The purpose of this research is to record the sounds of daily objects, and then using the recordings to see how these sounds are sound, how these sounds will sound if some of them are combined together, and what could be noticed from those sounds. This research is to study sound, which I find rather interesting and meaningful. It can help with the project because it not only can open the mind of people’s senses to sounds but also it generates creative ideas of learning from different sound combinations.

I have learnt from a paper that the hearing system of mankind is actually composed of three main parts. The first one is the outer ear, which transmits the sound energy to the tympanic membrane. It is more of a sound carrier. The second one is the middle ear, which holds the responsibility to transmit the sound to the cochlea. And the last one is the inner ear, which senses the tone, frequency, and intensity of the sound. From the hearing system, people listen to the environment and hence get perceptions (Osorio, 2016). Those perceptions would relate human minds to different feelings and mood, such as pleasure, agitated, peace, calm, etc. The sound is the base of the design and it determines the project direction. The materials it uses and the media it seeks for will transmit various sounds to the listeners and thus arose different reflections.

By trying combinate the four sets of sounds, it could be seen that different sounds will have different effects, and those effects will change accordingly depending on the combination. Combined sounds on a whole will have enhanced effects compared to what single sound could deliver. Therefore, listening to the sounds and recording them separately is the first step to proceed. Then picture a bigger scene and make arrangement before the audio editing work. Trying not to cover one sound with the other sound and trying to create a condition that people can listen to the sounds and imagine in their minds. Let the sounds tell the story and let the sounds express.

In terms of the overall sense, just like the teacher says in the recording that the effect of combined sounds as a whole and people’s feelings when listening to the sounds individually are different. This reminds me that audio editing work is just like painting drawing, which means that the person doing the work should firstly have a whole picture of what he/she wants to show the final work in mind.

When I say flexible yet orderly processing, I mean that the processing of pieces of sounds should, in the premise of not destroying the overall sense of the audio, be as colourful and changeable as possible, which is also mentioned by the teacher in the recording. In this way, the audio will not only seem more interesting but also be able to express more objects and scenes.

Overall, sounds are like notes in music and lines in the painting, the combination and processing of which through different ways will bring about different kinds of effects. I also believe that the ability in this regard is the standard to distinguish a top audio editor from an ordinary one. In the future, I will work even harder to train my relevant skills and always hold what I have learned from this recording in my mind in my audio recording work.

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Bibliography：

Osorio, J. A. (2016). 20-20 listening: a sound documentary dedicated to the study of listening experiences in acoustic environments. Retrieved Oct 17, 2017, from http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6057&context=etd