Evaluation - Technology

After completing my preliminary Task I had very low confidence in using the technology and applying it to my radio extract. There were a number of different instruments I had to use in order to record and edit my extract. At first I was very unfamiliar with the layout of the editing software of Adobe Audition, However, after a lot of experience in using the equipment, it has led me to become very fluent and confident in recording, editing and adding sound effects to my media extract.

The main benefit I gained from completing my preliminary task, was gaining enough confidence and experience, to then go and create my main radio product. As a result of gaining the confidence from my preliminary task, it then allowed me to have a better understanding of what equipment I had and how I could then utilize the equipment, in making my radio sound more realistic and authentic.

When it came to recording my radio extract, I used a number of different pieces of equipment in order to record, edit and structure my radio extract. I used a 'Shure SM58' microphone to record both my preliminary task and the full main task. However, when it came to the editing of my preliminary task, I had noticed that some voices that I had recorded had 'popping' sounds, when recording. This resulted in the recording sounding less authentic and unrealistic. Therefore, in order to prevent this I used a 'Pop Filter', which is designed to prevent fast movement and 'Popping' sounds. Therefore, as a result of using a Pop filter, my radio extract sounds more authentic and realistic.

All the sound effects used in my preliminary and final task were from 'BBC sound effect library'. The BBC library allowed me search for relevant sound effects which I could then incorporate into my media product, making it sound more authentic and realistic. For example, when recording my News correspondents, I was able to search for street sounds, allowing my news correspondent to sound as if he was actually at the scene.



Adobe Multitrack enabled me to edit, clean up and overlap a number of different files, in order to make my finale edit sound like a continuous piece of recording. Adobe also enabled me to clean up all my recorded files. This meant that any mutters or interference's occurred during the recording, through the use of the editing software, I was able to remove the sounds.





The multi-track feature on the 'Adobe editing software' meant that I was able to layer a number of different audio files and then mix them in a way which allows music, sound effects, dialog to be heard at the same time and appear to the listener to be recorded seamlessly. The 'multi-track' feature was also useful when creating my News stories, adverts and Jingles, as it allowed me have different layers, where I could insert a number or different files, after editing each audio track individually.











Throughout the recording of all my voices I systematically labeled each file, in order to make it easier to assess the files I wanted, when mixing and editing my audio files. I then created separate folders for my News Stories, Adverts, and the final mixes of each separate element.