based software which would then spit out tons of different versions for them to listen to. I would imagine the Foley artist could still do a much better job for the final piece tweaking the sound themselves but it might provide a quick way to get some inspiration on how to edit the audio.
- darkerside 5y ago
  Yeah I was mostly thinking about the last thing you described. But, I wouldn't be surprised if AI were able to create some really neat uncanny valley type sounds. Things that should sound familiar but aren't.