CC1 - Week 3 - Spectral Analysis

In this weeks lesson we were shown how to use the spectral analysis program named Spear. As part of our task we had to use our original paper sounds from last week to create an additional six samples, using techniques such as time offset and stretch, transpose, pitch shift, and general cutting and pasting. I basically did random things to my sounds, with no specific outcome in mind, as this would give me a better idea of what techniques produce what sounds. It is really quite amazing what sounds you can come up with through spectral editing.

This first sound is probably my least favourite, as it is not that different and not much is happening. I mainly used the frequency transpose and a bit of cutting and pasting.

Sample 1

In this sound I quite like the harmonics. I think this is because i cut the word slayer into the spectrum, which instantly makes it an awesome sound. I also used frequency transpose and copying and pasting to make a large mass which I could cut holes into.

Sample 2

This sound is pretty crazy, I did a lot of time stretching at different frequencies on this one, as well as a bit of frequency stretching.

Sample 3

I am not really fond of this sample, as it is quite short and once again nothing amazing happens. In this sample I used frequency transpose and shift as well as cutting holes.

Sample 4

I basically went crazy with the frequency shifter and time stretcher in this one, although it didn’t really turn out as well as I thought it might.

Sample 5

This last sound is my favourite as it sort of sounds like something out of a sci-fi/ horror movie or game. I time stretched two sections massively (so they were about an hour long) and then cut and pasted several sections again and again. At the end of the sample I used the sound from the start of the sample, and used time stretching to shorten it, then copied it over a range of frequencies. I also had to cut the end off this sample due to it being over an hour long. As i did not know how to do this using Spear, I used a program called GoldWav instead.

Sample 6

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